TABLE D-3: Selected Job Categories, Exposures, and Associated Work-Related Diseases and Conditions
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Job Categories
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Exposures
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Work-Related Diseases and Conditions
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Agricultural workers
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Pesticides, infectious agents, gases, sunlight
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Pesticide poisoning, ''farmer's lung," skin cancer
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Anesthetists
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Anesthetic gases
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Reproductive effects, cancer
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Animal handlers
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Infectious agents, allergens
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Asthma
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Automobile workers
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Asbestos, plastics, lead, solvents
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Asbestosis, dermatitis
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Bakers
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Flour
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Asthma
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Battery makers
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Lead, arsenic
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Lead poisoning, cancer
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Butchers
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Vinyl plastic fumes
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"Meat wrappers' asthma"
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Caisson workers
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Pressurized work environments
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"Caisson disease," "the bends"
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Carpenters
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Wood dust, wood preservatives, adhesives
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Nasopharyngeal cancer, dermatitis
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Cement workers
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Cement dust, metals
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Dermatitis, bronchitis
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Ceramic workers
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Talc, clays
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Pneumoconiosis
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Demolition workers
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Asbestos, wood dust
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Asbestosis
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Drug manufacturers
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Hormones, nitroglycerin, etc.
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Reproductive effects
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Dry cleaners
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Solvents
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Liver disease, dermatitis
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Dye workers
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Dyestuffs, metals, solvents
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Bladder cancer, dermatitis
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Embalmers
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Formaldehyde, infectious agents
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Dermatitis
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Felt makers
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Mercury, polycyclic hydrocarbons
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Mercuralism
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Foundry workers
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Silica, molten metals
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Silicosis
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Glass workers
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Heat, solvents, metal powders
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Cataracts
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Hospital workers
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Infectious agents, cleansers, radiation
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Infections, accidents
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Insulators
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Asbestos, fibrous glass
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Asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma
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