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Dourson ML, Gadagbui B, Griffin S, Garabrant DH, Haws LC, Kirman C, Tohyama C. 2013. The importance of problem formulations in risk assessment: A case study involving dioxin-contaminated soil. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 66(2):208-216; doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.03.010.

Chen Q, Jiang X, Hedgeman E, Knutson K, Gillespie B, Hong B, Lepkowski JM, Franzblau A, et al. 2013. Estimation of age-and sex-specific background human serum concentrations of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in the UMDES and NHANES populations. Chemosphere 91(6):817-23; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.078. PMID: 23466097.

Haws L, Hixon G, DeVito M, Walker N, Kuriakose L, Harris M, Birnbaum L, Wikoff D. Development of weighted distributions of relative potency estimates for dioxin-like compounds. Presented at Society of Toxicology 52nd Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2013.

Wikoff DW, Fitzgerald L, Birnbaum L. 2012. Persistent organic pollutants: An overview. In: Schecter, A. (ed.), Dioxins and Health Including Other Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disruptors, 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 1-35.

Haws L, Fitzgerald L, Burkhalter K, Wikoff D. US EPA’s proposed toxicity values for TCDD: Implications for decision-making regarding the safety of foods in the United States. Presented at Society of Toxicology 51st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2012.

Urban J, Rowlands JC, Budinsky R, Dombkowski A, Thompson CM, Thomas RS. A genomics-based benchmark dose analyses of relative potencies of dioxin-like compounds in primary rat hepatocytes. Presented at Society of Toxicology 51st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2012.

Wikoff D, DeVito M, Walker N, Hixon G, Harris M, Tachovsky A, Birnbaum L, Haws L. Application of machine learning in the development of a weighting framework for evaluating estimates of relative potency for dioxin-like compounds. Presented at Society of Toxicology 51st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2012.

Jiang X, Knutson K, Zwica L, Lee S-Y, Chen Q, Hong B, Zhong X, Hao W, et al. The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Predictors of household dust PCDD, PCDF, and PCB concentrations. Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants – Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Haws LC, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ,Harris MA, Tachovsky JA, Birnbaum LS, Farland WH, Wikoff DS. Development of a consensus-based weighting framework for evaluating estimates of relative potency for dioxin-like compounds that includes consideration of data from human cells. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Haws LC, Fitzgerald L, Burkhalter B, Harris M, Wikoff DS. Assessment of the US EPA’s proposed toxicological values for TCDD for regulation of dioxin-like compounds in foods: Bridging the science divide in a global market. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Rowlands JC, Urban J, Wikoff DS, Budinsky R. The presence and estimated functional effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms at the AIP, ARNT, HSP90AA1, AND HSP90AB1 loci in the human population. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Urban JD, Rowlands JC, Budinsky RA. 2011. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) gene. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 26(6):637-645; doi: 10.2133/dmpk.DMPK-11-SC-031. PMID: 21828933.

Budinsky R, Urban J, Rowlands JC. 2011. An evaluation of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator gene. Presented at Society of Toxicology 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.

Tachovsky JA, Haws L. Geostatistical estimation of soil PCDD/F TEQ using sequential Gaussian simulation and the aggregation of results in Midland, MI. Presented at the Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2010.

Harris M, Tachovsky JA, Staskal-Wikoff D, Aylward L, Burkhalter B, Simon T, Haws L. Serum concentrations of dioxin-like compounds in a population in Midland, Michigan: An evaluation of the impact of soil exposures. Presented at Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.

Urban J,Burkhalter B, Tachovsky JA, Haws L, Harris M. 2010. Evaluation of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in Newark Bay sediment. Presented at Dioxin 2010, September 12-17, San Antonio, TX.

Jiang X, Hao W, Garabrant DH, Franzblau A, Gillespie BW, Lepkowski J, Adriaens P, Demond A, Jolliet O. Associations of fish and game intake with human serum dioxin concentrations. Presented at the 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants – Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.

Staskal-Wikoff D, Burkhalter B, Stapleton H, Harris M. PBDEs in Newark Bay sediments. Presented at Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.

Haws L, Tachovsky JA, Staskal-Wikoff D, Aylward L, Burkhalter B, Urban J, Simon T, Harris M. An evaluation of the influence of different soil cleanup levels on the concentration of dioxin-like compounds in human serum. Presented at Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.

Tachovsky JA, Haws L. Application of principal components analysis and sequential gaussian simulation to a comprehensive soil sampling dataset to predict PCDD/F concentrations in Midland, MI. Presented at Dioxin 2010, San Antonio, TX, September 2010.