Acute health effects and occupational exposure from asphalt paving.

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• Personal Author:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Feng H ; Tepper, Allison L.
• Description:
  This study examines associations between acute irritant symptoms and exposure to two types of asphalt used during road paving, conventional (CON) and crumb-rubber-modified (CRM). The main measure of exposure was airborne total particulates (TP); several other specific airborne contaminants also were assessed. A repeated measurement design was utilized, with each worker contributing 2 person days of observation. A total of 84 person-days were CON-exposed and 96 person-days were CRM-exposed. A symptoms score (the sum of all occurrences during the day) was calculated for each of the following symptoms: eye, nose, and throat irritation, cough, shortness of breath, and wheeze. The exposure-response associations were assessed by linking symptom scores with contaminant levels. Results from mixed model analysis suggests that asphalt type was associated with eye, nose, and throat irritation, and with cough. CRM exposure was associated with increased symptom occurrence. Controlling for asphalt type, TP was associated with nose irritation. These results suggest the need for improving exposure controls for asphalt paving workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Eye Foreign Bodies Hydrocarbons Irritants Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Asphalt-fumes; Asphalt-industry; Road-construction; Road-surfacing; Eye-irritants; Respiratory-irritants; Respiratory-system-disorders; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Construction-workers
• Publisher:
  American Statistical Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025583
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 2002 American Statistical Association, Section on Statistics and the Environment. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 2003 Mar; :1-3
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS- R3 , Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 2002 American Statistical Association, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247971/cdc_247971_DS1.pdf
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