Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a battery-factory worker exposed to cadmium.

abstract：:In the agroexport zone of Los Santos Zone in Costa Rica, coffee is harvested by migrant labor. Most migrants are from Panama and Nicaragua. We describe migrants' housing- and service-related health determinants, with analyses of ethnicity, nationality and geography. We used interviews, observation-based assessments, a...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Loría Bolaños R,Partanen T,Berrocal M,Alvárez B,Córdoba L

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study on workplace injuries and risk reduction practices was part of the Malaysia National Health Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III) conducted in 2006. METHODS:This cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted to determine the incidence of workplaces injuries and assess the magnitude of some i...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Ali R,Shaharudin R,Omar A,Yusoff F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Networking collaborative research and training in Asian developing countries includes three types of joint activities: field studies of workplace potentials for better safety and health, intensive action training for improvement of working conditions in small enterprises, and action-oriented workshops on low-cost impr...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Kogi K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sea lampreys are parasitic fish found in lakes of the United States and Canada. Sea lamprey is controlled through manual application of the pesticides 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) and Bayluscide(TM) into streams and tributaries. 3-Trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol may cause irritation and central nervou...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Ceballos DM,Beaucham CC,Kurtz K,Musolin K

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of persistent organic pollutants with the ability to cause adverse impacts on human health and the environment. This study describes the indiscriminate use of PCB-contaminated transformer oil as a coolant in informal welding shops in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. Sixty-three welder...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Lankatilake K,Samaranayake D,Piyathunga K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors visited the State of West Bengal, India, in August 1996, as consultants to the World Health Organization (WHO). The general mandate of the mission was to formulate recommendations to the Government of India regarding its efforts to assist the Government of West Bengal in remedying health problems arising f...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Subramanian KS,Kosnett MJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 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

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：:This study, the first environmental cancer study in Azerbaijan, addressed concerns that residents of the industrial city of Sumgayit have an increased cancer burden as a consequence of intense occupational and environmental pollution from industry. Vital statistics data were used to calculate annual crude cancer incid...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Andruchow JE,Soskolne CL,Racioppi F,Senthilselvan A,Makhmudov E,Asadov A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incident rates of mining-related accidents and injuries in developing countries exceed those of developed nations. Interventions by international organizations routinely fail to produce appreciable long-term improvement. One major reason is the inability to identify and analyze the underlying factors responsible f...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Miller HB,Sinkala T,Renger RF,Peacock EM,Tabor JA,Burgess JL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to estimate the incidences of physician-diagnosed cases of work-related asthma (WRA) in Michigan and the entire United States. The statewide surveillance system for WRA in Michigan receives reports primarily from three sources: physicians, hospital discharge data, and worker's compensati...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Henneberger PK,Kreiss K,Rosenman KD,Reilly MJ,Chang YF,Geidenberger CA

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：: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：:Based on a predetermined list of job-related diseases, INAIL makes compensation decisions in cases of work-related diseases in Italy. Its functioning is somewhat hampered by imprecision in the disease classification and infrequency of updating the list, as well as rapid turnover of workers in some categories of jobs. ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Bracci C,Norcia G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many countries have maternity protection laws for women who need job modification or medical leave during pregnancy. This approach will prevent birth defects only if maternal job changes can be made before the critical period of organogenesis, which begins at three weeks' gestation. The authors studied the gestational...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Von Busch TA,Frazier LM,Sigler SJ,Molgaard CA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a change in back-support-use policy on the occurrence of work-related low back injuries among a large cohort of employees in the retail-trade home improvement industry. Working hours of exposure, back support use, and intensity of materials-lifting requirement...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Kraus JF,Brown KA,McArthur DL,Peek-Asa C,Samaniego L,Kraus C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the widespread use of gloves by health care workers has induced an increase of both irritant and type I or type IV allergic glove-related diseases, the Italian Society of Preventive Medicine for Health Care Workers set up a working group to collect information about glove composition and to standardize procedu...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Alessio L,Baruffini A,Biscaldi G,Cirla AM,Cortona G,Crippa M,Franco G,Marcer G,Moscato G,Toffoletto F

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence of hand dermatitis was investigated in 60 U.K. hairdressing salons. Exposure variables and individual characteristics were examined for associations with prevalence. 38.6% of respondents reported prevalent hand dermatitis and 72.7% of prevalent cases reported interdigital symptoms. Trainee hairdressers repo...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Perkins JB,Farrow A

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：: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：:Health effects of occupational exposures are frequently evaluated by comparing the mortality of a whole cohort of workers with that of the general population. This study design may be affected by two major biases: a dilution effect (DE), due to the inclusion of unexposed subjects in the study cohort, and a comparison ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Parodi S,Gennaro V,Ceppi M,Cocco P

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the association between the two job-stress models, job-strain and effort-reward imbalance, and mental health outcomes in a working population exposed to major organizational changes. The cross-sectional study was based on 680 subjects, 504 men and 176 women. Psychosocial factors at work included: p...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Niedhammer I,Chastang JF,David S,Barouhiel L,Barrandon G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treating physicians' and independent medical examiners' (IMEs') opinions were compared to identify differences of opinion and to develop a basis for understanding the differences. Twenty-three patients of an occupational health center (OHC) who had been examined by an IME were studied. OHC and IME opinions regarding d...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Lax MB,Manetti FA,Klein RA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of children from a community adjacent to an auto-battery-recycling smelter in Haina, the Dominican Republic, revealed alarming elevations of blood lead (B-Pb) and erythrocyte protoporphyrin (EP-ZnPP) compared with controls. The authors recommend follow-up confirmation and treatment of severely lead-poisoned c...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Kaul B,Mukerjee H

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：: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：: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：:From the 1990 National Health Interview Survey Health Promotion and Disease Prevention supplement, the authors estimated the 1990 baseline prevalence of breast cancer screening among employed U.S. women aged 50-70 years. Proportions of women screened for breast cancer were calculated by occupational category and demog...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Ballard TJ,Burnett CA,Sieber WK,Halperin WE

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00