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A longitudinal study of adult-onset asthma incidence among HMO membersSusan R Sama
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Environ Health 2:10. 2003..The incidence of asthma in HMO populations and the utility of HMO data, including use of computerized algorithms and manual review of medical charts for determining etiologic factors has not been fully explored...
The occupational contribution to severe exacerbation of asthmaP K Henneberger
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS H2800, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Eur Respir J 36:743-50. 2010..7% among workers with current asthma. These results suggest occupation contributes to approximately one in seven cases of severe exacerbation of asthma in a working population, and various agents play a role...
How "clean" is the cleaning profession?P K Henneberger
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, M S H2800 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Occup Environ Med 62:586-7. 2005
Workplace exacerbation of asthma symptoms: findings from a population-based study in MainePaul K Henneberger
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Arch Environ Health 58:781-8. 2003..low-risk jobs (3/22 = 13.6%) (p = 0.03). No similar elevation was observed for individuals with current physician-diagnosed asthma, which might have resulted, in part, from a healthy worker effect...
The frequency of workplace exacerbation among health maintenance organisation members with asthmaP K Henneberger
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health CDC, Morgantown, WV 26501, USA
Occup Environ Med 63:551-7. 2006..The objective of this investigation was to determine the prevalence of workplace exacerbation of asthma (WEA)...
Industries in the United States with airborne beryllium exposure and estimates of the number of current workers potentially exposedPaul K Henneberger
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 1:648-59. 2004..We recommend that the results of this study be used to target at-risk audiences for hazard communications intended to prevent beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease...
The incidence of respiratory symptoms and diseases among pulp mill workers with peak exposures to ozone and other irritant gasesPaul K Henneberger
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS H2800, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Chest 128:3028-37. 2005....
Work-exacerbated asthmaPaul K Henneberger
Field Studies Branch, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 2888, USA
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 7:146-51. 2007..To summarize recent findings on work-exacerbated asthma, based on medical literature published during 2005 and the first 10 months of 2006...
Work-related reactive airways dysfunction syndrome cases from surveillance in selected US statesPaul K Henneberger
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1095 Willowdale Road M S H 2800, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:360-8. 2003..Work-related RADS represents a minority of all WRA cases, but the adverse impact of this condition appears to equal that of other WRA cases...
Work-related exacerbation of asthmaPaul K Henneberger
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Int J Occup Environ Health 8:291-6. 2002....
Beryllium sensitization and disease among long-term and short-term workers in a beryllium ceramics plantP K Henneberger
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1095 Willowdale Road, M S H 2800, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 74:167-76. 2001....
Airflow limitation and changes in pulmonary function among bleachery workersA J Mehta
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Eur Respir J 26:133-9. 2005..Peak exposures to irritant gases in pulp mills should be prevented...
A descriptive study of work aggravated asthmaS K Goe
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Occup Environ Med 61:512-7. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: WAA cases reported many of the same adverse consequences as NOA cases. Certain industries were identified as potential targets for prevention efforts based on either the number of cases or the risk of WAA and NOA...
Cumulative sensitization and disease in a beryllium oxide ceramics worker cohortChristine R Schuler
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Field Studies Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WVa 26505, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:1343-50. 2008..We followed a cohort of 136 beryllium oxide ceramics workers from 1992 to 2003, including those who left employment, for beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease (CBD)...
Respiratory symptoms and spirometry in experienced coal miners: effects of both distant and recent coal mine dust exposuresP K Henneberger
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Am J Ind Med 32:268-74. 1997..These findings provide additional evidence of the limitations of the current 2.0 mg/m3 coal mine dust standard to prevent respiratory disease...
Sensitization and chronic beryllium disease among workers in copper-beryllium distribution centersMarcia L Stanton
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS H2800, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:204-11. 2006..In this study, we performed a cross-sectional survey of employees at three copper-beryllium alloy distribution centers...
Process-related risk of beryllium sensitization and disease in a copper-beryllium alloy facilityChristine R Schuler
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Am J Ind Med 47:195-205. 2005..At a copper-beryllium alloy strip and wire finishing facility we performed a cross-sectional survey to examine prevalences of beryllium sensitization and CBD, and relationships between sensitization and CBD and work areas/processes...
Enhanced preventive programme at a beryllium oxide ceramics facility reduces beryllium sensitisation among new workersKristin J Cummings
NIOSH, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Occup Environ Med 64:134-40. 2007..In response, the facility implemented an enhanced preventive programme to reduce sensitisation, including increased respiratory and dermal protection and particle migration control...
Exposure to ozone gases in pulp mills and the onset of rhinitisChristopher D Hoffman
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
Scand J Work Environ Health 30:445-9. 2004..9, 95% CI 0.3-2.4). CONCLUSION: Acute exposure to high levels of ozone increases the risk of noninfectious rhinitis. This finding supports the view that peak exposures to irritants should be prevented in pulp mills...
Impact of a worker notification program: assessment of attitudinal and behavioral outcomesD Tan-Wilhelm
Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Am J Ind Med 37:205-13. 2000..We developed and assessed the effectiveness of a worker notification program at a beryllium machining plant...
Quality of life of adults with workplace exacerbation of asthmaElizabeth P Lowery
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV, USA
Qual Life Res 16:1605-13. 2007..A cross-sectional study collecting demographic, work history, disease, and quality-of-life (QOL) data from adults with asthma was explored for a relationship between workplace exacerbation of asthma (WEA) and QOL...
The validation of work-related self-reported asthma exacerbationAimee R Bolen
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26501, USA
Occup Environ Med 64:343-8. 2007..To determine the validity of work-related self-reported exacerbation of asthma using the findings from serial peak expiratory flow (PEF) measurements as the standard...
Pesticide use and chronic bronchitis among farmers in the Agricultural Health StudyJane A Hoppin
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2233, USA
Am J Ind Med 50:969-79. 2007..Farmers have increased risk for chronic bronchitis. Few investigators have considered pesticides...
Pesticides and atopic and nonatopic asthma among farm women in the Agricultural Health StudyJane A Hoppin
NIEHS Epidemiology Branch, MD A3 05, P O Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2233, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:11-8. 2008..Risk factors for asthma among farm women are understudied...
Socioeconomic outcomes in work-exacerbated asthmaOlivier Vandenplas
Department of Chest Medicine, Mont Godinne Hospital, Universite Catholique de Louvain, B 5530 Yvoir, Belgium
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 7:236-41. 2007..The purpose of this review is to provide a critical analysis of recently published data pertaining to the socioeconomic outcomes of work-exacerbated asthma...
Pesticides and other agricultural factors associated with self-reported farmer's lung among farm residents in the Agricultural Health StudyJane A Hoppin
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2233, USA
Occup Environ Med 64:334-41. 2007..Farmer's lung, or hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is an important contributor to respiratory morbidity among farmers...
Case-by-case assessment of adult-onset asthma attributable to occupational exposures among members of a health maintenance organizationSusan R Sama
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 21286, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:400-7. 2006..In a general population of employed persons with health insurance, what proportion of adult-onset asthma is caused by occupational exposures?..
Prevention of beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium diseasePaul K Henneberger
J Occup Environ Hyg 3:D42-3. 2006
Incidence of work-related asthma in members of a health maintenance organizationWilliam M Vollmer
Center for Health Research and Northwest Permanent Associates, PC, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon 97227 1110, USA
J Occup Environ Med 47:1292-7. 2005..Recent reports suggest that the incidence of work-related asthma may be much higher than Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) data estimate...
Estimating the total number of newly-recognized silicosis cases in the United StatesKenneth D Rosenman
Michigan State University, 117 West Fee, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 1315, USA
Am J Ind Med 44:141-7. 2003..We suggest a method to estimate the number of individuals who are newly-recognized with silicosis each year in the United States...
Chronic bronchitis among nonsmoking farm women in the agricultural health studyMartin Valcin
Epidemiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2233, USA
J Occup Environ Med 49:574-83. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine agricultural risk factors for chronic bronchitis among nonsmoking farm women...
Induction of asthma and the environment: what we know and need to knowMaryJane K Selgrade
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U S Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:615-9. 2006..Research to address these questions could have a significant public health and economic impact that would be well worth the investment...
