The work-related lung disease surveillance report 2002
USA. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIOSH - Cincinnati
2003
270 p.
asbestosis ; asthma ; byssinosis ; lung diseases ; medical surveillance ; mesothelioma ; occupation disease relation ; pneumoconiosis ; silicosis ; smoking ; statistics
NIOSH Publication
2003-111
Occupational diseases
English
Bibliogr.;Charts
"This report contains tables, figures, and maps showing statistics on asbestosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, silicosis, byssinosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and respiratory tuberculosis, as well as on associated occupational dust exposures.
This edition also includes sections on malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer, and "other" interstitial lung disease, as well as smoking status by industry and occupation. In addition, tables are now provided listing U.S. counties with the highest mortality from certain occupational respiratory diseases."
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