Occupational asthma incidence: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey - United States, 2006-2009

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• Personal Author:
  Knoeller GE ; Mazurek JM ; Moorman JE ; Storey, Eileen
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Occupational asthma (OA) is new-onset asthma or the recurrence of previously quiescent asthma caused by workplace exposures. OBJECTIVE: To estimate population-based new-onset OA incidence and the proportion of incident asthma that is work-related. METHODS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Asthma Call-back Survey data collected from persons aged >/=18 years during 2006-2009 in 38 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed. Incident health professional-diagnosed new-onset OA cases were persons with asthma diagnosed within the past 12 months who had health professional-diagnosed work-related asthma. Incident potential new-onset OA cases were persons with asthma diagnosed within the past 12 months who did not have health professional-diagnosed work-related asthma but described their asthma as caused by workplace exposures. The proportion of incident asthma that is work-related was calculated using the 2006-2008 estimate of adult asthma incidence (3800 per million). RESULTS: The estimated annual incidence of health professional-diagnosed new-onset OA was 179 (95% CI: 113-245) per million population. For combined health professional-diagnosed and potential new-onset OA the incidence was 692 (95% CI: 532-853) per million population. The proportion of incident asthma among adults that is work-related was 4.7% for health professional-diagnosed new-onset OA and 18.2% for combined health professional-diagnosed and potential new-onset OA. CONCLUSIONS: New-onset asthma in as many as one of six adult patients might be associated with work. Clinicians should consider the role of occupational exposures when evaluating adults with incident asthma which may uncover opportunities for early intervention and reversal of an otherwise chronic disease. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Diagnosis Epidemiology Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Epidemiology Bronchial-asthma Clinical-diagnosis Disease-incidence Employee-exposure Health-surveys Information-retrieval-systems Lung-disorders Occupational-diseases Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Surveillance Surveillance-programs Work-related Asthma Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0277-0903
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  390-394
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042201
• Citation:
  J Asthma 2013 May; 50(4):390-394
• Contact Point Address:
  Jacek Mazurek, M.D., Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS HG 900.2, 1095 Willowdale Rd., Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
• Email:
  JMazurek1@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Asthma
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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