Update in Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2009

Details

• Personal Author:
  Budinger GRS ; Kaufman JD ; Mutlu GM ; Van Hee VC
• Description:
  Environmental and occupational health was a major focus of both the scientific and lay press in 2009. Population-based studies confirmed the importance of environmental pollutants in the development of cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. Concerns regarding climate change highlighted the important public health consequences of carbon dioxide and methane emissions. The promise of new manufactured nanomaterials has been tempered by emerging concerns regarding their environmental impact. In addition, a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 will force a revision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for the three major air pollutants, particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx), in 2010. In this review on environmental and occupational medicine, we provide an overview of studies in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and selected other studies from the literature focused on environmental and occupational health. Although by no means comprehensive, we attempt to highlight the progress that has been made in identifying major health consequences of environmental exposure and understanding the mechanisms by which these occur. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air Pollution Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Health Effects Nanomaterials Occupational Health Public Health
• ISSN:
  1073-449X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  181
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054875
• Citation:
  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 Jun; 181(11):1174-1180
• Contact Point Address:
  Gokhan M. Mutlu, M.D., Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 240 E. Huron Street, McGaw M300, Chicago, IL 60611
• Email:
  g-mutlu@northwestern.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d8bd631708ba83bea45bb3d644b7bcfef3f74d03e959c958baa00a35fe73c8d14d385e6bc618cedafb19f901c0ffb6336616160de1dc8e200739e4f48ef94c27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217289/cdc_217289_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 103.17 KB ]