Conceptual Framework for Occupational Health Surveillance

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• Personal Author:
  Behrens VJ ; French J ; Sestito, John P. ; Spirtas R ; Sundin, David S.
• Description:
  The current status of occupational health surveillance is explored. A comparison is made with surveillance system in other countries, and it is concluded that the present reporting systems in the U.S. are inadequate for occupational health surveillance. A flow diagram is proposed which shows how various sources of data can be combined to facilitate the flow of information necessary for a better understanding of occupational health hazards. It is posited that information derived from such a program will permit the systematic identification of high risk occupational groups, relate exposures to specific health outcomes, and provide data which are prerequisite for establishing priorities of needs in research, evaluation, and control. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Biohazards Data-analysis Data-collection Environmental-hazards Exposure Health-surveys Industrial-hygiene Industrial-plant-workers Information-systems NIOSH-Author Physiological-stress Preventive-medicine Safety-engineering

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080941
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-175414
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-135, 1978 Mar; :1-20
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:941d2d8ffee433d3c76b4d99f8922b1a8b187bfd6542c46b9a8ee75e53ce338690ac828a0df9c3048fcfb55f8775550188539f1cee3d5d09ce1fdb4114f4d91b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209338/cdc_209338_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 576.50 KB ]