National Occupational Research Agenda

Selected Bibliography

General References

*BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) [1995]. Work injuries and illnesses by selected characteristics, 1993. BLS News, April 26, Publication 95-142.

*BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) [1995]. Workplace injuries and illnesses in 1994. BLS News, Dec 15, Publication 95-508.

*BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) [1996]. Employment and Earnings. 43(1).

*Franklin JC [1995]. Industry output and employment projections to 2005. Mon Labor Rev 118(11):45-59.

*Fullerton H [1995]. The 2005 labor force: growing, but slowly. Mon Labor Rev 118(11):29-44.

*Industrial Safety & Hygiene News [1995]. 12th annual white paper report on U.S. industry safety and health practices. Industrial Safety & Hygiene News, Nov.

*Landrigan PJ, Baker DB [1991]. The recognition and control of occupational disease. JAMA 266:5.

*MSHA [1984]. Summary of selected injury experience and worktime for the mining industry in the United States, 1931-1977. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, MSHA Information Report 1132.

*MSHA [1995]. Injury experience in coal mining, 1993. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, MSHA Information Report 122.

*National Safety Council [1995]. Accident facts. Itasca, IL:National Safety Council.

*PHS [1990]. Healthy people 2000: national health promotion and disease objectives. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, DHHS (PHS) Publication No. 91-50212.

Disease and Injury

Allergic and Irritant Dermatitis

*Adams RM, ed. [1990]. Occupational skin disease. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders.

*Behrens V, Seligman P, Cameron L, Mathias CGT, Fine LJ [1994]. The prevalence of back pain, hand discomfort, and dermatitis in the U.S. working population. Am J Public Health 84(11):1780-1785.

*Fregert S [1975]. Occupational dermatitis in a ten-year material (sic). Contact Dermatitis 1:96-107.

*Keil JE, Shmunes E [1983]. The epidemiology of work-related skin disease in South Carolina. Arch Dermatol 119:650-654.

*Lushniak BD [1995]. Epidemiology of occupational contact dermatitis. Dermatol Clinics 13(3): 671-680.

*Mathias CGT [1985]. The cost of occupational skin disease. Arch Dermatol 121:332-334.

NIOSH [1988]. Proposed national strategy for the prevention of dermatological conditions. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 89-136.

*Oregon Health Division, Centers for Disease Prevention and Epidemiology [1993]. A new program to reduce occupational dermatitis in Oregon. CD Summary 42(21).

Sussman GL, Beezhold DH [1995]. Allergy to latex. Ann Intern Med 122:43-46.

*Turjanmaa K [1987]. Incidence of immediate allergy to latex gloves in hospital personnel. Contact Dermatitis 17:270.

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

*Bates DV, Gotsch AR, Brooks S, Landrigan PJ, Hankinson JL, Merchant JA [1992]. Prevention of occupational lung disease. Chest 102(Suppl):257s-276s.

*Becklake MR [1994]. The work relatedness of airways dysfunction. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-112.

*CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [1996]. Mortality patterns--United States. MMWR 6(45):161-164.

*Chan-Yeung M, Malo JL [1995]. Occupational asthma. New Engl J Med 333:107-112.

*Hunt LW [1993]. The epidemiology of latex allergy in health care workers. Arch Pathol Lab Med 117:874-875.

*NCHS [1995]. Health, United States, 1994. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, DHHS (PHS) Publication No. 95-1232.

*NHLBI [1990]. Morbidity and mortality chartbook on cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 1990. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

*Vandenplas O, Delwiche J, Evrard G, Aimont P, VanDerBrempt X, Jamart J, et al. [1995]. Prevalence of occupational asthma due to latex among hospital personnel. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 151:54-60.

Venables KM [1994]. Prevention of occupational asthma. Europ Respir J 7:768-778.

*Weiss KB, Gergen PJ, Hodgson TA [1992]. An economic evaluation of asthma in the United States. New Engl J Medicine 326:862-866.

Fertility and Pregnancy Abnormalities

*Auger J, Kunstmann JM, Czyglik F, Jouannet P [1995]. Decline in semen quality among fertile men in Paris during the past 20 years. N Engl J Med 332(5):281-5.

*Boyle C, DeCoufle P, Yeargin-Allsop M [1994]. Prevention and health impact of developmental disabilities in U.S. children. Ped 93:399-403.

*CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [1995]. Economic costs of birth defects and cerebral palsy--United States, 1992. MMWR 44(37):695.

*Colburn T, Myers JP, Dumanoski D [1996]. Our stolen future: how we are threatening our fertility, intelligence, and survival; a scientific detective story. New York, NY: Dutton, Inc.

*EPA [1985]. Chemical substance inventory. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Toxic Substances, EPA Publication 620-929/0027 (1990 Supplement EPA Publication 722-666).NIOSH [1994].

NIOSH reproductive hazards in the workplace: bibliography. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Government Printing Office Report No. 550-147/00003.

NIOSH [1995]. Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances (RTECS) database. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Paul M, ed. [1993]. Occupational and environmental reproductive hazards: a guide for clinicians. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins.

*U.S. Bureau of the Census [1994]. Statistical abstract of the United States: 1994. 114th ed. Washington, DC: The Bureau, p. 82.

*U.S. Congress [1985]. Reproductive health hazards in the workplace. Washington, DC: Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Government Printing Office OTA-BA-266.

*U.S. Congress [1988]. Infertility: medical and social choices. Washington DC: Office of Technology Assessment.

*Wilcox LS, Marks JS, eds. [1993]. From data to action: CDC's public health surveillance for women, infants and children. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hearing Loss

*Axlesson A, Borchgrevink H, Hamernik RP, Hellstrom P, Henderson D, Salvi RJ, eds. [1996]. Scientific basis of noise-induced hearing loss. New York, NY: Thieme Medical Publishing, Inc.

*Franks JR, Stephenson MR, Merry CJ, eds. [1996]. Preventing occupational hearing loss--a practical guide. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 96-110.

Morata TC, Dunn DE, eds. [1995]. Occupational hearing loss. Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 10(3):495-689.

*National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders [1992]. National strategic research plan for hearing and hearing impairment. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, NIH Pub. 93-3443, p. 29.

*NCHS [1993]. Vital and health statistics: health conditions among the currently employed; United States, 1988. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Center for Health Statistics, DHHS (PHS) Publication No. 93-1514.

Infectious Diseases

*CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [1994]. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of mycobacterium tuberculosis in health care facilities, 1994. MMWR Recommendations and Reports 43(RR-13).

*CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [1995]. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 7(1):15.

Chamberland ME, Ciesielski CA, Howard RJ, Fry DE, Bell DM [1995]. Occupational risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus. In: Rhodes RS, Bell DM, eds. Prevention of transmission of bloodborne pathogens. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders.

*Dooley SW, Jarvis WR, Snider DE [1995]. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In: Mayhall GC, ed. Hospital epidemiology and infection control. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins.

*56 Fed. Reg. 64004 [1991]. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor: occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens; final rule. (Codified at 29 CFR 1910.1030.)

*Gerberding JL [1995]. Management of occupational exposures to blood-borne viruses. New Eng J Med 332(7):444-450.

*Lanphear BP, Linnemann CC, Cannon CG, DeRonde MM, Pendy L, Kerley LM [1994]. Hepatitis C virus infection in healthcare workers: risk of exposure and infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 15:745-750.

*Polish LB, Tong MJ, Co RL, Coleman PJ, Alter MJ [1993]. Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection among health care personnel in a community hospital. Am J Infect Control 21(4):196-200.

Tokars JI, Marcus R, Culver DH, Schable CA, McKibben PS, Bandea CI [1993]. Surveillance of HIV infection and zidovudine use among health-care workers after occupational exposure to HIV-infected blood. Ann Intern Med 118(12):913-919.

Low Back Disorders

Eastman Kodak Company, Ergonomics Group [1986]. Ergonomic design for people at work. Vol. 2. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

*Frymoyer JW, Cats-Baril WL [1991]. An overview of the incidence and costs of low back pain. Orthop Clin North Am 22:262-271.

*Guo H, Tanaka S, Cameron L, Seligman P, Behrens V, Ger J, et al. [1995]. Back pain among workers in the United States: national estimates and workers at high risk. Am J. Ind Med. 28:591-602.

*NIOSH [1989]. The national occupational exposure survey. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 89-103.

Pope MH, Andersson GBJ, Frymoyer JW, Chaffin DB [1991]. Occupational low back pain: assessment, treatment, and prevention. St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book.

Waters TR, Putz-Anderson V, Garg A [1994]. Applications manual for the revised NIOSH lifting equation. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-110.

*Webster BS, Snook SH [1994]. The cost of 1989 workers' compensation low back claims. Spine 19:1111-1116.

Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities

*Center for Workplace Health Information [1995]. December 1995 issue. CTD News 4(12).

Gordon SL, Blair SJ, Armstrong TJ, Fine LJ, eds. [1995]. Repetitive motion disorders of the upper extremity. Rosemont, IL: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Publishers.

Hagberg M [1994]. Neck and shoulder disorders. Clin Occup Environ Med 14(2):356-363.

Kuorinka I, Forcier L, eds. [1995]. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs): a reference book for prevention. Bristol, PA: Taylor and Francis Ltd.

NIOSH [1989]. NIOSH criteria for a recommended standard: occupational exposure to hand-arm vibration. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 89-106.

Stock SR [1991]. Workplace ergonomic factors and the development of musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and upper limbs: a meta-analysis. Am J Ind Med 19:115-124.

Traumatic Injuries

Baker SP, O'Nell B, Ginsburg MJ, Guohua L [1992]. The injury fact book. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

CDC [1992]. Position papers from the Third National Injury Control Conference: setting the national agenda for injury control in the 1990s. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Government Printing Office Report No. 1992-634-666.

*Jenkins EL, Kisner SM, Fosbroke DE, Lane LA, Stout NA, Castillo DN, et al. [1993]. Fatal injuries to workers in the United States, 1980-1989: a decade of surveillance; national profile. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 93-108.

Work Environment and Workforce

Emerging Technologies

*Tech News Inc. [1995]. Fall issue of Technology Transfer Business. Tech News Inc.

Indoor Environment

*Crandall MS, Sieber WK [in press]. The NIOSH indoor environmental evaluation experience, 1994: Part I, Building environmental evaluations. Appl Occ Ind Hygiene.

*Kreiss K [1989]. The epidemiology of building-related complaints and illness. Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 4:1-18.

*Mendell MJ [1993]. Non-specific symptoms in office workers: a review and summary of the epidemiologic literature. Indoor Air 3:227-236.

NIOSH [1991]. Building air quality: a guide for building owners and facility managers. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 91-114.

*Woods JE [1989]. Cost avoidance and production in owning and operating buildings. Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 4:753-770.

Mixed Exposures

*Morata TC, Dunn DE, Kretschmer LW, LeMasters GK, Keith RW [1993]. Effects of occupational exposure to organic solvents and noise on hearing. Scand J Work Environ Health 19:245-254.

*Morata TC, Nylen P, Johnson AC, Dunn DE [1995]. Auditory and vestibular functions after single or combined exposure to toluene: a review. Arch Toxicol 69:431-443.

Nelson BK, Conover DL, Lotz WG [1994]. Combined chemical, physical hazards make exposures harder to calculate. Occup Health Saf 63(6):50-54.

NRC (National Research Council, Committee on Methods for the In Vivo Toxicity Testing of Complex Mixtures) [1988]. Complex mixtures. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Organization of Work

*Hurrell JJ, Jr., Murphy LR [1992]. Psychological job stress. In: Rom WN, ed. Environmental and occupational medicine. New York, NY: Little Brown and Co., pp. 675-684.

*International Labour Office [in press]. ILO encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety. Vol. 1, Part II, Section 3, Psychosocial and Organizational Factors. Geneva, Switzerland: The Office.

*Karasek R, Theorell T [1990]. Healthy work. New York, NY: Basic Books.

*Keita PG, Sauter SL, eds. [1992]. Work and well-being: an agenda for the 1990's. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Special Populations at Risk

Castillo DN, Landen DD, Layne LA [1994]. Occupational deaths of 16-and 17-year-olds in the United States. Am J Public Health 84(4):646-649.

Commonwealth Fund [1993]. The untapped resource: the final report of the Americans over 55 at work program. New York, NY: The Fund.

*DHHS [1986]. Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health. Vol. III, Cancer. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

*Kipen HM, Wartenberg D, Scully P, Greenberg M [1991]. Are non-whites at greater risk of occupational cancer? Am J Ind Med 19:67-74.

*Layne LA, Castillo DN, Stout N, Cutlip P [1994]. Adolescent occupational injuries requiring hospital emergency department treatment: a nationally representative sample. Am J Public Health 84(4):657-660.

NIOSH [1995]. NIOSH Alert: request for assistance in preventing deaths and injuries of adolescent workers. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 95-125.

*Personick M, Windau JA [1995]. Characteristics of older workers' injuries. Fatal workplace injuries in 1993: a collection of data analysis. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Report 89.

Yelin EH, Katz PP [1994]. Labor force trends of persons with and without disabilities. Mon Labor Rev, April: 36-42.

Research Tools and Approaches

Cancer Research Methods

Fung VA, Barrett JC, Huff J [1995]. Reviews and commentaries: the carcinogenesis bioassay in perspective; application in identifying human cancer hazards. Environ Health Persp 103(7-8).

Harris CC [1995]. 1995 Deichmann lecture--tumor suppressor gene at the crossroads of molecular carcinogenesis, molecular epidemiology and cancer risk assessment. Toxicol Lett 82/83:1-7.

*IARC [1987]. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans: overall evaluations of carcinogenicity; an updating of IARC Monographs, Volumes 1 to 42, Supplement 7. Lyon, France: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer.

*Nicholson WJ, Perkel G, Selikoff IJ [1982]. Occupational exposure to asbestos: population at risk and projected mortality--1980-2030. Am J Ind Med 3:259-311.

Schulte PA, Perera F, eds. [1993]. Molecular epidemiology: principles and practices. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc.

Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment

Barbara PLO, ed. [1988]. Fundamentals of industrial hygiene. Chicago, IL: National Safety Council.

Chandler RL, ed. [1995]. Best's safety directory. Oldwick, NJ: A.M. Best Co.

Heinsohn RJ [1991]. Industrial ventilation: engineering principles. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Lang PM, ed. [1992]. Accident prevention manual for business and industry: engineering and technology. Chicago, IL: National Safety Council.

Mastura R, ed. [1994]. Protective clothing systems and materials. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc.

Exposure Assessment Methods

Brown RH, Curtis M, Saunders KJ, Vandendriessche S [1992]. Clean air at work: new trends in assessment and measurement for the 1990's. Cambridge, England: Royal Society of Chemistry.

Harrington JM, Gardiner K, eds. [1995]. Occupational Hygiene. 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Blackwell Science.

NRC (National Research Council, Committee on Advances in Assessing Human Exposure to Airborne Pollutants) [1991]. Human exposure assessment for airborne pollutants: advances and opportunities. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

QueHee S, ed. [1993]. Biological monitoring: an introduction. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Rappaport SM, Smith TJ, eds. [1991]. Exposure assessment for epidemiology and hazard control. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers.

Health Services Research

Ginzberg E, ed. [1991]. Health services research: key to health policy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Pollack ES, Keimig DG, eds. [1987]. Counting injuries and illnesses in the workplace: proposals for a better system. New York, NY: National Academy Press.

*Schmulowitz J [1995]. Workers' compensation: coverage, benefits, and costs, 1992-93. Social Security Bulletin 58(2):51-57.

Shor, GM [1994]. Research and evaluation in workers' compensation: an assessment and an agenda. Workers' Compensation Monitor 7:18-24.

*SSA [1995]. 1995 annual statistical supplement to the Social Security Bulletin. Washington, DC: Social Security Administration, ISSN 0037-7910.

Intervention Effectiveness Research

*Earnest GS [1996]. Evaluation and control of perchloroethylene exposures during dry cleaning. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 11(2):125-132.

*Gjessing CC, Schoenborn TF, Cohen A, eds. [1994]. Participatory ergonomic interventions in meatpacking plants. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 94-124.

Goldenhar LM, Schulte PA [1994]. Intervention research in occupational health and safety. J Occup Med 36(7):763-775.

Haddix AC, Teutsch SM, Shaffer PA, Dunet DO, eds. [1996]. Prevention effectiveness: a guide to decision analysis and economic evaluation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Risk Assessment Methodology

NRC (National Research Council, Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Pollutants) [1994]. Science and judgement in risk assessment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Smith MC, Christiani DC, Kelsey KT, eds. [1994]. Chemical risk assessment and occupational health. Westport, CT: Auburne House.

Stayner L, Bailer AJ [1993]. Comparing toxicologic and epidemiologic studies: methylene chloride; a case study. J Society Risk Anal 13(6):667-673.

Stayner L, Smith R, Bailer J, Luebeck EG, Moolgavkar SH [1995]. Modeling epidemiologic studies of occupational cohorts for the quantitative assessment of carcinogenic hazards. Am J Ind Med 27:155-70.

Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Illness and Injury

*Hensler D, Marquis MS, Allan FA, Berry SH, Ebener P, Lewis EG [1991]. Compensation for accidental injuries in the United States. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, R-3999-HHS/ICJ.

Surveillance Research Methods

Baker EL, ed. [1989]. Surveillance in occupational health and safety. Am J Public Health 79(Suppl):9-63.

Greife A, Halperin W, Groce D, O'Brien D, Pedersen D, Myers J, et al. [1995]. Hazard surveillance: its role in primary prevention of occupational disease and injury. Applied Occup Environ Hyg 10(9):737-742.

Halperin W, Baker EL, Jr., eds. [1992]. Public health surveillance. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

NRC (National Research Council) [1987]. National Research Council panel on occupational safety and health statistics: counting injuries and illnesses in the workplace; proposals for a better system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.