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Tachovsky JA, Staskal DF, Harris MA, Scott LF, Luksemburg WJ, Paustenbach DP, Haws LC. 2008. Principal components analysis of PBDE concentrations in fish tissue from southern Mississippi. Presented at Dioxin 2008, August 17-22, Birmingham, England.

Urban JD, Haws LC, Staskal DF, Scott LF, Scott PS, Tachovsky AT, Unice KM, Harris MA. A framework for evaluating serum dioxin data derived from biomonitoring studies. Presented at Dioxin 2008, Birmingham, England, August 17-22 2008.

Ferriby LL, Knutsen JS, Harris MA, Unice KM, Scott P, Nony P, Haws LC, and Paustenbach D. 2007. 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 Environ Epidemiol 17:358-371.

Ferriby LL, Harris MA, Unice KM, Scott PK, Haws LC, Paustenbach DJ. 2007. Development of PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCB serum concentration reference values for the general U.S. population using the 2006 WHO TEFs and the 2001-2002 NHANES data. Society of Toxicology, March 25-29, 2007. Charlotte, NC.

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, Scott LLF, Williams ES, Luksemburg WJ, Haws LC, Birnbaum LS, Nguyen LM, Paustenbach DJ, Harris MA. Daily intake estimates of PBDEs associated with consumption of catfish in the U.S. Presented at the Fourth International Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants, April 24-27, 2007, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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.

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.

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.

Van den Berg M, Birnbaum L, Denison M, De Vito M, Farland W, Feeley M, Fiedler H, Hakansson H, Hanberg A, Haws LC, Rose M, Safe S, Schrenk D, Tohyama C, Tritscher A, Tuomisto J, Tysklind M, Walke Nr, Peterson RE. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Van den Berg M, Birnbaum L, Denison M, De Vito M, Farland W, Feeley M, Fiedler H, Hakansson H, Hanberg A, Haws LC, et al. Human and mammalian toxic equivalency factors for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds: The WHO 2005 re-evaluation. Dioxin 2006, Oslo, Norway, August 2006.

Paustenbach DJ, Scott LLF, Nguyen LM, Unice KM, Scott P, Haws LC, Harris M. 2007. Referent concentrations of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in sera of persons in the U.S. Based on the New WHO 2006 TEFs and 2001-2002 NHANES data. Ann Epidemiol 17(9):734.

Connor K, Harris M, Edwards M, Chu A, Clark G, Finley B. Estimating the total TEQ in human blood from naturally-occurring vs. anthropogenic dioxins: A dietary study. Dioxin 2005, Toronto, Canada, 2005.

Harris M, Finley B. The TCDD TEQ in human blood from naturally-occurring vs. anthropogenic dioxins: A dietary study. Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2005.

Harris M, Finley B, Scott P. Development of a relative estimate of potency distribution for 2,3,7,8-TCDF. Dioxin 2005, Toronto, Canada, 2005.

Haws L. Evaluating potential health risks posed by PCDDs, PCDFs, and dioxin-like PCBs: An approach for improving the Toxicity Equivalency Factor (TEF) methodology. 30th Annual Winter Meeting of the Toxicology Forum, Washington, DC, February 2005.