Supplemental manuscripts. Question and answer workshops. 34th AMA Congress on Occupational Health of 1974.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Questions and responses related to the AMA Congress on Occupational Health of 1974 were presented. The topic of occupational pulmonary disease was discussed with respect to: differential diagnoses, removing workers from dusty environments, cigarette smoking, asbestosis, and workman's compensation claims. Cardiovascular disease in occupational medicine was considered in relation to the confidentiality factor in voluntary examinations, the impact of emotional stress, triglyceride screening, misuse of alcohol, and mortality studies. The workshop also described: cardiovascular demonstration, work evaluation, and stress testing (baseline studies and measurement techniques), medical monitoring, and incorrect or absent chemical exposure diagnoses. Emphasis was placed on obtaining accurate occupational and avocational histories, precautionary measures, the relationship between management and the health of laborers, definition of normal testing responses, interpretations based on setting, and mechanisms of toxic effects.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Emergencies Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Laboratories Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management

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• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-system-disorders Clinical-diagnosis Contract-099-74-0030 Employee-exposure; Lung-disease Medical-screening Medical-treatment NIOSH-Contract Occupational-diseases Occupational-health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract;
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-85
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00206615
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1974; :1-85
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:45345580ba452e37bc974c3c84747f748e4f5f839cd54ecabcb1d8e99c150b5b5f5a8a3fbb056fed622b8301464cb27b4e92cf299b69e323fd116a75029d19b6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180757/cdc_180757_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB ]