Occupational Asthma and Wood Dust

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine
• Description:
  Wood dust is a common exposure in the workplace. Many products we use are made from wood and many workers are exposed to wood dust during their manufacture; occupations with exposure to wood dust include carpenters, furniture makers, cabinet makers, instrument makers, and saw mill workers. This newsletter focuses on asthma among these workers. Other respiratory conditions that can occur with exposure to wood dust include hypersensitivity pneumonitis, chronic bronchitis/COPD, and mucosal irritation. In addition, wood dust exposure has been linked to nasopharyngeal cancer and cancer of the nasal and paranasal sinuses and has therefore been classified as a human carcinogen (Group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) ( http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol100C/mono100C-15.pdf). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma, Occupational Carcinogens Dust Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Wood
• Keywords:
  Furniture Manufacture Furniture Workers Occupational Asthma Occupational Exposure Respiratory Diseases Sawmill Workers Wood Dust Wood Products
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054762
• Citation:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News 2017 May; 28(3):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  MSU-CHM, West Fee Hall, 909 Fee Road, Room 117, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217198/cdc_217198_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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