Work-related asthma in Massachusetts, 2001 results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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• Personal Author:
  Pechter E
• Description:
  This issue of the Bulletin provides results from the occupational asthma questions included in the BRFSS telephone survey, indicating that 27,000 adults in Massachusetts have work-related asthma. Please continue to report cases so we can work together to identify hazardous exposures and prevent this serious disease. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an annual, random-digit-dial telephone survey of adults aged 18 years and older that collects information on health risks, preventive behaviors and health conditions. The survey is conducted in all states as a joint effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments. The survey consists of core questions developed by CDC that are asked in all states, optional CDC modules on specific health issues, and state-added questions on additional topics. In 2001, the core survey included two questions about asthma. That year, three states -- Massachusetts, Michigan and California -- added several specific questions about work-related asthma. Findings from the Massachusetts BRFSS are reported. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Behavior Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns 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 Questionnaires Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health Workers

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• 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:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042695
• Citation:
  SENSOR Occup Lung Dis Bull 2003 Apr; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19880415
• Source Full Name:
  SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12fcc381119aecbf55a85416fafae67ef20a399b5dc887df196cf383990b3336017bb6a5732a074890a59809ee5d6362ddd3ad00b39051cc0b8d508e25410fba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194834/cdc_194834_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 163.95 KB ]