The prevalence and predictors of respiratory-related work limitation and occupational disability in an international study

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1153-1159

  Blanc, Paul D ^a,e   Burney, Peter ^b   Janson, Christer ^c   Torén, Kjell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Occupational health; Respiratory disease; Wheeze; Work disability

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUME; GAS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; VAPOR; WHEEZING; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 0141576795     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.3.1153     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Blanc, PD. Characterizing the occupational impact of asthma. In: Weiss KB, Sullivan M, Buist S, eds. Asthma's impact on society: the social and economic burden; the social and economic impact of asthma - lung biology in health and disease. New York, NY: Marcel Decker, 2000; 55-75
2. Blanc PD, Trupin L, Eisner M, et. al. The work impact of asthma and rhinitis: findings from a population-based survey. J Clin Epidemiol 2001; 54:610-618
3. Blanc PD, Chan-Yeung M, Malo JL. Disability and impairment. In: Chan-Yeung M, Malo JL, Bernstein D, eds. Occupational asthma. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 1999; 299-313
4. Blanc PD, Ellbjar S, Janson C, et. al, Asthma-related disability in Sweden: the impact of workplace exposures. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 160:2028-2033
5. Burney PGJ, Luczynska C, Chinn S, et al. The European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Eur Respir J 1994; 7:954-960
6. Chinn S, Burney P, Jarvis D, et. al. Variation in bronchial responsiveness in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Eur Respir J 1997; 10:2495-2501
7. Janson C, Chinn S, Jarvis D, et al. Physician-diagnosed asthma and drug utilization in the European Respiratory Health Survey. Eur Respir J 1997; 10:1795-1802
8. United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, Department of Public Health Medicine. Protocol for the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. London, UK: UMDS, St. Thomas' Campus, 1993
9. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Classification of occupations, 1980. London, UK: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1980
10. Liang K-Y, Zeger SL. Longitudinal data analysis using generalized linear models. Biometrika 1986; 73:12-22
11. McClellan VE, Garrett JE. Asthma and employment experience. N Z Med J 1990; 103:399-401
12. Sibbald B, Anderson HR, McGuigan S. Asthma and employment in young adults. Thorax 1992; 47:19-24
13. Axon EJ, Beach JR, Burge PS. A comparison of some of the characteristics of patients with occupational and non-occupational asthma. Occup Med 1995; 45:109-111
14. Blanc PD, Cisternas M, Smith S, et al. Asthma, employment status, and disability among adults treated by pulmonary and allergy specialists [published erratum Chest 2000; 118:564]. Chest 1996; 109:688-696
15. Balder B, Lindholm NB, Lowhagen O, et al. Predictors of self-assessed work ability among subjects with recent onset asthma. Respir Med 1998; 92:729-734
16. Korn RJ, Dockery DW, Spizer FE, et al. Occupational exposures and chronic respiratory symptoms. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987; 136:298-304
17. Krzyzanowski M, Kauffman F. The relation of respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function to moderate occupational exposure in a general population. Int J Epidemiol 1988; 17:397-406
18. Krzyzanowski M, Jedrychowski J. Occupational exposure and incidence of chronic respiratory symptoms among residents of Cracow followed for 13 years. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1990; 62:311-317
19. Viegi G, Prediletto B, Paoletti P, et al. Respiratory effects of occupational exposure in a general population sample in North Italy. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991; 143:510-515
20. Bakke PS, Baste V, Hanoa R, et. al. A. Prevalence of obstructive lung disease in a general population: relation to occupational title and exposure to some airborne agents. Thorax 1991; 46:863-870
21. Xu X, Christiani DC, Dockery DW, et al. Exposure-response relationships between occupational exposures and chronic respiratory illness: a community-based study. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 146:413-418