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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 108137 |
| CIS number |
08-592 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
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| Author(s) |
Mazurek J.M., Filios M., Willis R., Rosenman K.D., Reilly M.J., McGreevy K., Schill D.P., Valiante D., Pechter E., Davis L., Flattery J., Harrison R. |
| Title |
Work-related asthma in the educational services industry: California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993-2000 |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 2008, Vol.51, No.2, p.47-59. 52 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to characterize work-related asthma (WRA) among persons working in educational services, identified by state-based occupational disease surveillance systems. A total of 2,995 WRA cases reported from 1993 to 2000 to four states, California, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey, were examined. Nine percent of the WRA cases were employed in educational services, among which 69% were classified as new-onset asthma and 31% as work-aggravated asthma. New-onset asthma cases were further classified as occupational asthma (61%) or as reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (8%). The most frequently reported occupation was teachers and teachers' aides (54%). The most frequently reported agents were indoor air pollutants (28%), moulds (16%), dusts (14%) and cleaning products (7%). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; asthma; teaching; risk factors; educational institutions |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
New Jersey; California; Massachusetts; dust; moulds; cleaning agents; Michigan |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Teaching and educational institutions
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