A MODEL SYSTEM FOR OCCUPATIONAL-DISEASE SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES APPLYING CENTERS FOR DISEASE-CONTROL GUIDELINES TO POISON CONTROL CENTERS

被引:5
作者
BRESNITZ, EA
机构
[1] Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19129
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10.1097/00043764-199003000-00014
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Each year, poison control centers (PCCs) receive more than 25 000 calls related to workplace exposures to hazardous substances. Recent studies indicate that each caller may be a sentinel contact representing: other exposed or ill workers. Although PCCs traditionally focus their follow-up efforts on the treatment of the index case alone, with minimal attention to the public health implications of other exposed or ill workers, PCCs could serve as a national surveillance system for occupational illnesses, a system with both passive and active attributes. © by American College of Occupational Medicine.
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