@article{ref1,
title="Chronic Diseases and Functional Limitations Among Older Construction Workers in the United States: A 10-Year Follow-up Study",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2011",
author="Dong, Xiuwen Sue and Wang, Xuanwen and Daw, Christina and Ringen, Knut",
volume="53",
number="4",
pages="372-380",
abstract="OBJECTIVES:: To examine the health status of older construction workers in the United States, and how occupation and the aging process affect health in workers' later years. METHODS:: We analyzed six waves (1998 to 2008) of the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal survey of US residents age 50+. The study sample totaled 7200 male workers (510 in construction trades) in the baseline. Multiple logistic regression and paired t tests were conducted to compare health outcomes across occupations and within individuals over time. RESULTS:: Compared with white-collar workers, construction workers had increased odds of arthritis, back problems, chronic lung disease, functional limitations, work disability, and work-related injuries after controlling for possible confounders. CONCLUSIONS:: Safety and health interventions, as well as retirement and pension policy, should meet the needs of older construction workers, who face increasingly chronic health conditions over time.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182122286",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182122286"
}