Media, Reports - Former Worker Medical Screening Program (FWP) - The College of Public Health

Reports, Publications, Presentations

Reports

Semi-Annual Report, FY 2024
- BAECP & Ames Laboratory Screening Results as of March 31, 2024

Publications

Agreement Between Fixed-Ratio and Lower Limit of Normal Spirometry Interpretation Protocols Decreases with Age: Is there a need for a new GOLD standard? (99 KB) Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; 2013 July;55(7): 802-808.
Risk and Significance of Chest Radiograph and Pulmonary Function Abnormalities in an Elderly Cohort of Former Nuclear Weapons Workers (103 KB)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; 2011 September;54(9): 1046-1053.
Prevalence of Beryllium Sensitization Among Department of Defense Conventional Munitions Workers at Low Risk for Exposure (153 KB)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; 2011 March;53(3): 258-265.
Risk of Beryllium Sensitization in a Low-Exposed Former Nuclear Weapons Cohort From the Cold War Era (123 KB)
American Journal of Industrial Medicine; 2011 March;54(3): 194-204.
Beryllium Surface Levels in a Military Ammunition Plant (126 KB)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene; 2008, 5:7, 475-481.

Presentations

Overview of FWP Project (7.7 MB)
Congressional Testimony of Laurence Fuortes, MD (44 KB)
Oversight Hearing: “The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: Are We Fulfilling the Promise We Made to Cold War Veterans When We Created the Program? (Part IV)” (11/15/2006)
Testimony of Laurence Fuortes to the Institute of Medicine (1/23/2012) (44 KB)
Epidemiology of Beryllium Sensitization and Pneumoconiosis in the Population of Former Nuclear Weapons Workers and Current and Former Conventional Munitions Workers from the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) in Burlington, Iowa (406 KB)
Marek Mikulski, Presentation for PhD Dissertation Defense, April 29, 2011
Comparison of Posteroanterior chest X-ray with thin slice HRCT for detection of pneumoconiosis
Poster Presentation, The University of Iowa Medical School Summer Research Fellowship, 2013
Associations Between Spirometry Results & ILO Abnormalities in a Cohort of Former Nuclear Weapons Workers (1.2 MB)
Poster Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2011
Inter-Reader Agreement in ILO Readings of Radiographs for Pneumoconiosis (886 KB)
Poster Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2011
Incidental Findings Detected Through Occupational Health Surveillance Program (380 KB)
Poster Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2011
Emotional Distress From Toxic Exposures Among Former Nuclear Weapons Workers (1.4 KB)
Poster Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2011
Comparison of Spirometry Results Between Two Interpretation Algorithms in the Context of Medical Screening (635 KB)
Poster Presentation, The University of Iowa Medical School Summer Research Fellowship, 2011
Health Effects of Exposure to Beryllium in the Manufacture of Conventional Munitions (832 KB)
Oral Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2010
Association Between ILO Abnormalities and Exposure Among Former Nuclear Weapons Workers (986 KB)
Poster Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2010
Risk Factors for Lung Disease in Former Atomic Energy Workers from the Ames Laboratory (484 KB)
Poster Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2010
A Descriptive Study of Beryllium Sensitization in Former Atomic Energy Workers at the Ames Laboratory (325 KB)
Poster Presentation, The University of Iowa Medical School Summer Research Fellowship, 2010
Beryllium Sensitization Associated with Low Exposure in the Manufacture of Nuclear Weapons (600 KB)
Poster Presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, 2009
Occupational Beryllium Exposures and High ILO Profusion Score Linked with Declining FVC (144 KB)
Poster Presentation, The University of Iowa Medical School Summer Research Fellowship, 2008
Kicking the Habit - Smoking Cessation In An Elderly Population (165 KB)
Poster Presentation, The University of Iowa Medical School Summer Research Fellowship, 2008
Occupational Health Screenings of Former Atomic Weapons Workers in Southeast Iowa (771 KB)
Poster Presentation, The University of Iowa Research Week, 2008
The Impact of Occupational Exposures on Distress of Line 1 Former Workers (4.4 MB)
Poster Presentation, The University of Iowa Research Week, 2008