Characteristics of Patients with Work-Related Asthma Seen in the New York State Occupational Health Clinics

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• Personal Author:
  Fletcher AM ; Gelberg KH ; Grey AJ ; London MA
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to characterize the work-related asthma population seen by the New York State Occupational Health Clinic Network (OHCN) to determine which industries, occupations, and causal agents are associated with work-related asthma in New York State (NYS). METHODS: The OHCN patient database was analyzed to identify those patients with a diagnosis of work-related asthma and medical charts were then abstracted for data on demographics, clinical history, disease severity, industry, occupation, and putative agent. RESULTS: The OHCN patients with work-related asthma were most commonly employed in the service and manufacturing industries. Common occupations included teachers, farm operators/managers, and construction trades. The most frequently reported putative agents associated with work-related asthma were dust, indoor air, mold, and solvents. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest the potential importance of prevention of workplace exposure in reducing adult asthma in NYS. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Air Pollution, Indoor Asthma Asthma, Occupational Construction Industry Demography Dust Environmental Health Epidemiology Fungi Microbiology Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Bronchial-asthma Construction-industry Construction-workers Demographic-characteristics Dusts Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Microorganisms Molds Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Statistical-analysis Teaching

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031768
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2006 Nov; 48(11):1203-1211
• Contact Point Address:
  Alicia M. Fletcher, MPH, New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Occupational Health, Flanigan Square, 547 River Street, Rm. 230, Troy, NY 12180-2216
• Email:
  amk05@health.state.ny.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20000630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:090a92b4f47850f2112a52eab8c27a1d0b4be4081c2d156cf4dfee4718832136409dd57bfc7206b18684e00e5e71769afe913708cef9124578f93608300001de
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185938/cdc_185938_DS1.pdf
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