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Elise Pechter
Researcher at Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Publications - 14
Citations - 568
Elise Pechter is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Occupational safety and health & Health care. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 14 publications receiving 498 citations. Previous affiliations of Elise Pechter include California Department of Public Health.
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Cleaning products and work-related asthma.
Kenneth D. Rosenman,Mary Jo Reilly,Donald P. Schill,David Valiante,Jennifer Flattery,Robert Harrison,Florence Reinisch,Elise Pechter,Letitia Davis,Catharine M. Tumpowsky,Margaret S. Filios +10 more
TL;DR: Data from the California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey state-based surveillance systems of work-related asthma were used to identify cases of asthma associated with exposure to cleaning products at work, and individuals identified were generally women, white non-Hispanic, and 45 years or older.
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Cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces in health care: Toward an integrated framework for infection and occupational illness prevention
Margaret M. Quinn,Paul K. Henneberger,Barbara I. Braun,George L. Delclos,Kathleen Fagan,Vanthida Huang,Jennifer S. Knaack,Linda Kusek,Soo-Jeong Lee,Nicole Le Moual,Kathryn A E Maher,Susan McCrone,Amber Hogan Mitchell,Elise Pechter,Kenneth D. Rosenman,Lynne Sehulster,Alicia C. Stephens,Susan Wilburn,Jan Paul Zock +18 more
TL;DR: An integrated framework was developed to guide more comprehensive efforts to minimize harmful C&D exposures without reducing the effectiveness of infection prevention and a more integrated approach can support multidisciplinary teams with the capacity to maximize effective and safe C &D in health care.
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Work-related asthma among health care workers: surveillance data from California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993-1997.
Elise Pechter,Letitia Davis,Catharine M. Tumpowsky,Jennifer Flattery,Robert Harrison,Florence Reinisch,Mary Jo Reilly,Kenneth D. Rosenman,Donald P. Schill,David Valiante,Margaret S. Filios +10 more
TL;DR: Health care workers are at risk for work-related asthma, and health care providers need to recognize this risk of WRA, as early diagnosis will decrease the morbidity associated with WRA.
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Work‐related asthma in the Educational Services industry: California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993–2000
Jacek M. Mazurek,Margaret S. Filios,Ruth Willis,Kenneth D. Rosenman,Mary Jo Reilly,Katharine McGreevy,Donald P. Schill,David Valiante,Elise Pechter,Letitia Davis,Jennifer Flattery,Robert Harrison +11 more
TL;DR: Asthma within the educational services industry is an occupational health problem and the health of school employees should also be considered when initiatives addressing asthma among schoolchildren are instituted.
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Gender differences in work-related asthma: surveillance data from California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993–2008
Gretchen E. White,Christen Seaman,Margaret S. Filios,Jacek M. Mazurek,Jennifer Flattery,Robert Harrison,Mary Jo Reilly,Kenneth D. Rosenman,Margaret Lumia,Alicia C. Stephens,Elise Pechter,Kathleen Fitzsimmons,Letitia Davis +12 more
TL;DR: Among adults with work-related asthma, males and females differ in terms of workplace exposures, occupations, and industries, and Physicians should consider these gender differences when diagnosing and treating asthma in working adults.