Asthma in Massachusetts Home Care Aides

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• Personal Author:
  Fitzsimmons K
• Description:
  In recent years, questions about occupation and industry have been included in the Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a population-based survey of residents. The BRFSS can now be used to examine a variety of health indicators among occupation groups. This Bulletin presents data on asthma in home care aides - a group of workers that is projected to grow considerably in the coming years. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Health Personnel Home Care Services Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Health Care Workers Home Health Care Occupational Exposure Occupations Public Health Respiratory Diseases Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061393
• Citation:
  Occupational lung disease bulletin. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2016 Fall; :1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington St, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
• Email:
  MDPH.OHSP@state.ma.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Asthma in Massachusetts home care aides
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2b032e9ecb76696bd0d05609c6ab5d2c034a2d1f40d49e13cfd6241a908f9cac14bbf70900eac2263a39a3deb0dd4a3ec1fc39586d5b0ac37134d9f0c60d6f33
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224931/cdc_224931_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB ]