Elevated blood lead and erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels of children near a battery-recycling plant in Haina, Dominican Republic.

abstract：:The European Union's 2006 Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) legislation represents a new wave in regulating chemicals and has set far-reaching goals for protecting and enhancing public health, the environment, and markets. Despite substantial public debate during the develop...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Cohen AK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 1991 Gulf War, some Allied troops were potentially exposed to sarin/cyclosarin as the result of the destruction of Iraqi munitions at Khamisiyah. To evaluate the prevalence of past and current symptoms known to be associated with exposure to these chemical warfare agents, the authors conducted a computer-as...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： McCauley LA,Rischitelli G,Lambert WE,Lasarev M,Sticker DL,Spencer PS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study objective was to identify personal and work-related risk factors associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in electronics assembly, operators relative to clerical workers in the same factory. Of 422 workers in a television assembly factory located in Ismailia, Suez Canal Area, Egypt, 198 (46.9%) participa...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Abbas MF,Faris RH,Harber PI,Mishriky AM,El-Shahaly HA,Waheeb YH,Kraus JF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pesticide exposures of women in developing countries are aggravated by economic policy changes associated with structural adjustment programs and globalization. Women in these countries, particularly in the agricultural sector, are increasingly exposed. Since they are concentrated in the most marginal positions in the...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： London L,de GS,Wesseling C,Kisting S,Rother HA,Mergler D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the agricultural use of untreated wastewater (i.e. crop irrigation) was associated with elevated blood lead levels in a farming population in the Mezquital Valley and which risk factors, other than exposure to untreated wastewater, were associated with elevated blood lead levels, lead levels wer...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Cifuentes E,Villanueva J,Sanin LH

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxic anti-thyroidic chemical perchlorate, used in rocket fuel, has leached from military dumpsites into public drinking water sources, contaminating the water at dangerous levels in many states. The Department of Defense and its contractors such as Lockheed Martin are using obfuscation to wage a campaign to slow ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Sass J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance data show that pesticide-related illness is an important cause of acute morbidity among migrant farm workers in California. A few categories (organophosphates and carbamates, inorganic compounds, and pyrethroids) account for over half of the cases of acute illness. Skin effects dominate the illnesses, alt...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Das R,Steege A,Baron S,Beckman J,Harrison R

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1983, in the face of mounting evidence of excess leukemia among workers at Shell Oil's Wood River (IL) and Deer Park (TX) petroleum refineries, Shell initiated the Benzene Historical Exposure Study (BHES). Shell's prior research had implicated occupational exposure to benzene as the source of the excess leukemia. T...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Egilman D,Scout,Kol L,Hegg LA,Bohme SR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold mining in the savannah region of northern Brazil (Roraima) has increased dramatically since 1989. Elemental mercury is used to extract gold from sediment. Mercury released into the Amazon aquatic ecosystem may convert into the organic form and bioconcentrate in the food chain, posing a hazard for fish-eating peop...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Sing KA,Hryhorczuk DO,Saffirio G,Sinks T,Paschal DC,Chen EH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop a worker safety training program for its public hospital system, the Costa Rican Social Security System entered into a collaborative agreement with the University of Texas School of Public Health. A national survey to assess safety in the public hospitals revealed high rates of injury and under-reporting of...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Felknor SA,Sequeira LF,Weinger M,Burau KD,De Mezerville L,Delclos G

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of the International Agency for Research on Cancer's evaluations of occupational exposures, 22 occupational agents are classified as human carcinogens and an additional 22 agents as probable human carcinogens. In addition, evidence of increased risk of cancer was associated with particular industries and ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Boffetta P,Kogevinas M,Simonato L,Wilbourn J,Saracci R

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WHO has advocated monitoring adherence to the Food and Agriculture Organization's Code of Conduct to reduce use of highly hazardous pesticides in lower and middle income countries. We re-framed Code articles in terms of farmers' rights and drew on survey data, farmer focus group results, and direct observations of...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Orozco FA,Cole DC,Forbes G,Kroschel J,Wanigaratne S,Arica D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-five farmers reported on pesticide use and the signs and symptoms of acute pesticide poisoning when using two different plant protection strategies: in 2003 using chemical controls and in 2004 using an approach to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) based on an ecological analysis of the field conditions. Exposure ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Mancini F,Jiggins JL,O'Malley M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexavalent chromium particles are generated in the welding of stainless steel. A cohort consisting of 233 welders working on stainless steel and exposed to high levels of chromium was selected. According to an earlier survey, the hexavalent chromium exposures of such welders are often above 20 µg/m(3). Another cohort ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Milatou-Smith R,Gustavsson A,Sjögren B

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development and pilot testing of the St. Louis Assessment of Fall Risks, a worksite audit to assess fall prevention safety practices on residential construction sites. Surveillance data and feedback from carpenters and safety instructors regarding work tasks associated with falls from heights were used...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Kaskutas VK,Dale AM,Lipscomb HJ,Evanoff BA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrazine, an herbicide used on most of the US corn (maize) crop, is the subject of ongoing controversy, with increasing documentation of its potentially harmful health and environmental impacts. Supporters of atrazine often claim that it is of great value to farmers; most recently, Syngenta, the producer of atrazine, ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Ackerman F,Whited M,Knight P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the risk of leukemia for workers exposed to 1 ppm of benzene for 40 years is estimated to be 70% greater than the risk for unexposed persons, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) recommend that the allowable ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Kalnas J,Teitelbaum DT

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a strong increase in the international movement of workers during the last few decades. As Thailand's economy has rapidly developed during the past 20 years, it has attracted growing numbers of laborers from the bordering countries of Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Cambodia. Numbers of migrant workers ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Thetkathuek A,Jaidee W

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fogarty-supported International Training Program of the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) at the University of Texas School of Public Health was initiated in 1995, with its activities focused primarily on Latin America. As this program has matured, its participants have been conce...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Delclos GL,Felknor SA,Morandi MT,Schulze LJ,Tovar LS,Yanes L

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of the association between self-reported diabetes mellitus and sick leave from work, 21,149 men and women, aged 35-59 years, participated. Prevalence of diabetes was obtained by questionnaire. Sick leave was prospectively obtained from departments of human resources in the year after the baselin...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： De Backer G,Leynen F,De Bacquer D,Clays E,Moreau M,Kornitzer M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in immigration employees and compared two of the screening methods. Using a cross-sectional study design, we administered questionnaires regarding demographics, work, medical history, and tuberculosis risk factors to employees at two immigration facilities. P...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： De Perio MA,Niemeier RT,Groenewold MR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old patient died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) after nine years of heavy exposure to cadmium (Cd) in a nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd) battery factory. Two years after starting work he and co-workers had experienced pruritus, loss of smell, nasal congestion, nosebleeds, cough, shortness of breath, severe h...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Bar-Sela S,Reingold S,Richter ED

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the evidence on the health effects of airborne particles is based on mortality and hospital admissions, while the evidence from other morbidity indicators is still limited. OBJECTIVE:To measure the relationship between particles with diameter below 10 microm (PM10) and emergency ambulance dispatches...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Zauli Sajani S,Alessandrini E,Marchesi S,Lauriola P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory and allergic symptoms were evaluated in 66 Iranian carpet weavers and 66 controls with similar age and gender characteristics using a questionnaire including questions on work-related respiratory symptoms in the past year, allergies, smoking habits, and work exposure duration. A total of 28 carpet weavers ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Boskabady MH,Karimiani EG,Vostacolaei HA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musicians at all levels of performance, especially string players, are known to have a high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The disorders seem to be most common in the neck, shoulders and low back. In 1988, a survey of the work-related musculoskeletal disorders of 36 music teachers was carried ou...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Fjellman-Wiklund A,Sundelin G

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Safety climate, violence prevention climate, and civility climate were independently developed and linked to domain-specific workplace hazards, although all three were designed to promote the physical and psychological safety of workers. PURPOSE:To test domain specificity between conceptually related workpl...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Gazica MW,Spector PE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Georgia has prostate cancer incidence rates consistently above the national average. A notable portion of Georgia's economy is rooted in agricultural production, and agricultural practices have been associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. METHODS:Statistical analyses considered county age-adju...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Welton M,Robb SW,Shen Y,Guillebeau P,Vena J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated factors associated with smoking restrictions in the workplace and at home in order to better understand the effects of workplace smoking restrictions. Data from the 2006 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine independent risk f...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Cook DM,Lee WL,Yang W

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a global need for trained researchers who can address the increasing burden of illness and injury and prepare future generations of researchers. Developing countries have a special need for practical, action-oriented interventions to address workplace problems, based on identification of needs and priorities,...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Felknor SA,Delclos GL,Gimeno D,Wesseling I,Monge P,Chavez J,Quintana L,Schulze LJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood lead levels were measured in 538 girls aged 6 to 12 years who attended primary public schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Of the 538 screened children, 24.4% had blood lead levels > or =10 microg/dL, the Centers for Disease Control's level of concern. Variation in the blood lead levels was investigated with respect...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Al-Saleh I,Nester M,DeVol E,Shinwari N,Al-Shahria S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00