Woodhall Stopford, MD, MSPH
Department / Division
Community and Family Medicine /
Occupational & Envir Med - Gen
Address
DUMC 3834
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-286-5744
Office Telephone
919-286-5744
Fax Telephone
919-286-5647
- MD, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts), 1969
- Internal Medicine, Indiana University Hospital, 1971-1973
- MSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980
Clinical Interests
Occupational medicine and toxicology; industrial hygiene; occupational diseases of the lung, kidney, and nervous system; individuals or groups with work or environmental exposures to hazardous chemicals, heavy metals, welding fumes, art
materials, formaldehyde, asbestos, pepper spray, mercury
Research Interests
Dr. Stopford's research interests include the development of assays for environmental and industrial exposures to mercury; clinical treatment of mercury intoxication; and the development of exposure parameters for respirable quartz and other respirable aerosols and vapors.
This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
- Art & Creative Materials Institute
- Hallmark Gobal Services Inc.
Representative Publications
Stopford W. Welding and Exposures to Manganese. Assessment of Neurological Effects. American Welding Society, January, 2006.
http:/www.aws.org/duke_study/index.html
(2006)
Stopford W. Risk Assessment of Copper in Art and Craft Materials. February 2005. http://duketox.mc.duke.edu/copperriskassessment3.doc
(2005)
Olajos EJ, Stopford W., eds. Riot Control Agents. Issues in Toxicology, Safety and Health. London: CRC Press. ISB No. 0-415-29902-0. 2004,
(2004)
Brock T, Stopford W. Bioaccessibility of metals in human health risk assessment: evaluating risk from exposure to cobalt compounds. J Environ Monit. 2003 Aug;5(4):71N-76N.
(2003)
Abstract
Stopford W, Turner J, Cappellini D, Brock T. Bioaccessibility testing of cobalt compounds. J Environ Monit. 2003 Aug;5(4):675-80.
(2003)
Abstract
