Publications

Haws LC, Scott LLF, Staskal DF, Harris MA, Finley BL. Dioxin-like compounds in workers at a primary magnesium production facility. Dioxin 2007, Tokyo, Japan, 2007.

Haws LC, Scott LLF, Staskal D, Harris M, Finley B. Evaluation of biomonitoring data for dioxin-like compounds in workers at a primary magnesium production facility. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2007.

Haws LC, Walker NJ, DeVito MJ, Birnbaum LS, Unice KM, Scott PK, Harris MA, Farland WH, Finley BL, Staskal DF. Development of weighted distributions of REPs for dioxin-like compounds (DLCs). Society of Toxicology 46th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2007.

Nguyen LM, Scott LLF, Harris M, Haws LC. Factors contributing to blood lead levels in U.S. children based on NHANES data. 2007. Ann Epidemiol 17(9):734-735; 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.07.038.

Scott LLF, Harris M, Unice KM, Scott P, Nguyen LM, Haws LC, Paustenbach D. 2007. Effects of excluding serum PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCB data of individuals with incomplete congener profiles on estimates of total TEQ. Ann Epidemiol 17(9):732; 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.07.032.

Scott P, Haws LC, Scott L, Harris M. 2007. Evaluation of background dioxin-like PCB congener profiles in human serum collected during NHANES 2001-2002 using principal components analysis. Dioxin 2007, September 2-7, 2007. Tokyo, Japan.

Staskal, DF, Donovan EP, Haws LC, Roberts JD, Unice KM, Finley BL, Harris MA. A quantitative microbial risk assessment for exposure to pathogens in waters and sediments of the Lower Passaic River. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2007.

Tachovsky JA, Haws LC, Scott LF, Williams ES, Harris M. Benzene in soft drinks and other beverages: Do measured levels pose a human health risk? Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, December 2007.

Williams ES, Ferriby LL, Haws LC, Paustenbach DJ, Harris MA. 2007. Assessment of potential human health risks posed by benzene in a commercial beverage. Society of Toxicology 46th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, March 2007.

Ferriby LL, Williams ES, Lukesemburg WJ, Paustenbach DJ, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Harris M. Comparing polychlorinated biphenyls in farm-raised and wild-caught catfish from southern Mississippi. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.

Ferriby LL, Williams ES, Lukesemburg WJ, Paustenbach DJ, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Harris M. Comparing PCDDs, PCDFs, and dioxin-like PCBs in farm-raised and wild-caught catfish from Southern Mississippi. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.

Van den Berg M, Birnbaum L, Denison M, De Vito M, Farland W, Feeley M, Fiedler H,…, Haws LC, et al. 2006. The 2005 World Health Organization reevaluation of human and mammalian toxic equivalency factors for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds. Toxicol Sci 93(2):223-241; doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfl055. PMID: 16829543.

Ferriby LL, Franke K, Unice KM, Scott P, Haws LC, Harris M, Paustenbach DJ. 2006. Serum reference levels of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs stratified by race/ethnicity, gender and age for the general U.S. population. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 4-8, 2006. Boston, MA.

Staskal DF, Unice KM, Walker NJ, DeVito MJ, Birnbaum LS, Scott PK,…, Finley BL, Haws LC. An alternative method for establishing TEFs for dioxin-like compounds: Part 3. Development of weighted distributions of REPs for PCB126 and 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.

Scott PK, Haws LC, Staskal DF, Birnbaum LS, Walker NJ, DeVito MJ, Harris MA…, Finley BL, et al. An alternative method for establishing TEFs for dioxin-like compounds: Part 1. Evaluation of decision analysis methods for use in weighting relative potency data. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.

Haws LC, Scott PK, Unice KM, Gough M, Harris MA, Staskal DF, Paustenbach DJ, Pavuk M. Are dioxin body burdens surrogates for other risk factors in associations between dioxin and diabetes? Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.

Staskal DF, Ferriby LL, Williams ES, Luksemburg WJ, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Paustenbach DJ, Harris M. 2006. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in southern Mississippi catfish. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.

Haws LC, DeVito MJ, Birnbaum LS, Walker NJ, Scott PK, Unice KM, …, Finley BL, Staskal DF. An alternative method for establishing TEFs for dioxin-like compounds: Part 2. Development of an approach to quantitatively weight the underlying potency data. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, 2006.

Haws L. The use of toxic equivalency factors to assess potential human health risks posed by dioxin-like compounds: Keeping up with the science. Presented at Michigan State University, Toxicology Program Seminar Series, September,, 2006.

Paustenbach DJ, Harris M, Ferriby LL, Williams ES, Haws LC, Unice KM, Scott PK. Development of PCDD/F TEQ serum reference values for the U.S. population for use in evaluating biomonitoring results. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.