Respiratory Health Division: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [2018]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This document has been withdrawn and the latest information can be found here. The Respiratory Health Division (RHD) is part of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). RHD conducts research and administers service programs to prevent work-related respiratory disease caused by hazardous occupational agents and to improve workers' respiratory health. RHD provides national and international leadership in work-related respiratory health issues by generating new knowledge and transferring that knowledge into practice to benefit workers. The division's research includes: 1. Conducting multidisciplinary research to identify work-related respiratory hazards, assess workplace exposures, characterize health risks, and develop and disseminate effective interventions. 2. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating national data to track the burden of work-related respiratory disease. 3. Responding to NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) requests for evaluations of potential respiratory risks and providing recommendations for solutions. 4. Providing health screening and surveillance services to U.S. coal miners under a program mandated by federal law called the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Inhalation Exposure Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Respiratory health; Respiratory system disorders; Surveillance programs; Coal miners
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2018-142, 2018 Jul; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Fact Sheet
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2018142
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052185
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bc9291117a004398f300df1d736b03e4674ec55ff2c2922c912ae630400c2a1c2eb4f2972de0bddda149fed715a9949735926ec7f7de042d0dccf73e0c3c2715
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/111351/cdc_111351_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.05 MB ]