| The links to external web sites included below are provided for informational purposes only. Citation should not be taken as endorsement by NIOSH of the web site content nor of the sponsoring organization. |
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Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Program of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
External link: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/default.htm
NCEH leads CDC's fight against environmental-related respiratory illnesses, including asthma, and studies indoor and outdoor air pollution.
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American College of Radiology (ACR)
External link: http://www.acr.org |
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AOEC Exposure Codes
External link: http://www.aoec.org/aoeccode.htm
An exposure coding scheme which includes agents classified as "known asthma inducers" and is maintained by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC). To facilitate consistency in agent coding across states, putative causes of WRA for each case are coded using this scheme. |
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Assessment of Asthma in the Workplace
External link: http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/108/4/1084
A consensus statement of the American College of Chest Physicians on the approach to assessment and management of asthma in the workplace, intended for pulmonologist, allergists, and specialists in occupational and environmental medicine. |
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| Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC)
External Link: http://www.aoec.org/epid.htm
The AOEC is non-profit organization committed to improving the practice of occupational and environmental health through information sharing and collaborative research. |
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Asmapro: A web server for Occupational Asthma
External link: http://www.remcomp.com/asmanet/asmapro/asmawork.htm
An occupational asthma diagnostic tool for medical doctors dealing with asthma in the workplace. Over 70 different occupational asthma cases reside in an html-based relational database, and each case can be retrieved by case id, by the agent (over 350 different agents are listed), or by patient's job (more than 140 different jobs are registered). |
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Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA)
External Link: http://www.dol.gov/dol/compliance/comp-blba.htm
A Department of Labor compliance assistance resource. |
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BLack Lung Clinics Program
External Link: http://bphc.hrsa.gov/blacklung/default.htm
The Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-239), as amended February 27, 1985, reinstated an authority of the Federal Mine and Safety Act for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support clinics to evaluate and treat coal miners with respiratory impairments. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
External Link: http://stats.bls.gov/ |
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Campaign to End Black Lung Now and Forever
External Link: http://www.msha.gov/S&HINFO/BLUNG/HOMEPAGE.HTM
A Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) safety and health topic. |
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Cleaning products and work related asthma (J Occup Environ Med) (abstract)
State-based surveillance systems for work-related asthma in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey were used to identify cases of asthma associated with exposure to cleaning products at work. |
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Clinical Evaluation, Management, and Prevention of Work-Related Asthma
External link: http: //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
10573601&dopt=Abstract
A practical stepwise organization of the diagnostic evaluation of work-related asthma, used by primary care physicians and physicians specializing in occupational diseases and asthma. |
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Council of State Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
External link: http://www.cste.org
Surveillance and prevention of infectious diseases, chronic diseases and conditions, and environmental health concerns are priority areas for CSTE.
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Data Retrieval System (DRS)
External Link: http://www.msha.gov/drs/drshome.htm
The Data Retrieval System of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) permits miners, operators and other interested parties to retrieve mine overviews, accident histories, violation histories, inspector dust samplings, operator dust samplings and employment/production data. |
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Department of Labor (DOL)
External Link: http://www.dol.gov/ |
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A descriptive study of work-aggravated asthma (J Occup Environ Med) (abstract)
A better understanding of work-aggravated asthma, as well as work-related new-onset asthma, is needed to aid in prevention efforts. |
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FASTATS A to Z
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) provides health statistics and links to additional sources of information. |
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Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977
External link: http://www.msha.gov/Regs/Act/Acttc.htm |
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Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Asthma Risk at Work, School, and Recreation
External link: http://www.thoracic.org/adobe/statements/asthma2004.pdf ATS (2004).
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An American Thoracic Society statement, providing health care practitioners, workplace managers, school administrators, and the general public with the issues and guidelines that impact patients with asthma in the workplace, school, and recreation. |
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Haz-Map®
External link: http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/
An occupational toxicology database (of chemicals, jobs, and diseases) designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms. |
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Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) Program
External Link: http://stats.bls.gov/iif/home.htm
A program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides data on illnesses and injuries on the job and data on worker fatalities. |
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Medical Screening/Surveillance
External link: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/medicalsurveillance/index.html
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety and health topic. |
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Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
External Link: http://www.msha.gov/ |
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| National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) |
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
A survey of the National Center of Health Statistics (NCHS), designed to collect information about the health and diet of people in the United States. |
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National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
The NHIS is the principal source of information on the health of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and is one of the major data collection programs of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). |
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| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) |
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Occupational Health Indicators: A Guide for Tracking Occupational Health Conditions and Their Determinants
External link: http://www.cste.org/pdffiles/Revised%20Indicators_12.14.04.pdf
PDF only 816kb (91 pages)
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), in association with NIOSH, establishes a recommended set of indicators for occupational health surveillance which would, if collected at the state level, assist in the development of programs to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Inspection Data
External Link: http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/index.html
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides information regarding the establishment being inspected, and other basic information collected for every OSHA inspection. |
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Putting Data to Work: Occupational Health Indicators from Thirteen Pilot States for 2000
External link: http://www.cste.org/pdffiles/newpdffiles/CSTEOHIndicatorResultsfinal82905.pdf
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The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), in collaboration with NIOSH, presents the results of a pilot effort by 13 states in generating Occupational Health Indicators data for calendar year 2000. |
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Social Security Administration (SSA)
External Link: http://www.ssa.gov/ |
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42CFR27 Specifications of Medical Examinations of Underground Coal Miners
External link: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_02/42cfr37_02.html |
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Spirometry in the Occupational Setting
External link: http://www.acoem.org/guidelines/article.asp?ID=36
In 2000, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) published an evidence-based position paper with guidelines for using spirometry in the occupational setting. Health and safety officers may find these guidelines useful when using spirometry as part of their medical monitoring and screening programs. |
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Standardization of Spirometry, 1994 Update
External link: http://www.thoracic.org/sections/publications/statements/pages/pfet/201.html
The official statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) on the standardization of Spirometry |
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Surveillance of Work-Related Asthma in Selected U.S. States Using Surveillance Guidelines for State Health Departments-California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993-1999 (CDC/NIOSH)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 25, 1999 / 48(SS-3):1-20
PDFonly 493 KB (20 pages)
Cases of work-related asthma (WRA) are sentinel health events that indicate the need for preventive intervention. This report summarizes surveillance data from four states and the results support the inclusion of WRA as a priority condition warranting surveillance at the state level. |
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Work-Related Asthma
External link: http://www.aafp.org/afp/20011201/1839.html
Diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and reduction to exposure are all important steps taken by the physician of victims of work-aggravated asthma, occupational asthma, reactive airways dysfunction syndrome, and allergic occupational asthma. |
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Work-related reactive airways dysfunction syndrome cases from surveillance in selected US states (J Occup Environ Med) (abstract)
Describes the epidemiology of work-related cases of reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) identified in four states in the United States during 1993-1995 as part of the Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) Program. |
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