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GCat: Design & Safety
MCat: Industrial Hygiene
Cat: Occup Resp Disease

NIOSH respiratory questionnaires. Occupational asthma prevention. Air sampling, epidemiology, pulmonary function testing, etc.

11 Resources
Asphalt Emissions [12191] ?

Technical notes for guidance on control of paving asphalt fumes

Asphalt Fume Studies [23414] ?

2001 report of the Owens Corning experience

Index of 48 Occupational Diseases [14116] ?

Diseaes Caused by Workplace Chemical and Biological Agents

Medical Aspects of Wearing Respirators [pdf] [253] ?

Guidelines to assist medical personnel in developing medical evaluation criteria for respirator use

Occupational Lung Disease [5971] ?

Preventive action can help employers reduce the cost of workplace lung disease

Occupational Respiratory Diseases [4386] ?

800 pages on air sampling, epidemiology, pulmonary function testing and more

Pneumoconioses [12961] ?

Coal Workers' X-ray Surveillance Program

Pneumoconioses [22418] ?

NIOSHA Coal Workers' X-ray Surveillance Program and more

Preventing Asthma & Death from Diisocyanate Exposure [4319] ?

1996 NIOSH alert that exposure to diisocyanates may cause severe respiratory disease or death

Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference Part I [6233] ?

1988 NIOSH conference on pneumoconioses

SARS Risk Management [24598] ?

Eight approaches to consider when constructing a risk management strategy to prevent SARS-related losses


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