Matsumura, T., Toju, H., Tanaka, S., Fujii, S. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Development of monitoring system for persistent organic pollutants in offshore waters around Japan: results from the first investigation in the East China Sea. 29th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, DIOXIN 2009, Beijing, China, August, Abstract Book, 85.

19. Eguchi, A., Isobe, T., Subramanian, A., Sudaryanto, A., Viet, P. H., Tana, T. S., Takahashi, S. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Contamination by brominated flame retardants in soil samples from Asian developing countries. 29th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, DIOXIN 2009, Beijing, China, August, Abstract Book, 100.

20. Someya, M., Suzuki, G., Subramanian, A., Zheng, G. J., Lam, P. K. S., Prudente, M., Min, B. Y., Zakaria, M. P., Viet, P. H., Tana, T. S., Takahashi, S. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Mussel watch program: monitoring of dioxin related compounds in Asian coastal waters using mussels as bioindicators. 29th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, DIOXIN 2009, Beijing, China, August, Abstract Book, 102.

21. Devanathan, G., Agus, S., Subramanian, A., Isobe, T., Someya, M., Takahashi, S. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Persistent organohalogen compounds in human breast milk collected from different regions in India. 29th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, DIOXIN 2009, Beijing, China, August, Abstract Book, 140.

22. Agusa, T., Iwata, H., Fujihara, J., Kunito, T., Takeshita, H., Minh, T. B., Trang, P. T. K., Viet, P. H. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Interindividual variation in arsenic metabolism in a Vietnamese population: association with single nucleotide polymorphisms in AS3MT. Interdisciplinary Symposium for Young Investigators on Biological Responses to Chemical Contaminants: from Molecular to Community Level, Aveiro, Portugal, Aveiro, Portugal, September, Abstract Book, 30.

23. Takahashi, S., Kannan, K. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Contamination status and distribution of emerging POPs and related compounds in Asia-Pacific region. The 3rd Workshop on Reduction of Unintentional POPs in East Asian Countries, Tokyo, October.

24. Tanabe, S. (2009): Environmental and biotic contamination by POPs in the Asia-Pacific region. International Seminar on Pesticide and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Resisues in the Environments and Their Effects on Food Safety, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, October, Program of Activities, 1-1-1-21.

25. Takahashi, S. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Global distribution and potential sources of persistent toxic substances: recent issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Kyoto Workshop on 3R (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle) and Waste Management, Kyoto, October.

26. Kannan, K. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Utility of archived samples from environmental specimen bank in understanding spatial and temporal trends of perfluorinated compounds. International Symposium on Environmental Specimen Bank – Exploring Possibility of Setting-up ESBs in Developing Countries, Matsuyama, Japan, December, Abstract Book, 14.

27. Isobe, T., Sudaryanto, A., Ramu, K. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Spatial and temporal trend study on environmental pollution by brominated flame retardants using archived samples. International Symposium on Environmental Specimen Bank – Exploring Possibility of Setting-up ESBs in Developing Countries, Matsuyama, Japan, December, Abstract Book, 20.

28. Hirata, S. H., Urakami, S., Yasuda, Y., Isobe, T., Takahashi, S. and Tanabe, S. (2009): Environmental monitoring of trace elements using marine mammals as bioindicators – species specific accumulation