Control of smoking in occupational epidemiologic studies: methods and needs.

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• Personal Author:
  Blair, Austin ; Halperin, William E. ; O'Berg M ; Shy C ; Steenland, Kyle ; Thomas T
• Description:
  Papers organized from a workshop on the handling of smoking in occupational studies sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and NIOSH were introduced, and problems associated with control of smoking in occupational epidemiology were briefly discussed. Paper topics focused on occupational research regarding the biologic effects of smoking in the workplace, methods of data acquisition on smoking, and analytic strategies for dealing with confounding variables and interactive effects. The authors note that information on occupational smoking is necessary to assess the prevalence of specific disease states among particular occupational groups in the presence of heavy use of tobacco. Difficulties in obtaining smoking information based on the design and use of occupational cohort studies were discussed. A study comparing smoking adjusted and crude standardized mortality ratios in United States veterans showed high correlation coefficients for the two measures. However, several reasons for obtaining smoking information were considered important: for description of possible interactions between occupational exposures and smoking; to avoid false negative findings which would probably result in lack of follow up; and to avoid losing public confidence by not including such information. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Smokers Tobacco Products Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Epidemiology Cancer Cigarette-smoking Cohort Studies NIOSH-Author Occupational-health Occupational-sociology Pulmonary-system-disorders Risk-analysis Risk Model Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Delaware ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3-4
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00177407
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1988; 13(1):3-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:23583396655513a467cdb1adabbb8c256d31304c9eb0e5b5a47a7c21df33d4b6ebba7aa08c960c39634cc3932245377932227fd2158f084e6b906fe7ddfa0280
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185455/cdc_185455_DS1.pdf
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