Poisoned at Work: An Updated Evaluation of New Hampshire Occupational Poisoning Calls to the Northern New England Poison Center from 2012 to 2014

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• Personal Author:
  Armenti KR
• Description:
  The Northern New England Poison Center (NNEPC) is the regional, nationally accredited poison center serving Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It provides a free, 24-hour poison emergency and information hotline that serves the general public and health care professionals and has interpretation services for over 150 languages. Each year, the NNEPC manages more than 30,000 poisoning exposures or cases, approximately 155 of which are New Hampshire occupational poisonings. A New Hampshire case means the call to the poison center came from New Hampshire, not necessarily the state where the workplace poisoning occurred or the residence of the patient. An occupational poisoning case represents a single individual's contact with a potentially toxic substance and can be self-reported or reported by someone calling on behalf of the patient (for example, a health care professional or co-worker). Not all NNEPC poisoning cases represent an injury. Sometimes the substance is not toxic or the amount to which the patient is exposed is not enough to cause toxicity. A patient can be exposed to one or multiple substances. A person may also only be calling to obtain information about a potential exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Hydrocarbons Men Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Public Health Safety Solvents Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age Groups Chemicals Cleaning Compounds Environmental Exposure Exposure Levels Fumes Gases Hazards Health Care Personnel Health Protection Heavy Metals Humans Injuries Poisons Public Health Statistical Analysis Surveillance Toxic Materials Toxins Vapors Work Environment Worker Health Workers Worker Safety

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• Publisher:
  University of New Hampshire
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049770
• Citation:
  Concord, NH: New Hampshire, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Institute on Disability Research, 2016 Mar; :1-6
• Contact Point Address:
  Karla Armenti, MS, ScD, Research Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator, NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program Institute on Disability/UCED, University of New Hampshire, 56 Old Suncook Rd, Suite 2, Concord, NH 03301
• Email:
  karmenti@dhhs.state.nh.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of New Hampshire, Durham
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150701
• Source Full Name:
  Poisoned at work: an updated evaluation of New Hampshire occupational poisoning calls to the Northern New England Poison Center from 2012 to 2014
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210408/cdc_210408_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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