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Notice to Readers
Publication of Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report
CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) has released the Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD)
Surveillance Report, 1994 (1).* This report summarizes surveillance
data for occupational respiratory diseases (e.g., asbestosis, coal
workers' pneumoconiosis, silicosis, byssinosis, hypersensitivity
pneumonitis, and occupational asthma) and contains case-based and
rate-based surveillance data, age-adjusted death rates, geographic
distribution of occupational respiratory diseases, and
proportionate mortality ratios.
Reference
NIOSH. Work-related lung disease (WoRLD) surveillance report,
1994. Morgantown, West Virginia: US Department of Health and Human
Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1994; DHHS publication no.
(NIOSH)94-120.
Single copies of this report are available without charge from
the
Surveillance Section, Epidemiological Investigations Branch,
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, CDC, 1095
Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505-2845; telephone (304)
285-6115; fax (304) 285-6111.
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