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  • Workplace Fragrance-Free Policy

    Model, customizable organizational workplace policy to promote the health and comfort of staff and visitors by limiting their exposure to chemicals in fragrances. Developed by the Work-Related Asthma Prevention Project (WRAPP).
    California — Brochure — 5/19/2015 — 6 Views

  • Pesticides used to treat bed bugs can make you sick

    Hazard Alert highlights increasing problem of pesticide illness related to bed bug control; provides information on non-chemical bed bug treatments and guideilnes for using pesticides safely if they must be used; includes an Employer Checklist For Safe and Effective Bug Control.
    California — Brochure — 5/12/2015 — 9 Views

  • Silicosis and chronic renal disease

    An occupational health publication.
    Michigan — Journal Article — 5/4/2015 — 0 Views

  • Cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces in health care: Toward an integrated framework for infection and occupational illness prevention

    An occupational health publication.
    Michigan — Journal Article — 5/1/2015 — 0 Views

  • OHW: Fragrances Can Cause or Trigger Work-related Asthma

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. May 2015 edition is about new factsheets for workers and employers to address work-related asthma that is caused or triggered by perfumes and fragrances used in personal care products, cleaning products, and air fresheners in the workplace. More »
    California — Newsletter — 5/1/2015 — 5 Views

  • Work-Related Asthma in Washington State, 2009-2013

    Asthma is a serious, common, and costly lung disease in the United States [1-3]. Workplace exposures likely cause or exacerbate asthma in a significant portion of adults with asthma - estimates range from 5-44% [3-6]. In Washington State, for the years 2006-2009, the prevalence of current asthma in workers was 8.1% [7]. Hospitalized occupational asthma costs were estimated for US workers at $2.29 billion dollars in 2007 [8]. More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 5/1/2015 — 0 Views

  • A Review of Adult Asthma Hospitalizations in Louisiana, 2006-2011

    Adult (15 years and older) asthma inpatient hospitalization data from the Louisiana Inpatient Hospital Discharge Database (LAHIDD) were reviewed from 2006-2011. There were 21,398 total hospitalizations, with 14,401 unique cases. Data were stratified by race-sex. White females had the greatest number of hospitalizations, but black females had the highest age-adjusted case rates. Geographically, rural parishes had higher rates than urban parishes.
    Louisiana — Journal Article — 4/29/2015 — 7 Views

  • Occupational Injury and Illness in New Hampshire: 2000-2013 Data Report to Inform Programs and Policies, March 2015

    Report on New Hampshire core occupational health indicators for work related injuries and illnesses
    New Hampshire — Technical Report — 4/24/2015 — 6 Views

  • Work-Related Asthma — 22 States, 2012

    Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on work-related asthma* (WRA). Using the 2006–2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Adult Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS) data from 38 states and the District of Columbia, CDC estimates the proportion of current asthma that is work-related.
    California — Journal Article — 4/10/2015 — 14 Views

  • Work-Related Asthma Surveillance, Massachusetts, 2003 – 2013

    SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin.
    Massachusetts — Newsletter — 4/8/2015 — 84 Views
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