27/08–1/09/2000 26th International Congress (SINGAPORE)
ORIGINAL NAME OF COMMISSION: International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
President
Prof. Bengt Knave (Sweden)
Vice-presidents
Dr. Ruddy Facci (Brazil); Prof. Malcolm J. Harrington (UK)
Secretary General
Prof. Chia Kee Seng (Singapore)
Members
BOARD MEMBERS: Prof. Aw Tar Ching (UK); Prof. Pier Alberto Bertazzi (Italy); Prof. Alain Cantineau (France); Dr. William Murray Coombs (South Africa); Ms. Janine Fanchette (France); Prof. Tee L. Guidotti (USA); Prof. Kaj Husman (Finland); Ms. Annette Jörgensen (Sweden); Dr. Kazutaka Kogi (Japan); Prof. Sverre Langård (Norway); Dr. Linnéa Lillienberg (Sweden); Prof. Toshiteru Okubo (Japan); Dr. Louis Patry (Canada); Dr. Thirumalai Rajgopal (India); Dr. Francis George Rosel (UK); Dr. Gustav Schäcke (Germany); Prof. Jeffery T. Spickett (Australia); Prof. David H. Wegman (USA).
Commissions
Accident Prevention;
Aging and Work;
Allergy and Immunotoxicology;
Cardiology in Occupational Health;
Education and Training in Occupational Health;
Epidemiology in Occupational Health;
Fibres;
Handicap and Work;
Health Services Research and Evaluation in Occupational Health;
History of prevention of Occupational Environmental Diseases;
Indoor Air Quality and Health;
Industrial Hygiene;
Musculoskeletal Disorders;
Neurotoxicology and Psychophysiology;
Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses;
OH in Agriculture;
OH in the Chemical Industry (MEDICHEM);
OH in the Construction Industry;
OH and Development;
OH for Health Care Workers;
OH Nursing;
Small-Scale Enterprises and the Informal Sector;
Occupational Toxicology;
Organic Dusts;
Scientific Committee on Pesticides;
Radiation and Work;
Reproductive Hazards in Workplace;
Respiratory Disorders;
Scientific Committee on Shiftwork;
Thermal Factors;
Toxicology of Metals;
Vibration and Noise;
Work and Vision;
Work Organisation and Psychosocial Factors;
Scientific Working Group on Unemployment and Health.
Commission Components
Accident Prevention
Chair: Prof. Tore J. Larsson (Sweden)
Secretary: Dr. Carin J.A. Sundström-Frisk (Sweden)
Aging and Work
Chair: Prof. Willem J.A. Goedhard (the Netherlands)
Secretary: Prof. Juhani Ilmarinen (Finland)
Allergy and Immunotoxicology
Chair: Prof. Toshio Matsushita (Japan)
Secretary: Prof. Kanehisa Morimoto (Japan)
Cardiology in Occupational Health
Chair: Prof. Régis De Gaudemaris (France)
Secretary: Dr. Lars Alfredsson (Sweden)
Education and Training in Occupational Health
Chair: Dr. Piet J. Kroon (the Netherlands)
Secretary: Prof. Bonnie Rogers (USA)
Epidemiology in Occupational Health
Chair: Prof. Pier Alberto Bertazzi (Italy)
Secretary: Katherine M. Venables (UK)
Fibres
Chair: Prof. Ulrich F. Gruber (Switzerland)
Secretary: Dr. Utz. Draeger (Germany)
Handicap and Work
Chair: Dr. Dominique Penneau-Fontbonne (France)
Secretary: Prof. Patrick Loisel (Canada), Dr. Kurt Brzokoupil (Sweden)
Health Services Research and Evaluation in Occupational Health
Chair: Prof. Peter Westerholm (Sweden)
Secretary: Dr. H. Nico Plomp (the Netherlands)
History of prevention of Occupational Environmental Diseases
Chair: Prof. Antonio Grieco (Italy)
Secretary: Dr. Sergio Iavicoli (Italy)
Indoor Air Quality and Health
Chair: Prof. Giuseppe Abbritti (Italy)
Secretary: Prof. Giacomo Muzi (Italy)
Industrial Hygiene
Chair: Mr. Håkan Westerberg
Secretary: Dr. Antti Tossavainen (Finland)
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Chair: Dr. Peter William Buckle (UK)
Secretary: Dr. Marie Haring Sweeney (USA)
Neurotoxicology and Psychophysiology
Chair: Prof. Shunichi Araki (Japan)
Secretary: Prof. Anders Iregren (Sweden)
Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses
Chair: Dr. Lasse Kanerva (Finland)
Secretary: Prof. David Soo Quee Koh (Singapore)
OH in Agriculture
Chair: Prof. Kelley J. Donham (USA)
Secretary: Prof. Kaj R.H. Husman (Finland)
OH in the Chemical Industry (MEDICHEM)
Chair: Dr. Noel Humphry (Australia)
Secretary: Dr. Andreas Flüeckiger (Switzerland)
OH in the Construction Industry
Chair: Dr. Olli Pekka Roto (Finland)
Secretary: Dr. Catherine Bonnin (France)
OH and Development
Chair: Dr. Deogratias K. Sekimpi (Uganda)
Secretary: Mr. Kaj Elgstrand (Sweden)
OH for Health Care Workers
Chair: Dr. Friedrich Hofmann (Germany)
Secretary: Dr. Ian Stevenson Symington (UK)
OH Nursing
Chair: Dr. Bernardine B. Kuchinski (USA)
Secretary: Mr. Graham Johnson
Small-Scale Enterprises and the Informal Sector
Chair: Prof. Wai-On Phoon (Australia)
Secretary: Dr. Lilane Boitel (France)
Occupational Toxicology
Chair: Prof. Antonio Mutti (Italy)
Secretary: Dr. Larry K. Lowry (USA)
Organic Dusts
Chair: Prof. Robert R. Jacobs (USA)
Secretary: Prof. Ragnar Rylander (Sweden)
Scientific Committee on Pesticides
Chair: Prof. Marco Maroni (Italy)
Secretary: Prof. Jyrki Liesivuori (Finland)
Radiation and Work
Chair: Prof. Oswald Jahn (Austria)
Secretary: Dr. Ulf Bergqvist
Reproductive Hazards in Workplace
Chair: Dr. Irene Figa-Talamanca (Italy)
Secretary: Dr. Alf Fischbein (Israel)
Respiratory Disorders
Chair: Prof. Tee L. Guidotti (USA)
Secretary: Prof. Ken Takahashi (Japan)
Scientific Committee on Shiftwork
Chair: Prof. Simon Folkard (UK)
Secretary: Prof. Donald I. Tepas (USA)
Thermal Factors
Chair: Prof. Ingvar Holmér (Sweden)
Secretary: Prof. Ken C. Parsons (UK)
Toxicology of Metals
Chair: Dr. Bruce A. Fowler (USA)
Secretary: Dr. Paolo Boffetta (France)
Vibration and Noise
Chair: Prof. Gösta Gemne (Norway)