Genetic Testing in the Workplace: Costs and Benefits.

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI
• Description:
  The increased interest in the relationship between genetic markers and the risk of illness may result in more widespread use of genetic testing in the future, raising concerns about the potential social benefits and costs of workplace genetic testing. Specifics discussed included the private benefits and public health impacts of genetic testing, benefits to employers of genetic testing, costs to employers of genetic testing, public versus private costs and benefits, and potential misallocation of genetic testing resources. Several illustrations were offered from data on different kinds of medical screening and monitoring which demonstrated the relationship between the frequency of testing and facility size. From the perspective of the workers exposed to hazardous substances, genetic testing offers the hope of reducing the risk of illness and thus, may be of substantial benefit. However, incentives to screen may be too great for firms with good employment characteristics and too small for firms with poor employment characteristics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cytotoxins Genetics Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Grants-other; Genotoxic-effects; Biological-monitoring; Worker-motivation; Safety-practices; Cytotoxic-effects; Genetic-factors; Medical-screening; Risk-factors; Occupational-exposure;
• ISBN:
  9780849388002
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  401-415
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00213963
• Citation:
  Molecular dosimetry and human cancer: analytical, epidemiological, and social considerations. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991 May; :401-415
• Contact Point Address:
  School of Public Health Boston University 80 East Concord Street Boston, MA 02118
• Editor(s):
  Groopman JD; Skipper PL
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19900901
• Source Full Name:
  Molecular dosimetry and human cancer: analytical, epidemiological, and social considerations
• End Date:
  19920831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243260/cdc_243260_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]