Risk of neuropsychiatric disability among painters in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Brackbill RM ; Fischbach, Thomas J. ; Maizlish N
• Description:
  An investigation was performed to evaluate the hypothesis that painters in the United States have an excess risk of chronic neuropsychiatric disease. Information on persons receiving disability pensions was gathered from the United States Social Security Administration. Information was also obtained from the National Occupational Hazard Survey to verify the probable presence of solvents in the workplace of painters and the lack of such exposure among a referent cohort of bricklayers. The results indicated that the painters had a significant excess of neuropsychiatric disability. Construction painters had an excess of neuropsychiatric disability in contrast to spray painters. A positive association was noted between the painting occupations and each of the other specific diagnostic categories examined, including alcoholism. Brush painters, construction painters, and transportation equipment painters had a significant excess of disabling neuropsychiatric diseases as compared with spray painters. Several mechanisms which may account for the determined link between disabling alcoholism and employment as a painter were discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Epidemiology Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Paint Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Case-referent Study Central Nervous System Construction-workers Disability Diseases Nervous-system-disorders Neuropathology NIOSH-Author Occupational Organic-solvents Paint-manufacturing-industry Physical Solvent-vapors Solvents Spray-painting

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• ISSN:
  0355-3140
• 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 ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  182-188
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00195243
• Citation:
  Scand J Work Environ Health 1990 Jun; 16(3):182-188
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr R Brackbill, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mail Stop R-18, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6aa7e4e145bbe45d8b98ea28ffe1f22350bdd7111c02858d23e246d5544f81fccc00142d94d2ab192d1caf97faa20cf792f8f99dcfde447343a90d7b791c49a1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205549/cdc_205549_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.31 MB ]