Screening and Surveillance of Workers Exposed to Asbestos

Details

• Personal Author:
  Wagner, Gregory R.
• Description:
  Diseases resulting from overexposure to asbestos persist in both industrialized and developing countries, despite substantial knowledge about both their causes and the means for their prevention. Disease prevention can be achieved through control of worker exposure by application of engineering principles. Control technologies can be supplemented by administrative strategies and the use of personal protective equipment. Medical screening and surveillance are secondary strategies which are also integral parts of an overall disease prevention strategy. All too often, past exposure to asbestos has resulted in current health risk, even in the absence of current exposure. In these circumstances, medical screening may offer the only hope for reducing morbidity and mortality for asbestos-related diseases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Airflow Asbestosis Bronchitis Lung Cancer Medical Monitoring Medical Screening Mesothelioma Sentinel Health Events Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Tossavainen A
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21-25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052761
• Citation:
  New advances in radiology and screening of asbestos-related disease: proceedings of the International Expert Meeting on New Advances in Radiology and Screening of Asbestos-Related Diseases, 9-11 February 2000, Espoo, Finland, Tossavainen A ed. Helsinki, Finland: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 2000 Feb; :21-25
• Contact Point Address:
  GR Wagner, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA
• Editor(s):
  Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  New advances in radiology and screening of asbestos-related disease: proceedings of the International Expert Meeting on New Advances in Radiology and Screening of Asbestos-Related Diseases, 9-11 February 2000, Espoo, Finland
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1d1f0b6c4c5e591558212c8f7df37afe74da676b6a40424a85170a4305de64b7d4fa3d08c56ea42fae4f335f349373a377c76855695f7ef334a39fb940ad3ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212237/cdc_212237_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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