Chronic Airway Disease Due to Occupational Exposure

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• Personal Author:
  Bernstein IL ; Blanc PD ; Chan-Yeung M ; Hnizdo, Eva ; Kennedy SM ; Torén, Kjell
• Description:
  Long before personal cigarette smoking was widespread, medical writers recognized that dusty trades were associated with various lung diseases. Much of this, often termed "miner's phthisis," was due to inorganic dusts and is best understood by today's nosology as one of the pneumoconioses (with or without superimposed tubercular disease). Nonetheless, clinical syndromes consistent with chronic bronchitis or airway obstruction, in particular among persons experiencing heavy organic dust inhalation, were also well described throughout the 19th century (1, 2). In this chapter, we first present the epidemiological evidence of chronic airflow obstruction based on specific occupational or industrial groups relevant to cohorts with specific exposures. Second, after summarizing findings relevant to specific exposures, we will review the population attributable risk percent (PAR%) or attributable fraction of COPD and chronic bronchitis related to workplace exposures across all occupational groups rather than limited to a single industrial cohort. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Epidemiology Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Airway-obstruction Airway-resistance Diseases Dust-exposure Dust-particles Dusts Lung-disease Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Surveillance

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• ISBN:
  9780824729776
• Publisher:
  Taylor & Francis Group
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030420
• Citation:
  Asthma in the workplace and related conditions, third edition. Bernstein IL, Chan-Yeun M, Malo JL, Bernstein DI, eds. New York: Taylor and Francis Group, 2006 Jan; :683-712
• Editor(s):
  Bernstein IL; Chan-Yeung M; Malo JL; Bernstein DI
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Asthma in the workplace and related conditions, third edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a6c066ee6a6250fd95c6cc3981a3ed159f77d13a4dca6b2bd3799d637b9ab036c4bdafaca489f157acc002f78edeba8d707a80a31f926cbb415a6a142ad44373
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191050/cdc_191050_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.63 MB ]