National survey of pneumoconiosis supervision in Japan.

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• Personal Author:
  Aizawa Y ; Chiyotani K ; Takata T
• Description:
  Various modes of pneumoconiosis supervision in Japan were assessed in a national survey which evaluated copies of results from 43,483 worker pneumoconiosis examinations. The examination copies indicated age, sex, mode of supervision, category of chest radiograph, complications, pulmonary dysfunction, history of dust work, symptoms, and signs. The four modes of supervision for workers engaged in dust work included: mode-1, for persons considered unaffected by pneumoconiosis; mode-2, which required reduction of exposure to dust; mode-3, which required change of work; and mode-4, for persons whose radiographic appearances corresponded to category-4 or those whose radiographic appearances corresponded to category-1, category-2, category-3, or category-4 and who had considerable pulmonary dysfunction due to pneumoconiosis requiring medical treatment. Mode-4 of supervision was applicable to 1.3% of all subjects. Pulmonary dysfunction, mainly attributed to depression of percent vital capacity or forced expiratory volume in one second, was often the basis for deciding on this mode. Secondary bronchitis and pulmonary tuberculosis accounted for more than 90% of diseases causing complications.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Dust Exposure Epidemiology Medical Examinations Medical Monitoring Occupational Health Occupational Respiratory Disease Pulmonary Disorders Respiratory System Disorders Worker Health
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  987-989
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00198869
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-108, 1990 Nov; (Pt II):987-989
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Part Number:
  II
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:397bec79c4d5d88cf5b38b61ca273d4d819f003137966b8b4b896edc6753fdac7b924dcf725f2ef7ac36bd476450662f874f55caf7e7583dc0e0073bc414ed91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180700/cdc_180700_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 129.80 KB ]