Blood lead level to induce significant increase in urinary delta-aminolevulinic acid level among lead-exposed workers: a statistical approach.

abstract：:In a household appliance plant, several rinse-free lubricating fluids have been used instead of neat mineral oils since 1994: mixtures of isoparaffinic hydrocarbons with 9 to 14 carbons per molecule. As such they denature keratin, irritate and defat the skin, and remove water from it. Work gloves have been worn over p...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ueno S,Shiomi Y,Yokota K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated associations between lifestyle factors and selected aspects of mental health in a group of Japanese overseas workers and their accompanying spouses who were residing in and around Düsseldorf, Germany, in February 1994. Considering four aspects of mental health (depression, mental instability, n...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tuekpe MK,Todoriki H,Zheng KC,Kouadio K,Ariizumi M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A telephone survey was conducted among a sample of managers (n=30) in Ireland who had previously commissioned an asbestos survey in their workplace buildings. The aims of the telephone survey were to examine the extent to which managers had completed Asbestos Safety Awareness (ASA) training, and to assess how such tra...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Hickey J,Saunders J,Davern P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed for the effects of exposure to multiple organic solvent vapors in comparison with single exposure to phenol. It included 20 workers exposed to phenol alone and 32 workers of combined exposure to phenol, benzene, toluene and methyl ethyl ketone. A control group of 30 subjects was also includ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Shamy MY,el Gazzar RM,el Sayed MA,Attia AM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanoacrylate (CA) and its homologues have a variety of medical, dental and commercial applications as adhesives. The increasing use of CA in dentistry, particularly as an adhesive and sealing glue, has raised concerns regarding its potential toxicity in humans. Reported toxicity of CA is uncommon in the dental workpl...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Leggat PA,Kedjarune U,Smith DR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and environmental aspects of a manufacturing process are important due to increased environmental regulations and life quality. In this paper, the concentration of aerosols in the breathing zone of the operator of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), a commonly used non traditional manufacturing process is...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Jose M,Sivapirakasam SP,Surianarayanan M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burnout of nurses at university hospitals was analyzed in relation to their personality characteristics and coping behaviors. A self-administered questionnaire regarding burnout (the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory), work-related stressors (the Nursing Job Stressor Scale), personality characteristics (Short-Form Eysenck ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Shimizutani M,Odagiri Y,Ohya Y,Shimomitsu T,Kristensen TS,Maruta T,Iimori M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field survey of 71 salesmen (22-60 years) in a machinery manufacturing company was conducted to investigate the effect of working hours on biological functions related to the cardiovascular system. The subjects were divided into four groups by age, and those in each age group were further divided into shorter (SWH) ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Iwasaki K,Sasaki T,Oka T,Hisanaga N

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India, a growing economy and world's largest democracy, has population exceeding 1.2 billion. Out of this huge number, 63.6% form working age group. More than 90% work in the informal economy, mainly agriculture and services. Less than 10% work in the organized sector; mainly industry, mining and some services. New se...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Pingle S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Night work is becoming increasingly common. Unfortunately, humans are physiologically unsuited to inverted schedules, leading to negative consequences for shift workers, employers, and society. The circadian and homeostatic processes which govern sleepiness and alertness are improperly aligned for night workers. We re...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Horowitz TS,Tanigawa T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore characteristics of the development of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) at present and trend in the future, we investigated 16,154 coal miners exposed to dust for at least 1 yr in the Tiefa Colliery in China. Occupational categories were divided into tunneling, mining, combining and helping. Four cohorts (...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Liu H,Tang Z,Weng D,Yang Y,Tian L,Duan Z,Chen J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (EGEE) is known to have testicular toxicity. To elucidate whether EGEE has any effect on sperm motion, especially in the case of short time exposure, we conducted a series of in vivo experiments with rats, as well as an in vitro study with rat sperm. Sperm from cauda epididymides and sp...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Wang RS,Ohtani K,Suda M,Nakajima T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study noise levels associated with electronic arcade games, noise measurements were made in 3 selected game centers and 192 samples were taken in each location. The background noise was recorded at a level of 61 dB(A) and 64 dB(C). When the electronic games were performed these levels of noise reached to 8...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Mirbod SM,Inaba R,Yoshida H,Nagata C,Komura Y,Iwata H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish the relationship between Zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP) concentrations and blood lead (PbB) levels and to identify reliable analytical methods of ZPP and Protoporhyrin (PP), blood samples were obtained from 263 office workers without the history of occupational lead exposure and 49 lead-acid battery workers. T...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Roh YM,Kim K,Kim H

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between diabetes and medical and dental care costs from a 5-yr prospective observation of Japanese workers. The data were derived from health and dental examinations and health insurance claims of 4,086 workers aged 40-54 yr. At baseline, the subjects were as...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ide R,Hoshuyama T,Wilson DJ,Takahashi K,Higashi T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to clarify the temporary threshold shifts in fingertip vibratory sensation produced by hand-transmitted vibrations that have the same equivalent tool vibration levels according to the JIS B 4900 determination method. The JIS B 4900 standard is based on vibration exposure dose values. There...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Maeda S,Yonekawa Y,Kanada K,Takahashi Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an in vivo tribometer for characterizing the friction of a human heel against a planar test surface. The pedestrian steps down on an angled test surface and an observer determines if the person's heel slips. In the simplest variation, the subject simply steps down onto the test surface. The second va...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Besser M,Marpet M,Medoff H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of seat-back angle and accelerometer height at the seat-back on seat-back x-axis frequency-weighted root-mean-square (r.m.s.) acceleration have been investigated in field experiments. Experiment 1 investigated the range and variability, of frequency-weighted r.m.s. acceleration at the same measurement posi...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nakashima Y,Maeda S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering a fatal case of an aged individual, who died due to falling down stairs, the cause of the fatal fall was investigated through experiments. A witness, who was with the victim, when the fatal accident occurred, stated that the aged individual had miss-footed, lost balance at the top of the stairs, and fell a...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nagata H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between temperament, job stress, and overcommitment using the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-Autoquestionnaire version (TEMPS-A) and a scale of the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. In July 2004, self-administered questionnaires were...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tei-Tominaga M,Akiyama T,Miyake Y,Sakai Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field survey of 147 engineers (23-49 years) in an electronics manufacturing company was conducted to investigate the effect of working hours on cardiovascular-autonomic nervous functions (urinary catecholamines, heart rate variability and blood pressure). The subjects were divided into 3 groups by age: 23-29 (n = 49...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Sasaki T,Iwasaki K,Oka T,Hisanaga N,Ueda T,Takada Y,Fujiki Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work is dedicated to the study of occupational cold environments in food distribution industrial units. Field measurements and a subjective assessment based on an individual questionnaire were considered. The survey was carried out in 5 Portuguese companies. The field measurements include 26 workplaces, wh...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Oliveira AV,Gaspar AR,Raimundo AM,Quintela DA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliability and validity of the Japanese-translated version of the Swedish Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire (J-DCSQ) was examined. The subjects comprised 212 women working in nursery schools. The 17-item J-DCSQ consists of three subscales: psychological demands (PD), decision latitude (DL), and social support (SS)...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Mase J,Ota A,Inoue K,Iida T,Tsutsumi A,Yatsuya H,Ono Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nude mice each attached to a respirator to avoid pulmonary uptake were exposed in a glass exposure chamber to 200, 1000 or 3000 ppm of benzene, toluene or tetrachloroethylene (perclene) for 2, 4 or 6 h. The animals were killed at the end of the study and the amount of each solvent retained in the whole body was determ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tsuruta H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, the principal role of hospital pharmacists has changed from that of dispensing medicines for outpatients to provision of clinical pharmacy services for inpatients. A self-administered questionnaire about subjective symptoms, working patterns, work environments and job satisfaction was administered to 495 hos...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Inaba R,Hioki A,Kondo Y,Nakamura H,Nakamura M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the consequences this has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational safety and health (OSH) has become a very important issue for stakeholders to take care of the human resource. For this reason, and in order to know how OSH resea...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Suárez Sánchez FA,Carvajal Peláez GI,Catalá Alís J

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have improved the method of measuring dioxins in the blood of Yusho patients; with this improved method, it is possible to take measurements quickly and precisely, using as little as 5g of blood. The specific points of improvement of this method are the extraction of lipids from blood by accelerated solvent extract...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Iida T,Todaka T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the maximum acceptable weight of carriage (MAWC) for young Taiwanese males experienced in manual load carriage tasks. The elements of the examined load carriage tasks included lifting a box from the floor to the waist height, turning around while holding the box, carrying the box at the waist heigh...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Cheng TS,Lee TH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure can induce life-threatening generalized dermatitis accompanied by hepatitis: TCE hypersensitivity syndrome (HS). Since the patients' exposure levels have not been fully clarified, this study estimated end-of-shift urinary concentrations of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and th...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nakajima T,Wang H,Ito Y,Naito H,Wang D,Zhao N,Li H,Qiu X,Xia L,Chen J,Wu Q,Li L,Huang H,Kamijima M

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the subjective experiences and mental health of young, unemployed adults in Japan. We explored how individuals describe their experiences of becoming unemployed and how these experiences influence their mental health within the current Japanese sociocultural context, using a social constructionis...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kito A,Ueno T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00