| Document ID (ISN) | 102501 |
| CIS number |
03-1666 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Dement J.M., Welch L., Bingham E., Cameron B., Rice C., Quinn P., Ringen K. |
| Title |
Surveillance of respiratory diseases among construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites |
| Bibliographic information |
June 2003, Vol.43, No.6, p.559-573. Illus. 35 ref. |
| Abstract |
Medical screening programs were initiated in 1996 at three nuclear weapons facilities to evaluate whether current and former construction workers were at significant risk for occupational illnesses. The focus of this report is pneumoconiosis associated with exposures to asbestos and silica among workers enrolled in the screening programs through 30 September 2001. Workers provided a detailed work and exposure history and underwent a respiratory examination, which included a respiratory symptom questionnaire, a chest radiograph and spirometry. Of the 2,602 workers enrolled in the project, 25.2% showed one or more chest X-ray changes by ILO criteria and 42.7% demonstrated one or more pulmonary function defects. The overall prevalence of parenchymal changes by ILO criteria was 5.4%. In the logistic regression models, the odds ratio for parenchymal disease was 2.6 for workers employed 6 to 20 years and increased to 3.6 for workers employed more than 35 years, with additional incremental risks for workers reporting routine exposures to asbestos or silica. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
silica; asbestos; respiratory diseases; risk factors; construction work; long-term exposure; pneumoconiosis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ILO; occupation disease relation; long-term study; respiratory function tests; radiological classifications; statistical evaluation; medical examinations; chest radiography; spirometry |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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| Browse category(ies) |
Asbestos
Pneumoconioses
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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