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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.

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.

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.

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.

Harris M, Tachovsky JA, Staskal-Wikoff D, Simon T, Burkhalter B, Urban J, Haws L. 2010. Assessment of the impact of various soil cleanup levels on serum concentrations of dioxin-like compounds in humans. Presented at Society of Toxicology 49th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 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.

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.

Urban JD, Tachovsky JA, Haws LC, Staskal DF, Harris MA. 2010. Response to Buchanan et al.’s comment on Urban et al. “Assessment of Human Health Risks Posed by Consumption of Fish from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey.” Sci Tot Environ 408(8):2004-2007.

Haws LC, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ, Birnbaum LS, Farland WH, Harris MA, Tachovsky JA, Unice KM, Scott PK, Staskal-Wikoff DF. Development of distributions of relative potency estimates to quantitatively assess uncertainty inherent in the TEFs for dioxin-like compounds: A proposed consensus-based weighting. Presented at Dioxin 2009, Beijing, China, 2009.

Scott LLF, Staskal DF, Williams ES, Luksemburg WJ, Urban JD, Nguyen LM, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Paustenbach DJ, Harris MA. 2009. Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in southern Mississippi catfish and estimation of potential health risks. Chemosphere 74(7):1002-10; doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.090

Staskal DF, Birnbaum LS, Haws LC. 2009. Application of a relative potency factor approach in the assessment of health risks associated with exposures to mixtures of dioxin-like compounds. In: The Principles and Practice of Mixtures Toxicology. Wiley.

Haws LC, Unice KM, Tachovsky AT, Harris MA, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ, Birnbaum LS, Farland WH, Nguyen L, Staskal DF. Assessment of the impact of using weighted distributions of REPs to develop exposure estimates for dioxin-like compounds. Presented at Dioxin 2008, Birmingham, England, August 2008.

Haws LC, DeVito MJ, Walker NJ, Birnbaum LS, Unice KM, Scott PK, Harris MA, Tachovsky A, Farland WH, Finley BL, Staskal DF. Development of weighted distributions of REPs for dioxin-like compounds: Implications for risk assessment. Presented at Society of Toxicology 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2008.

Scott LLF, Staskal DF, Harris MA, Finley BL, Haws LC. Evaluation of dioxin-like compounds in workers from a primary magnesium production facility relative to levels observed in the general US population. Presented at the Society of Toxicology 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2008.

Scott LLF, Harris MA, Unice KM, Scott P, Nguyen LM, Haws LC, Paustenbach D. 2008. Addendum to: Evaluation of PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCB serum concentration data from the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the United States population. J Exp Sci Env Epidemiol 18(5):524-532; doi: 10.1038/jes.2008.10.