Contribution of health status and prevalent chronic disease to individual risk for workplace injury in the manufacturing environment
Kubo J, Goldstein BA, Cantley LF, Tessier-Sherman B, Galusha D, Slade MD, Chu IM, Cullen MR. Contribution of health status and prevalent chronic disease to individual risk for workplace injury in the manufacturing environment. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2013, 71: 159. PMID: 24142977, PMCID: PMC3932962, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute occupational injuryHazard of injuryHeart diseaseChronic diseasesOccupational injuriesInjury riskIschemic heart diseasePrevalent chronic diseasesChronic heart diseaseOccupational injury riskMultiple injuriesPotential confoundersMedical claimsReportable injuryHealth statusInjuryOnly depressionDiseaseDiabetesStudy periodIndividual riskHealth metricsWorkplace injuriesDepressionHypertensionIncident ischemic heart disease and recent occupational exposure to particulate matter in an aluminum cohort
Costello S, Brown DM, Noth EM, Cantley L, Slade MD, Tessier-Sherman B, Hammond SK, Eisen EA, Cullen MR. Incident ischemic heart disease and recent occupational exposure to particulate matter in an aluminum cohort. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2013, 24: 82-88. PMID: 23982120, PMCID: PMC4045503, DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.47.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic heart diseaseIncident ischemic heart diseaseHazard ratioRecent exposureHeart diseaseHealthy worker survivor effectRecent occupational exposureImportant risk factorMedical claims dataIHD incidenceCardiovascular eventsProspective studyAluminum workersRisk factorsSurvivor effectOccupational exposureClaims dataCumulative exposureSecond quartilePM2.5 exposureCohortDiseaseExposureIncidenceFine particulate matter