Work-related asthma in Massachusetts: population-based data from the 2006 & 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System adult asthma call-back survey

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• Personal Author:
  Lutzker L
• Description:
  We are pleased to release this issue of the Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin, which presents population-based data on work-related asthma from the 2006 & 2007 BRFSS Adult Asthma Call-back Surveys. These Call-back Surveys are part of a new initiative by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in collaboration with the CDC. The Call-back Survey is scheduled to continue on an annual basis, providing extensive data on asthma. Of particular interest, the Call-back contains questions about work-related asthma that offer new insight into the impact of workplace exposures on adult asthma. Especially striking in the Call-back data is the high percentage of respondents who describe the causation or exacerbation of their asthma by workplace conditions and the small proportion of these respondents who also report discussing the role of the workplace with their health care providers. In light of this finding, we encourage you to talk with your asthma patients about work-related symptoms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Asthma Asthma, Occupational Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Bronchial-asthma Disease-prevention Employee-exposure Health-hazards Health-surveys Information-processing Information-retrieval-systems Medical-monitoring Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health Workers

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• Publisher:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042636
• Citation:
  SENSOR Occup Lung Dis Bull 2008 Oct; :1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4755cdcacfc94cd628f7c7947df0481089eaca9ac6d062214081da4f372f3023823da1c5cc0e3dc8367ef718f7c8a994fb0c15f8e0c48d54a0d98a2470cbc774
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194801/cdc_194801_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 80.95 KB ]