National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Nanomaterials and Worker Health Conference - medical surveillance session summary report

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• Personal Author:
  Fischman M ; Kosnett M ; McCunney RJ ; Storey, Eileen
• Description:
  Objectives: The goal of these sessions was to identify current practices and recommendations regarding medical surveillance for nanomaterial workers. Methods: Conference participants met in three discussion groups. Results: There were few existing programs directed to nanomaterial workers. Participants expressed a range of views, from feeling that comprehensive medical surveillance is important currently to suggesting that targeted medical surveillance will become important when more complete data are available to assess risks. Conclusions: Results of health outcomes research for ultrafine air pollution and toxicological information about specific nanomaterials should informthe design of medical surveillance programs.Groups with high exposures should be identified and targeted. Overall, because of uncertainties in the health effects of concern, investments in control measures, exposure assessment efforts, and exposure registries are currently most likely to be important prevention strategies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biochemistry Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Irritants Lung Microbiology Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Safety Toxicology Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Air-quality-measurement Air-quality-monitoring Air-sampling-techniques Biochemical-analysis Biohazards Biological-effects Biological-monitoring Exposure-assessment Hazardous-materials Health-hazards Injury-prevention Medical-monitoring Microscopic-analysis Nanotechnology Particle-aerodynamics Particulate-sampling-methods Particulates Pulmonary-system Respiratory-irritants Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Toxic-materials Work-environment Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Colorado ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; 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
• Volume:
  53
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038883
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Jun; 53(6S):S35-S37
• Contact Point Address:
  Michael Fischman, MD, MPH, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Box 1661, San Francisco, CA 94143
• Email:
  michael.fischman@ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Supplement:
  6S
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7748982856682693d47e32f5cad1e53f7be8e55c999a2d745dc1b41be628b43c4d11a67f0bbd342384281da06b71f410a10e50b4de480b23cae4d7eee65a37f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192424/cdc_192424_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 54.92 KB ]