American Journal of Industrial Medicine · 1988 · 23 citations · 1 references
Veterinary MedicineHealth SciencesDisease SurveillanceOccupational HealthSpatial EpidemiologyDisease MappingHealth SurveillanceHospital SurveillanceOccupational Disease SurveillanceOccupational EpidemiologySpatial Disease MappingMedical SurveillanceOccupational Health MonitoringOccupational Health Surveillance SystemsOccupational Morbidity SurveillanceOccupational Risk SurveillanceOccupational Surveillance SystemsSurveillance Of Work-related DiseaseWorkplace Disease Surveillance
Computerized hospital discharge diagnoses are useful for occupational disease surveillance. One thousand one hundred twenty-six individuals with asbestosis and 268 individuals with silicosis were identified in New Jersey for the four-year period 1979-1982. Computer-generated maps help to dramatize the localization of these conditions to certain geographic areas. The attributes and limitations of using hospital discharge diagnoses for occupational disease surveillance are discussed: initial follow-up data are presented for individuals with silicosis.
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