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NURTAN ESMEN
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Joint Faculty, IESP
    

Research Interests:  Professor Esmen’s research interests include the application of engineering principles and mathematics to occupational and environmental health problems, with special emphases on aerosol physics, exposure estimation and characterization, and the theory of decisionmaking in environmental health sciences.
Recent research projects and related publications:

1.  Characterization of Factors Determining Personal Exposure to Volatile Air Toxics in Urban Environments (through 2004)

Related paper: Phillips, M. L., Esmen, N. A., Hall, T. A. and Lynch, R.L.:"Determinants of Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in Four Oklahoma Cities" J. Exposure Analysis and Environ. Epid. 15: 35-46 (2005)

2.  Chloroprene Workers Cohort mortality study in four synthetic rubber production facilities (through 2005).

Related Papers:
N. A. Esmen, T.A. Hall, M.L. Phillips, E.P. Jones, H.Basara, G.M. Marsh, J.M. Buchanich, Chemical process based reconstruction of exposures for an epidemiological study:  II. Estimated exposures to Chloroprene and Vinyl Chloride, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166:264-276(2007)

G.M. Marsh, A.O. Youk, J.M. Buchanich, M. Cunningham, N.A. Esmen, T.A. Hall, M.L. Phillips: Mortality patterns among industrial workers exposed to chloroprene and other substances:  I. General mortality patterns, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166:285-300(2007)

G.M. Marsh, A.O. Youk, J.M. Buchanich, M. Cunningham, N.A. Esmen, T.A. Hall, M.L. Phillips, Mortality patterns among industrial workers exposed to chloroprene and other substances:  II. Mortality in relation to exposure, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166:301-316 (2007)

N. A. Esmen, T. A. Hall, M. L. Phillips and G M Marsh, Chemical process based reconstruction of exposures for an epidemiological study:  I. Theoretical and Methodological issues, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166:254-263(2007)

T. A. Hall, N. A. Esmen, E. P. Jones, H. Basara, M. L. Phillips, G. M. Marsh, A. O. Youk, J. M. Buchanich, and R C. Leonard,, Chemical process based reconstruction of exposures for an epidemiological study:  III. Analysis of Industrial Hygiene Samples  Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166:277-284(2007)

3.  Various projects dealing with generation and measurement of aerosols (Current)

Related paper: Johnson, D. L. and Esmen, N. A.: Method induced exposure misclassification for a respirable dust sampled using ISO/ACGIH/CEN criteria. Ann Occup Hyg. 48:13-20, (2004)

4.  Formaldehyde exposure and respiratory tract cancer among chemical plant workers (Current)

Related paper: G.M. Marsh, A.O. Youk, J.M. Buchanich, S. Erdal, N.A. Esmen: Work in the Metal Industry May Help Explain Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Excess among Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde Reg Tox and Pharm. (In Press - 2007).

5.  Lung Cancer Mortality in UK nickel-cadmium battery workers, 1947-2000 (through  2003).

Related paper: Sorahan, T., and Esmen, N. A.: "Lung Cancer Mortality in UK nickel-cadmium battery workers, 1947-2000" Occup. Env. Medicine 61:1008-1016 (2004)

6.  Theoretical work on classification of exposures (Current)

Related Papers:

Johnston, K. L., Phillips, M. L., Esmen, N. A. and Hall, T. A.: Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence Program for Estimating Occupational Exposures Annals of Occ. Hyg. 49:147-153 (2005)

N. A. Esmen, K. J. Kennedy, T. A. Hall, M. L. Phillips, and G. M. Marsh:   Classification of Worker Exposures, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 166:245-253(2007)

7.  Characterization of Personal Exposures in seven jet engine manufacturing facilities (Current)

Related paper:  J F Lippert, S.E. Lacey and N.A. Esmen: Magnetic Field Exposure in a Nondestructive Testing Operation, Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health (Submitted April 2007)