Saturday, May 19, 2012: 2:30 PM
Dominion Ballroom (Sheraton Centre Toronto)
1:30 PM
Dr. Burstyn will discuss the epidemiological literature on the role of maternal smoking of tobacco products in autism etiology. Using this subject as a motivating example, Dr. Burstyn will focus on challenges of environmental bio-marker research and exposure assessment. Technique highlighted: instrument validation and Bayesian methods to correct for exposure misclassification.