Occupation and disease: a guide for decision-making
A general method is outlined for assembling and evaluating medical and environmental data to assist in deciding whether a disease condition is of occupational origin. Data are given for 15 specific disease-producing agents: antimony, arsenic, asbestos, benzene, beryllium, carbon monoxide, chromic acid, coke oven emissions, cotton dust, lead (inorganic), nitrogen dioxide, noise, silica, sulfur dioxide, and toluene diisocyanate. Detailed considerations are included covering medical, personal, family and occupational histories, clinical evaluation, signs and symptoms of occupational diseases, laboratory tests, epidemiological data, industrial hygiene sampling and evaluation data, and established standards for exposure to occupational disease-producing agents. Also included are a discussion of aggravation of pre-existing conditions and legal ramifications thereof; guidelines for assessing the qualifications of medical and industrial hygiene personnel who may present testimony; normal values for various biological tests and variables; sample questionnaires for evaluating respiratory symptoms; a listing of occupations with possible exposure to the 15 agents.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6751114
- Report Number(s):
- PB-275601
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) testimony on occupational diseases before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, by Anthony Robbins, April 2, 1979
NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) testimony on cotton dust before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Labor Standards, by James A. Merchant, May 16, 1979
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AEROSOLS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ANTIMONY
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
ASBESTOS
BENZENE
BERYLLIUM
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COKE OVENS
COLLOIDS
COTTON
DATA ANALYSIS
DECISION MAKING
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
DUSTS
ELEMENTS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXHAUST GASES
GASEOUS WASTES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
INVENTORIES
LEAD
LEGAL ASPECTS
METALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NOISE
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
OCCUPATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEMIMETALS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SOLS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TOLUENE
WASTES