Surveillance of work-related asthma in four U.S. states, 1993-1995

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Description:
  Since 1992, Massachusetts and three other states (California, Michigan and New Jersey) have conducted state-based surveillance and intervention programs for work-related asthma (WRA) as part of the SENSOR program funded by NIOSH. Data collected by these states over a 3 year period were summarized in an article recently published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). In this issue of the Bulletin, key findings from that report are presented. The primary data source for all four states is physician reports. All four states have mandatory physician reporting of occupational diseases, including work-related asthma (WRA). Physician case reports are actively solicited in Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey. California has a passive surveillance system based on Doctor's First Reports (DFRs) of Occupational Injury or Illness - a long-standing, statewide physician reporting system directly linked to physician reimbursement of medical services. Surveillance staff administer follow-up questionnaires to patients with suspected WRA to collect information about their reported conditions (e.g., the association with workplace exposures and the industry and occupation of the affected person). Surveillance findings are used to direct intervention and prevention activities towards individual workers, physicians, unions and potentially hazardous workplaces. In Michigan and New Jersey, medical records are routinely reviewed for objective physiologic findings to substantiate a WRA diagnosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Case Reports Diagnosis Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Airway-resistance Bronchial-asthma Case-studies Diagnostic-tests Disease-prevention Employee-exposure Health-hazards Health-surveys Industrial-environment Medical-services Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupations Physicians Pulmonary-system-disorders Questionnaires Respiratory-system-disorders 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:20042749
• Citation:
  SENSOR Occup Lung Dis Bull 1999 Jul; :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:
  1999
• 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-512:74bc540040446773944ca07da0f700f120e6119eb8fb13f1b0a14648dbe8bbb6f722bbcff99749898bffcdd710c9219dbda246efc9d0db6796a7754ffcf9c690
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194878/cdc_194878_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 186.16 KB ]