Silicosis Surveillance in New Mexico

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• Personal Author:
  Mulloy KB ; Voorhees RE
• Description:
  Silicosis has been added to the List of Notifiable Conditions, the official regulations for reportable conditions in New Mexico. The Workers Health Surveillance Project will actively encourage physicians, including radiologists and pathologists, as well as other health-care professionals, to report all diagnosed or suspect cases of silicosis. These reports should include persons with: A. A physician's provisional or working diagnosis of silicosis, Or B. A chest radiograph interpreted as consistent with silicosis, or C. Pathological findings consistent with silicosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Dust Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Metals Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Uranium

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• Keywords:
  Lung-disease Lung-disorders Lung-irritants Metal-compounds Metal-dusts Metal-fumes Metal-mining Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicates Silicosis Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Uranium-compounds Uranium-miners Uranium-mining Uranium-ore

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Presentation
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030488
• Citation:
  2003 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference, Hartford, Connecticut, June 22-25, 2003. Atlanta, GA: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 2003 Jun; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  MSC10 5550, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
• Email:
  kmulloy@salud.unm.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Surveillance Research Methods
• Performing Organization:
  New Mexico State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20020930
• Source Full Name:
  2003 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference, Hartford, Connecticut, June 22-25,2003
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2705af8c0d0277684af475f96191e1f1dada7eb150259199132a560832380a2c1f90336a3afa1d88a948c6c8a083a5b3d2922fdd4da3580117bdc47580aeb469
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191079/cdc_191079_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.67 MB ]