Occupational Health Surveillance Strategies for an Ethnically Diverse Asian Employee Population

Immigration and Blood Lead Levels Among Asian Populations in the United States

“…At the same time, Asian Americans seemed not to have such a situation. 40,41 In conclusion, based on our study, for immigrants other than the Asian subgroup, high BLLs may be due to heavy exposure in their mother countries and occupational exposure in the United States. In contrast, for Asian immigrants, there's no evidence of overrepresented occupational exposure.…”

“…In contrast, for Asian immigrants, there's no evidence of overrepresented occupational exposure. Besides our hypothesis that Asian immigrants' high BLLs were due to heavy exposure in their motherlands before immigration, former studies also indicated that dietary habits, cultural beliefs, folk remedies, pottery used in cooking and eating, and cosmetics 41 were also potential risk factors for Asian immigrants' high BLLs.…”

Occupational health disparities among Asian Americans: Review and recommendations.

“…Moreover, other physical hazards, such as radiation and noise, are a source of work hazard that Asian American workers routinely face, resulting in illnesses such as radiation poisoning, cancer, heat stress, hypothermia, and hearing loss (Lee, 2009). Racial and ethnic minority workers have also been found to have increased lead levels in their blood as a result of occupational lead exposure (Sakamoto, vaughan, & Tobias, 2001).…”

Ethnicity and Stress at Work: A Literature Review and Suggestions for Future Research

“…Table 3. Articles investigating ethnicity and occupational health divided into three categories Reference Author Year Ethnicity and occupational mental health (N=26) [23] Moghaddam et al [24] Moon et al [25] Thompson [26] Furnham et al [27] Frye et al [28] Kim et al [29] Lipson et al [30] Hattar-Pollara et al [31] Aroian et al [32] Aroian et al [34] Comino et al [14] Roberts et al [15] Karlsen et al [39] Panayiotopoulos [45] Smith et al [40] Degiuli [33] Li et al [16] Wong et al [41] Elrick et al [42] Doyle et al [35] Liwowsky et al [38] Seedat et al [43] Ahonen et al [44] Williams [36] Madianos et al [37] Classen, et al [56] Palinkas et al [57] Murray [52] Bergeret et al [53] Chia et al [54] Hodgkins et al [49] Betemps et al [46] Wagener et al [47] Bradshaw et al [58] Conrad et al [50] Ma et al [51] Schulz et al [48] Kor et al [55] Sakamoto et al [67] Jackson et al [68] Netemeyer et al [69] Kandola [70] Walcott-McQuigg…”

“…A study from the US has found a highly significant association of blood lead levels with past exposure in lead-battery workers, after making allowance for job category, seniority, age, ethnicity, gender, and smoking habit [54]. A more recent study in US has reported that minority groups tend to be over-represented in the lead industries and that high lead levels can be compounded by cultural influences [55].…”