Professional Publications & Abstracts

Peer-Reviewed Professional Journals & Reports:

  • Murphy W.J., Themann C.L., Murata T.K., [2015]. “Field Testing NIOSH HPD Well-Fit: Off-Shore Oil Rig Inspectors in Texas and Louisiana.” NIOSH EPHB Report No. 360-11a. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Direct Link: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/surveyreports/pdfs/360-11a.pdf

  • Murphy W.J., Themann C.L., Murata T.K. (2016). Hearing protector fit testing with off-shore oil-rig inspectors in Louisiana and Texas. International Journal of Audiology, 55(11), 688-698. doi:10.1080/14992027.2016.1204470

  • Qi C., Echt A., Murata T.K. (2016). Characterizing Dust from Cutting Corian®, a Solid-Surface Composite Material, in a Laboratory Testing System. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 60(5), 638-642. doi:10.1093/annhyg/mew005

  • William James Murphy, Hilary L. Gallagher, Gregory A. Flamme, Taichi K. Murata, Elizabeth A. McKenna, Gregory G. Wolff, Nourhan K. Abouzahra, Quintin A. Hecht; Personal Attenuation Ratings reported using Fit-Check Solo™: Is background noise a concern?. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 28 November 2016; 29 (1): 040012. Updated November 2023. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001803

Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings:

  • Murata T.K.*, Murphy W.J., Themann C.L., Byrne D.C. Fit-testing, training, and timing—How long does it take to fit-test hearing protectors? Proceedings of the 168th Acoustical Society of America Meeting: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. October 2014. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 136, No. 4, Pt. 2, pp. 2134.

  • Murata T.K.*, Murphy W.J.*, Themann C.L.* Field Testing NIOSH HPD Well-Fit: Off-Shore Oil Rig Inspectors in Louisiana and Texas. 40th Annual National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) Conference: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. February 2015.

  • Murata T.K.*, Bowman J.D.*, Doczkat M.R., Cardis E. Modeling Military Exposures to RF Electromagnetic Fields for the INTEROCC Study. BioEM 2015 3rd Annual Joint Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) and European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA). Monterey Bay, California, USA. June 2015.

  • Murphy W.J.*, Themann C.L.*, Byrne D.C., Murata T.K.* Additional Applications of Hearing Protector Fit-Testing: Sandblasters at Grand Coulee Dam, Washington State. 41th Annual National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) Conference: San Diego, California, USA. February 2016.

  • Murata T.K.*, Bowman J.D.*, Doczkat M.R., Vila J., Cardis E. Modeling RF Electric Field Exposures for INTEROCC Subjects who Worked with Military Radar Antennas. Poster Presentation for the Annual American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce). Baltimore, Maryland, USA. May 2016.

  • Murata T.K.*, Vila J., Cardis E. Additional Methodologies of Categorizing INTEROCC Subjects that were exposed to RF Telecommunication & Transmitter Antenna Sources. BioEM 2016 4th Annual Joint Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) and European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA). Ghent, Belgium, European Union. June 2016.

  • Murata T.K., Gallagher H.L.*, McKenna E.A., Wolff G.G., Sullivan S.C., Ankrom M.R., Murphy W.J., Abouzahra N.K., Hecht Q.A. Personal attenuation ratings reported using Fit Check SoloTM: Is background noise a concern? Proceedings of the 172nd Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan Meeting: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. November 2016. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 140, No. 4, Pt. 2, pp. 3145.

  • Abouzahra N.K.*, Gallagher H.L.*, Murata T.K., McKenna E.A., Wolff G.G., Sullivan S.C., Ankrom M.R., Murphy W.J., Hecht Q.A. Personal attenuation ratings reported using Fit Check SoloTM: Is background noise a concern? 42nd Annual National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) Conference: San Antonio, Texas, USA. February 2017.

  • Bradford S.A.*, Liang J.*, Li W., Murata T.K., Simunek J. Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models to Predict Runoff Water Quantity and Quality. Proceedings of the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. December 2017.

  • Murata T.K*, Mai J.Z.* Incidence of Ocular Melanoma, 2000 – 2018: a Population-Based Study in the United States. Annual National Institutes of Health Poster Presentation Week. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. August 2021.  

  • O’Malley M.A.*, Murata T.K. Comparison between Historical and Current Pesticide use in California, Changing Modes of Action. 33rd International Congress on Occupational Health. Melbourne, Australia & Rome, Italy. February 2022.

  • O’Malley M.A.*, Murata T.K. Historical vs Current Insecticide & Nematicide use in California, Changing Modes of Action. American Occupational Health Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. May 2022.

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Accepted Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits to Professional Meetings:

  • Murata T, St Helen G, Benowitz N. Determining associations between co-use of tobacco & cannabis products and mental/behavioral health outcomes: a narrative literature analysis. Population Medicine. 2023;5(Supplement):A1266. doi:10.18332/popmed/163938. 17th World Congress on Public Health, Rome Italy, European Union. May 2023