Improving the Health of Workers in Indoor Environments

Priority Research Needs for a National Occupational Research Agenda

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ID11029698
AuthorsMark J Mendell (0000-0001-7194-7654, At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), William J Fisk (0000-0002-5239-3542, At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Kathleen Kreiss (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Hal Levin (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Darryl Alexander (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), William S Cain (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), John R Girman (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Cynthia J Hines (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Paul Jensen (0000-0001-7367-4952, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), Paul A Jensen (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Donald K Milton (0000-0002-0550-7834, At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Larry P Rexroat (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...), Kenneth M Wallingford (At the time this article was written, Mark J. Mendell was with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is now with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. Cynthia J. Hines and Kenneth M. Wallingford are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies. William J. Fisk is with the Lawrence Berkeley National...)
Year2002
Volume92
Issue9
Pages1430-1440
Publication date2002-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.9.1430
PMID12197969
OpenAlexW2168507632
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited57

Indoor nonindustrial work environments were designated a priority research area through the nationwide stakeholder process that created the National Occupational Research Agenda. A multidisciplinary research team used member consensus and quantitative estimates, with extensive external review, to develop a specific research agenda. The team outlined the following priority research topics: building-influenced communicable respiratory infections, building-related asthma/allergic diseases, and nonspecific building-related symptoms; indoor environmental science; and methods for increasing implementation of healthful building practices. Available data suggest that improving building environments may result in health benefits for more than 15 million of the 89 million US indoor workers, with estimated economic benefits of $5 to $75 billion annually. Research on these topics, requiring new collaborations and resources, offers enormous potential health and economic returns

Business · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Geography · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Stakeholder · Work (physics) · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Computer Science · Engineering · Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management

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