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| Jacek M MazurekSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Physician-patient communication regarding asthma and workJacek M Mazurek
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Am J Prev Med 43:72-5. 2012..Healthy People 2020-specific respiratory diseases objectives seek to increase the proportion of people with current asthma who receive appropriate asthma care. For adults, this includes a discussion of whether asthma is work-related...
Effect of current depression on the association of work-related asthma with adverse asthma outcomes: a cross-sectional study using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemJacek M Mazurek
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
J Affect Disord 136:1135-42. 2012..The aim of our study was to examine associations between health-professional diagnosed work-related asthma (WRA) and current depression and the effect of current depression on the associations of WRA with adverse asthma outcomes...
Is childhood asthma associated with educational level and longest-held occupation?Jacek M Mazurek
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 Epidemiol 175:279-88. 2012..Compared with those with no asthma history, persons with a childhood-asthma history tended to achieve a higher educational level and, if they worked, were more likely to work in particular occupations...
Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults with work-related and non-work-related asthmaGretchen E Knoeller
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
J Asthma 49:107-13. 2012..To our knowledge, there is no information on the prevalence of CAM use among individuals with work-related asthma (WRA)...
Work-related asthma, financial barriers to asthma care, and adverse asthma outcomes: asthma call-back survey, 37 states and District of Columbia, 2006 to 2008Gretchen E Knoeller
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV, USA
Med Care 49:1097-104. 2011..Proper asthma management and control depend on patients having affordable access to healthcare yet financial barriers to asthma care are common...
Characteristics associated with health care professional diagnosis of work-related asthma among individuals who describe their asthma as being caused or made worse by workplace exposuresGretchen E Knoeller
Surveillance Branch, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:485-90. 2012..To identify factors associated with health care professional-diagnosed work-related asthma (WRA) among adults who describe their asthma as being caused or made worse by workplace exposures (possible WRA)...
Silicosis mortality with respiratory tuberculosis in the United States, 1968-2006Muazzam Nasrullah
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Am J Epidemiol 174:839-48. 2011..8). In the United States, 2006 marked the first year since 1968 with no silicosis-respiratory TB deaths. The substantial decline in silicosis-respiratory TB comortality probably reflects prevention and control measures for both diseases...
Physician recognition of work-related asthma among US farm operatorsJacek M Mazurek
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Fam Med 42:408-13. 2010....
Prevalence of asthma among youth on Hispanic-operated farms in the United States-2000Girija Syamlal
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Morganton, West Virginia, USA
J Agromedicine 13:155-64. 2008..These findings contribute to the limited information on asthma among youth working on Hispanic-operated farms, and indicate the need for asthma prevention programs on farms and intervention studies targeting farming youth populations...
Prevalence of lifetime asthma and current asthma attacks in U.S. working adults: an analysis of the 1997-2004 National Health Interview Survey dataGirija Syamlal
Surveillance Branch, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
J Occup Environ Med 51:1066-74. 2009..To estimate national prevalences of lifetime asthma and asthma attacks among workers by age, sex, race, occupation and industry, and estimate population attributable fraction to employment for asthma attacks in the United States...
Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the U.S. working population: an analysis of data from the 1997-2004 National Health Interview SurveyKi Moon Bang
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26505, USA
COPD 6:380-7. 2009..2% for industry and 17.4% for occupation. Further studies are needed to determine specific risk factors associated with COPD in industries and occupations with elevated prevalence and POR...
Occupational asthma incidence: findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system asthma call-back survey-United States, 2006-2009Jacek M Mazurek
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV, USA
J Asthma 50:390-4. 2013..Clinicians should consider the role of occupational exposures when evaluating adults with incident asthma which may uncover opportunities for early intervention and reversal of an otherwise chronic disease...
Asbestosis mortality surveillance in the United States, 1970-2004Ki Moon Bang
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, RM H G900 2, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Int J Occup Environ Health 14:161-9. 2008..5; 95% CI 16.3-20.9) and miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products (15.9; 95% CI 13.0-19.5). Occupations with highest PMRs included insulation workers (109.2; 95% CI 93.8-127.2) and boilermakers (21.3; 95% CI 17.0-26.6)...
Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United StatesGretchen E Knoeller
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 1095 Willowdale Rd, MS HG 900, Morgantown, WV, 26505, USA
Qual Life Res 22:771-80. 2013..The objective of this study was to examine health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma...
Asthma Symptoms among Adults with Work-Related AsthmaGretchen E Knoeller
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Morgantown, WV, USA
J Asthma 50:166-73. 2013..Conclusions. These results suggest higher frequency of asthma symptoms among adults with WRA and underscore the need for optimal asthma management in individuals with WRA...
Respirator use among U.S. farm operators: evidence from the 2006 Farm and Ranch Safety SurveyGirija Syamlal
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
J Agromedicine 18:27-38. 2013....
Work-related asthma in the educational services industry: California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993-2000Jacek M Mazurek
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
Am J Ind Med 51:47-59. 2008..To characterize work-related asthma (WRA) cases working in the educational services industry identified by state-based occupational disease surveillance systems...
