RESPIRATORY HEALTH AT WORK
Occupational exposures that affect the respiratory health of workers occur in many forms and in many different types of work settings. Respiratory exposures are in the form of dusts, vapors, fumes, and bioaerosols, and can include materials such as silica, asbestos, coal, pesticides, and flavorings. The type and severity of respiratory illness or disease depends on the type of work being performed during inhalation, the type of substance that is inhaled, how long the substance is inhaled, and the location of the lung where the substance lands.
Respiratory Exposure Topics
- Aerosols
- Alerts
- Anthrax
- Asbestos
- Asphalt Fumes
- Beryllium
- Bloodborne Infectious Diseases
- Building Ventilation
- Chemicals
- Chemicals and Odors (IEQ)
- Cleaning & Custodial
- Clean-up Hazards
- Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program
- Construction
- Dentistry
- Diesel Exhaust
- Disaster Management
- Dry Cleaning
- Dry Wall
- Dust, Respirable (Mining)
- Farm Safety (Agricultural)
- Fibrous Glass
- Fire Fighters Resources
- Flavorings
- Healthcare Workers
- Health Hazard Evaluation Program
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Isocyanates
- Lead
- Metal Working Fluids
- Mining
- Mold, Dampness and Mold in Buildings (IEQ)
- Nanomaterials
- Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance
- Ozone
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Pesticides
- Silica, Crystalline
- Tobacco in the Workplace
- Vermiculite
- Veterinary Safety & Health
- Welding
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Page last reviewed: January 26, 2017
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health