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- Title
Occupationally Related Illness Reported to a Regional Poison Control Center.
- Authors
Blanc, Paul D.; Olson, Kent R.
- Abstract
Abstract: The San Francisco Bay Area Regional Poison Control Center studied 189 cases of toxic workplace exposure occurring over a six-month period in the belief that Regional Poison Control Center reporting could be a useful surveillance measure for occupational disease. Dermatitis was a relatively uncommon occurrence, but systemic complaints were frequent, a pattern differing from that seen in standard occupational surveillance programs. As compared to chemically caused illness detected through a statewide physician reporting program in California, increases in proportional frequencies of certain industrial chemical causes were observed. A matching strategy utilizing the physician reporting system identified only 15.9 per ¢ of poison control center cases that appear to have been otherwise detected through established surveillance. A nationwide system of Regional Poison Control Centers already exists with a computerized data base in place. This study indicates that these centers could be utilized as a supplementary system for acute occupational illness related to chemical exposures.
- Subjects
SAN Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; SKIN inflammation; WORK environment; HEALTH facilities; INDUSTRIAL toxicology; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; INDUSTRIAL safety; OCCUPATIONAL health services
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1986, Vol 76, Issue 11, p1303
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.76.11.1303