title: Asthma in health care workers: 2008 and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of current asthma and the proportion of asthma that is work-related among health care and non-health care workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used 2008 and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System High Risk/Health Care Worker Module and Asthma Call-Back Survey data collected in 35 states and the District of Columbia to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significantly more health care workers/volunteers than non-health care workers/volunteers with current asthma had asthma attacks (PR = 1.23; 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 1.46) and asthma symptoms within the past year (PR = 1.07; 95% confidence interval = 1.00 to 1.14). There was no significant difference in the proportion of health care and non-health care workers/volunteers diagnosed with current asthma or work-related asthma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study are consistent with previous research showing that health care workers with asthma have higher proportions of asthma attacks than non-health care workers.
authors.affiliation: From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Ms White and Dr Mazurek), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WVa; and National Center for Environmental Health (Ms Moorman), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.
authors.forename: Gretchen E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Jacek M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mazurek
authors.forename: Jeanne E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Moorman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012008:Recurrence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult