Workshop on the Source Apportionment of
Particulate Matter Health Effects
An EPA-PM Center Workshop on PM Health Effects

Arden House Conference Center
Harriman, NY

SPONSORS:
The U.S. EPA PM Centers Program
The New York State Energy Research and Development Agency

Wednesday, May 28
4:00-6:30 PM: Registration at Arden House Conference Center and Hotel
(List of Attendees)
6:30-7:30 PM: Dinner at Hotel
7:45-9:15 PM: Introduction to Workshop Goals and Approach

7:45: Welcome and Introduction to Workshop: George Thurston and Helen Suh
8:00: Description of Phoenix, AZ PM Dataset: William Wilson
8:30: Description of Washington, DC Dataset: Eugene Kim

Thursday, May 29
7:30-9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00-9:30 AM: The Role of SA in PM Health Effects Analysis: George Thurston
9:30-10:00 AM: The PMF Method of Source Apportionment: Phil Hopke
10:00-10:30 AM: Break
10:30-11:00 AM: The UNMIX Method of Source Apportionment: Ronald Henry
11:00-11:30 AM: Harvard Analyses of Phoenix and Washington, DC Datasets: Francine Laden
Noon-1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00-1:30 PM: BYU Analyses of Phoenix and Washington, DC Datasets: Delbert Eatough and William Christensen
1:30-2:00 PM: Univ. of Washington Analysis of Phoenix Dataset: Tim Larson, Hao Liu, and Therese Mar
2:00-2:30 PM: NYU Analyses of Phoenix and Washington, DC Datasets: Kazuhiko Ito
2:30-3:00 PM: Clarkson Analyses of Phoenix and Washington, DC Datasets: Phil Hopke
3:00-3:30 PM: Break
3:30-4:00 PM: USC Analyses of Phoenix and Washington, DC Datasets: Ronald Henry
4:00-4:30 PM: Intercomparison of Various Groups SA Results: George Thurston
4:30-5:00 PM: Group Discussion of Variations in Results and Implications to Health Assessment: Led by Helen Suh and George Thurston
6:30 PM: Dinner
7:30-9:00 PM: Informal Get-Together at Arden Conference Center

Friday, May 30
7:30-9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00-9:30 AM: Description of Health Effects Modeling and Intercomparison of Results for Washington, DC: Kazuhiko Ito
9:30-10:00 AM: Description of Health Effects Modeling and Intercomparison of Results for Phoenix, AZ: Therese Mar
10:00-10:30 AM: Summarizing the Overall Assessment of Health Effects Estimates from Two Cities: George Thurston
10:30-11:30 AM: Group Discussion of Variations in Results and Implications to Health Effects Assessment of PM by Source: Led by Helen Suh and George Thurston
11:30-12:00 PM: Development of Conclusion and Recommendations
12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00-1:30 PM: Group Departure

PUBLISHED PAPERS RESULTING FROM THIS PM CENTER WORKSHOP:

Thurston GD, Ito K, Mar T, Christensen W, Eatough DJ, Henry RC, Kim E, Laden F, Lall R, Larson TV, Liu H, Neas L, Pinto J, Stölzel M, Suh H, and Hopke PK. (2005) The Workshop on the Source Apportionment of PM Health Effects: Inter-Comparison of Results and Implications.
Submitted to: Environmental Health Perspectives.

Hopke PK, Ito K, Mar T, Christensen W, Eatough DJ, Henry RC, Kim E, Laden F, Lall R , Larsen T, Liu H, Neas L, Pinto J, Stölzel M, Suh H, Paatero P, and Thurston, G. (2005) PM Source Apportionment and Health Effects: Intercomparison of Source Apportionment Results.
Submitted to: J. Expo. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol.

Ito K, Christensen W, Eatough DJ, Henry RC, Kim E, Laden F, Lall R, Larson TV, Neas L, Hopke PK, and Thurston, G. (2005) An Investigation of Inter-method Variability in Associations between Source-Apportioned Fine Particle Mass and Daily Mortality in Washington, DC.
Submitted to: J. Expos. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol.

Mar TF, Koenig JQ, Larson TV, Christensen W, Eatough DJ, Henry RC, Ito K, Kim E, Laden F, Lall R , Neas L, Hopke PK, and Thurston, G. (2005) An Investigation of Inter-method Variability in Associations between Source-Apportioned Fine Particle Mass and Daily Mortality in Phoenix, AZ.
Submitted to: J. Expo. Anal. Environ. Epidemiol.

List of Attendees

Welcome and Introduction to Workshop

Summarizing the Overall Assessment of Health Effects Estimates from Two Cities