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ReviewAmerican journal of industrial medicine2021

COVID-19 as an occupational disease.

Christopher Carlsten, Mridu Gulati, Stella Hines, Cecile Rose, Kenneth Scott, Susan M Tarlo, Kjell Torén, Akshay Sood, Rafael E de la Hoz

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In one paragraph

Review in American journal of industrial medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Coronavirus Disease 2019 is an Occupational Disease for Teachers: How to Support the Teacher Workforce.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2026
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  8. SARS-CoV-2 infection risk by non-healthcare occupations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025
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  12. A Narrative Review of Burnout Syndrome in Medical Personnel.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  14. Sex Differences in COVID-19 Deaths, by Industry and Occupation, 2021.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Christopher CarlstenDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2455-6575
Mridu GulatiDepartment of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Stella HinesDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8350-9448
Cecile RoseDepartment of Medicine, Division of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Kenneth ScottDenver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver Public Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2192-5526
Susan M TarloOccupational & Environmental Health Division, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4746-5310
Kjell TorénOccupational and Environmental Medicine Division, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Akshay SoodDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Rafael E de la HozDivision of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8949-9279

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 permeates all aspects of society worldwide. Initial medical reports and media coverage have increased awareness of the risk imposed on healthcare workers in particular, during this pandemic. However, the health implications of COVID-19 for the global workforce are multifaceted and complex, warranting careful reflection and consideration to mitigate the adverse effects on workers worldwide. Accordingly, our review offers a framework for considering this topic, highlighting key issues, with the aim to prompt and inform action, including research, to minimize the occupational hazards imposed by this ongoing challenge. We address respiratory disease as a primary concern, while recognizing the multisystem spectrum of COVID-19-related disease and how clinical aspects are interwoven with broader socioeconomic forces.

Indexed as

COVID-19Global HealthOccupational DiseasesPandemicsCOVID-19 TestingHumansInfection ControlOccupational ExposureOccupational HealthPublic Health SurveillanceCOVID-19occupationalrespiratory disease

Identifiers

PMID33491195
PMCPMC8014565

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