Abstracts for National Occupational Injury Research Symposium – Abstract Deadline Extended Until April 1

National Occupational Injury Research Symposium
October 21 – 23, 2008
Sheraton Station Square Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

You are invited to submit an abstract for presentation at the Fourth National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) co-sponsored by NIOSH, the National Safety Council, and the Liberty Mutual Institute for Safety.  The Symposium is being convened to serve as a national forum for the presentation of the latest findings and methods in occupational injury research.  

Abstract Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit abstracts of 300 words or less that describe original research related to traumatic occupational injury.  Abstracts can cross all industry sectors and cover areas that may include, but are not limited to, surveillance of fatal and non-fatal injuries, intervention evaluation, prevention through design, engineering and technology, research to practice, workplace violence, motor vehicle safety, fall prevention research, machines and industrial vehicle safety, high risk and vulnerable workers, emergency response, and the economics of injury prevention.Please format your abstract with the following headers: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.

Abstract Submission

Abstracts must be submitted on-line at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/noirs/2008/abstracts2008.html

Abstract Deadline

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is April 1, 2008. Notices of acceptance will be sent by June 1, 2008.  If you have any questions, please send an email to

NOIRS2008@cdc.gov.

For more information about NOIRS 2008, please visit the NOIRS website at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/noirs/2008/default.html