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BUILT: Tobacco-Free Construction Worksites: A Labor-Management Guide

A labor-management guide to setting up a smoking cessation program, including legal issues, motivation for a program and practical advice.Part of a co...

BUILT: Toxics & Tobacco on the Job - Protecting Your Health: Construction Workers' Guide

A booklet with in-depth information for construction workers about the hazards of smoking, the interaction between other respiratory hazards and smoki...

BUILT: Quitting Tobacco - The Next Step: Employer's Toolbox for Building a Cessation Program

A booklet for employers that discusses the reasons for having a smoking cessation program, and steps and advice on setting one up.Part of a collection...

NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook, 2004: Excerpts

An excerpt from a chartbook that includes figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and trends of the Nation’s occupational injurie...

The Work Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report, 2002

Link to NIOSH’s WORLD Surveillance Report, which provides some data through 1999 for construction workers related to asbestosis, asthma, chronic obs...

NIOSH Construction Compendium

One-page summaries of over 100 NIOSH-supported construction safety and health research projects in 2002....

NIOSH Update: New Leads for Lung Disease Prevention Offered in NIOSH Study That Charts Areas of High Prevalence

Summary of results from a 2002 NIOSH study showing that employees in construction, agriculture and certain manufacturing sectors are at elevated risk...

Association between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Employment by Industry and Occupation in the US Population: A Study of Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Study

Abstract of a 2002 study showing that employees in construction, agriculture and certain manufacturing sectors are at elevated risk of COPD....

Smoking Cessation in a Blue-Collar Population: Results From and Evidence-Based Pilot Program

Abstract of a study of multiemployer health plan participants demonstrates effectiveness of smoking cessation plans within this population....

NIOSH Suggested Guidance for Supervisors at Disaster Rescue Sites

Link to NIOSH guidance document for Supervisors at Disaster Rescue Sites, which includes recommendations for a written work plan and safety checklists...