Occupational Health Surveillance: Contributions from the National Health Interview Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Lalich NR ; Sestito, John P.
• Description:
  An overview was presented of the Occupational Health Supplement (OHS), an extension to the 1988 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) resulting from joint efforts of NIOSH and other government agencies. The OHS was the first government effort to provide significant data on workplace injuries, dermatitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain, and lung disease. Also obtained through the OHS was data on the prevalence of smoking in different occupational groups, the discomfort caused by environmental tobacco smoke, and the association between heavy drinking and occupational injury. The OHS employed a scientific method for estimating parameters for the entire US workforce, and also collected information on lifestyle and demographics. Results reported through the OHS were gathered from self reported data, and were potentially subject to overreporting or underreporting. The information provided through the OHS was particularly valuable given the lack of a comprehensive occupational illness surveillance system in the United States. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Dermatitis Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety Skin Skin Diseases Smoke Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products

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• Keywords:
  Carpal-tunnel-syndrome Demographic-characteristics Health-surveys NIOSH-Author Occupational-dermatitis Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Tobacco-smoke
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00234617
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1997 Jan; 31(1):1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:54c62ef6934b695d993bfca79b35432e35aedb314b92428250715d74a1eee1d33a16cacecb87d4f60a4f1db92e409c4bac1206a237cef176d3ad569a21c95360
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197723/cdc_197723_DS1.pdf
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