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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 105484 |
| CIS number |
06-814 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2005 |
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| Author(s) |
Driscoll T., Nelson D.I., Steenland K., Leigh J., Concha-Barrientos M., Fingerhut M., Prüss-Ustün A. |
| Title |
The global burden of non-malignant respiratory disease due to occupational airborne exposures |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2005, Vol.48, No.6, p.432-445. 38 ref. |
| Abstract |
This paper assesses worldwide mortality and morbidity from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and pneumoconioses arising from occupational exposure to airborne particulates and dusts, focusing on cases reported in the year 2000. The proportions of workers exposed and their levels of exposure were estimated using workforce data and the CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) database. These were combined with relative or absolute risk measures to develop estimates of deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and attributable fraction (for asthma and COPD). There were an estimated 386,000 deaths (asthma 38,000, COPD 318,000, pneumoconioses 30,000) and nearly 6.6 million DALYs (asthma 1,621,000, COPD 3,733,000, pneumoconioses 1,288,000) due to exposure to occupational airborne particulates. It is concluded that occupational airborne particulates are an important cause of death and disability worldwide. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
airborne dust; respiratory diseases; mortality; morbidity |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
coal dust; obstructive ventilatory impairment; silica; statistical evaluation; asthma; pneumoconiosis; exposure evaluation; asbestos |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Australia; Chile; USA; WHO |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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