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Sources cited in Michael Silverstein's paper "Getting Home Safe and Sound? OSHA at Thirty-Five"

Baggs J, Silverstein B, Foley M. Workplace health and safety regulations: Impact of enforcement and consultation on workers' compensation claims rates in Washington State. Am J Ind Med. 2003 May; 43(5):483-94.

Banauch G, Hall C, Weiden M, Cohen H , Aldrich T, Christodoulou V, Arcentales N, Kelly Kand Prezant D. Pulmonary function after exposure to the World Trade Center collapse in the New York City Fire Department.  2006.  Am J of Resp and Critical Care Med  174:312-319.

Bracker A, Storey E, Yang C, Hodgson MJ. An outbreak of hypersensitivity pneumonitis at a metalworking plant: a longitudinal assessment of interventional effectiveness. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2003; 18:96-108

Compa, L. Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers' Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants. 2004. Human Rights Watch. New York.

Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. Preventing Illness and Injury in the Workplace. OTA-H-256, April 1985.

Franklin, S and Little, D. "Cabbies, clerks put lives on line." Chicago Tribune, 10/8/2006.

Gray WB, Scholz JT. 1993. Does regulatory enforcement work? A panel analysis of OSHA enforcement. Law & Soc Rev 27:177–213.

Herbert R, Moline J, Skloot G, Metzger K, Baron S, Luft B, Markowitz S, Udasin I, Harrison D, Stein D, Todd A, Enright P, Stellman J, Landrigan P, Levin S. The World Trade Center disaster and the health of workers: Five-Year assessment of a unique medical screening program. 2006. Environ Health Perspect.

Kanwal R et al. Evaluation of flavorings-related lung disease risk at six microwave popcorn plants. J Occup Environ Med 2006; 48(2): 149-57.

Kreiss K & Cox-Ganser J. Metalworking fluid-associated hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a workshop summary.  Am J Ind Med. 1997;32(4): 423-432.

Leigh JP,  Markowitz SB, Fahs M, Shin C, Landrigan PJ.  Occupational injury and illness in the United States. Estimates of costs, morbidity, and mortality.  Arch Intern Med. 1997 Jul 28; 157(14):1557-68.

Lipscomb H, Leiming L & Dement J.  Work related falls among union carpenters in Washington State before and after the vertical fall arrest standard.  Am J Ind Med.  44: 157-165, 2003.

Nelson NA, Kaufman J, Kalat J, Silverstein B. 1997. Falls in construction: Injury rates for OSHA-inspected employers before and after citation for violating the Washington State Fall Protection Standard. Am J Ind Med 31:296–302.

Rosenman  D,  Kalush A, Reilly M J, Gardiner JC, Reeves M, Luo Z.  How Much Work-Related Injury and Illness is Missed By the Current National Surveillance System?  J Occup & Environ Med. 2006;48(4):357-365.

Shapiro S & Rabinowitz R. Punishment versus cooperation in regulatory enforcement: A case study of OSHA. 1997.  Administrative Law Review, American University, 49(4): 713-762.

U.S. General Accounting Office, Workplace Safety and Health - OSHA's Voluntary Compliance Strategies Show Promising Results, but Should Be Fully Evaluated before They Are Expanded, GAO-04-378, March 2004.

Weil D, Assessing OSHA performance:  New evidence from the construction industry.  J of Policy Analysis and Management.  20: 651-674, 2001.