Multiple Exposures: Toward a Model of Total Occupational Burden

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• Personal Author:
  Belkic K ; Landsbergis P ; Savic C ; Schnall P
• Description:
  Although occupational health research traditionally has relied on a deterministic approach of assessing causal relations between a given exposure and a given outcome, recognition of the complexity of the work environment has obligated a more integrative assessment of physical, ergonomic, and psychosocial stressors on the job. Substantial empirical evidence links each of a large number of these diverse stressors to clinically important CV occurrences. A fairly small, but emerging body of literature has dealt with combined exposure to various types of cardionoxious factors. To cite a few examples: Lercher and colleagues reported a roughly additive effect on blood pressure of exposure to noise and night shiftwork. A diastolic pressor effect has been observed with laboratory exposure to heat together with 90 dB noise. Noise also increases the self-reported stressfulness of muscular work and of exposure to heat and stochastic vibration. The pressor effects of performing a stressful mental task increase when noise is added to the laboratory environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Biological Effects Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Disease Heart Disease Humans Job Stress Noise Exposure Shift Workers Work Environment
• ISSN:
  0885-114X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  94-105
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058193
• Citation:
  Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 2000 Jan-Mar; 15(1):94-105
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews
• End Date:
  20040630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53b511f23a2d31ade0314d6bcb15c37de99377a43ee2c99f46d4a72dd55183c9f90744350f1bd137e66a68d90427e63d12ba2a04e9d34e214fb87966834970ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221328/cdc_221328_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB ]