Improving the Health of Workers in Indoor Environments: Priority Research Needs for a National Occupational Research Agenda

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• Personal Author:
  Alexander D ; Cain WS ; Fisk WJ ; Girman JR ; Hines CJ ; Jensen, Paul A. ; Kreiss, Kathleen ; Levin H ; Mendell MJ ; Milton DK ; Rexroat LP ; Wallingford, Kenneth M.
• Description:
  Indoor nonindustrial work environments were designated a priority research area through the nationwide stakeholder process that created the National Occupational Research Agenda. A multidisciplinary research team used member consensus and quantitative estimates, with extensive external review, to develop a specific research agenda. The team outlined the following priority research topics: building-influenced communicable respiratory infections, building-related asthma/allergic diseases, and nonspecific building-related symptoms; indoor environmental science; and methods for increasing implementation of healthful building practices. Available data suggest that improving building environments may result in health benefits for more than 15 million of the 89 million US indoor workers, with estimated economic benefits of $5 to $75 billion annually. Research on these topics, requiring new collaborations and resources, offers enormous potential health and economic returns. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-respiratory-disease Office-workers Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  92
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022890
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2002 Sep; 92(9):1430-1440
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Indoor Environment
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb4448bf58c02ea2c653a1b7fb9cc2bea8039639fd888f8056f723b24d024c39d6ef29aa8ef0f8b8cd5c5d374bf02f4fa6db491b506d81b626f6d90a40cbdc12
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199513/cdc_199513_DS1.pdf
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