Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, November 3, 2017 / Vol. 66 / No. 21

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• Alternative Title:
  Occupational Exposure to Vapor-Gas, Dust, and Fumes in a Cohort of Rural Adults in Iowa Compared with a Cohort of Urban Adults
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Cox-Ganser, Jean M. ; Doney, Brent C. ; Henneberger, Paul K. ; Humann, Michael J. ; Kelly, Kevin M. ; Liang, Xiaoming
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Description:
  Many rural residents work in the field of agriculture; however, employment in nonagricultural jobs also is common. Because previous studies in rural communities often have focused on agricultural workers, much less is known about the occupational exposures in other types of jobs in rural settings. Characterizing airborne occupational exposures that can contribute to respiratory diseases is important so that differences between rural and urban working populations can be assessed.
  
  This investigation used data from the baseline questionnaire completed by adult rural residents participating in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study (KCRHS). The distribution of jobs and occupational exposures to vapor-gas, dust, and fumes (VGDF) among all participants was analyzed and stratified by farming status (current, former, and never) then compared with a cohort of urban workers from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Occupational exposure in the last job was assessed with a job-exposure matrix (JEM) developed for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The COPD JEM assesses VGDF exposure at levels of none or low, medium, and high.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Cohort Studies Dust Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Rural Population Surveys And Questionnaires Urban Population

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2017; v. 66, no. 21
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6621a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  29095802
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5829718
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kurth, Laura M. ; Wagner, Robin M.
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050577
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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