Respiratory Diseases in Minorities of the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Coultas DB ; Gong H Jr. ; Grad R ; Handler A ; McCurdy SA ; Player R ; Rhoades ER ; Samet JM ; Thomas A ; Westley M
• Description:
  The population of the United States includes many groups with diverse racial and ethnic heritages. The people in these groups have patterns of health, disease, and illnesses that differ from those of the white majority of the United States. Conditions of the respiratory tract are no exception: even mortality data, a crude measure of disease impact, show some striking effects of race and ethnicity on the major diseases of the respiratory tract. The purpose of this review is to provide clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive overview of respiratory diseases among the minority populations of the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians-Pacific Islanders, and American Indians-Alaskan Natives. The review addresses risk factors for the major respiratory diseases, the occurrence of these respiratory diseases in children and adults, and related clinical issues. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Irritants Occupational Health Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Children Diseases Health-hazards Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1073-449X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Alaska ; California ; District of Columbia ; Maryland ; New Mexico ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  149
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032828
• Citation:
  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 Mar; 149(3)(Pt 2):S93-S131
• Contact Point Address:
  David B. Coultas, M.D., New Mexico Tumor Registry, 900 Camino de Salud NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Part Number:
  2
• Start Date:
  19900930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4231e0a7de1006566ad816e9e1aaaf8fe80f1d145cc3b9d23fea367628f9381b7f681390d3ea70292d7278ff6f0f1555ba70462908dac89269beb0fb2d4a992a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186653/cdc_186653_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.16 MB ]