Proposed national strategies for the prevention of leading work-related diseases and injuries. Occupational lung diseases

Technical Report · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6959063

The document summarizes what actions need to be taken to prevent occupational lung diseases. The United States Public Health Service has established the following national objectives for the prevention of occupational lung diseases: 'By 1990, among workers newly exposed after 1985, there should be virtually no new cases of four preventable occupational lung diseases--asbestosis, byssinosis, silicosis, and coal workers' pneumoconiosis.' These four chronic lung diseases will be used as examples in the prevention strategy. To the extent that they are typical of most occupational lung diseases, potential prevention methods available for their control are not unique.

• Research Organization: Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6959063
• Report Number(s): PB-90-184805/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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