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Occupational illnesses arise from an event or exposure that occurs in the workplace that causes, contributes to, or worsens a health condition.

Work-related factors associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease include exposure to certain chemicals, dusts or fumes, physical characteristics of the environment (e.g., loud noise, high ambient temperatures), physical job demands, and workplace psychosocial stressors.

Maternal Lifting articles:


 * 1) MacDonald LA, Waters TR, Napolitano PG, Goddard DE, Ryan MA, Nielsen P, Hudock SD. Clinical guidelines for occupational lifting in pregnancy: evidence summary and provisional recommendations. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Aug;209(2):80-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.02.047. Epub 2013 Mar 1. PMID: 23467051; PMCID: PMC4552317.
 * 2) Waters TR, MacDonald LA, Hudock SD, Goddard DE. Provisional recommended weight limits for manual lifting during pregnancy. Human factors. 2014 Feb;56(1):203-14.

Occupational CVD articles:


 * 1) Millar JD. Summary of “proposed national strategies for the prevention of leading work‐related diseases and injuries, Part 1”. American journal of industrial medicine. 1988;13(2):223-40.
 * 2) MacDonald LA, Bertke S, Hein MJ, Judd S, Baron S, Merritt R, Howard VJ. Prevalence of cardiovascular health by occupation: a cross-sectional analysis among US workers aged≥ 45 years. American journal of preventive medicine. 2017 Aug 1;53(2):152-61.
 * 3) National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021. High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25976.

Further reading

U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cardiovascular Disease and Occupational Factors

U.S. Centers for Disease Control Chronic Disease Indicators