The distribution of occupations in two populations with upper limb pain.

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：:Given the development of nanotechnology within numerous scientific disciplines, it is likely that nanoscale products have been and will be used for agricultural, vector, and urban pest control prior to a complete evaluation of exposure and risk. Significant differences may exist between nanotechnology-based pesticides...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Stone D,Harper BJ,Lynch I,Dawson K,Harper SL

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Identification of workers who are at high risk and at low risk as a result of participation in the cleanup of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station ("liquidators") is important both for scientific research and for the medical care of the individuals involved. Using register data for 3...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Shantyr II II,Nikiforov AM,Romanovich IK,Schwartz VA,Makarova NV,Deryapa LN,Saygina EB

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Studies suggest strong underreporting of occupational diseases in industrialized countries. We studied physician-related barriers to reporting of occupational sciatica (with herniated disk). We conducted a telephone survey of 391 general practitioners (GPs) and 96 rheumatologists in southeastern France with a standard...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Verger P,Viau A,Arnaud S,Cabut S,Saliba ML,Iarmarcovai G,Souville M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2003, the university-based Program on Work and Health in Central America, SALTRA, was launched to build national and regional capacities in occupational safety and health with the goal of preventing and reducing poverty in Central America. SALTRA has implemented 20 projects including action projects in priority sec...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Wesseling C,Aragón A,Elgstrand K,Flores R,Hogstedt C,Partanen T

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：BACKGROUND:Asbestos was used in spray applied textured ceilings from 1945 to at least 1980. Exposure to asbestos and the probability of developing lung disease is high in individuals who lived with these types of ceilings in their home. Asbestos exposure and frequency of disease is even higher in an apartment suffering...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Dahlgren JG,Talbott PJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Legislators in the Canadian province of Alberta have successfully resisted pressure to increase state injury-prevention efforts. OBJECTIVES:This study seeks to identify the narratives used by legislators to manage political pressure for increased injury-prevention efforts. METHODS:Narrative analysis of leg...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Barnetson B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to metal working fluids (MWF) is common in machining processes worldwide and may lead to diseases of the skin and the respiratory tract. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate exposure and diseases due to MWF in Switzerland between 2004 and 2013. METHODS:We performed descriptive statist...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Koller MF,Pletscher C,Scholz SM,Schneuwly P

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Factors that influence exposure to silver particles from the use of textiles are not well understood. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of product treatment and physiological factors on silver release from two textiles. METHODS:Atomic and absorbance spectroscopy, electron micro...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Stefaniak AB,Duling MG,Lawrence RB,Thomas TA,LeBouf RF,Wade EE,Virji MA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, reproductive health effects among male leather tannery workers have not been previously investigated. Tannery work involves exposure to chromium, solvents, and other chemicals, which has been associated with adverse pregnancy and fertility outcomes in animals or humans in some studies. This study ret...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Greene LE,Riederer AM,Marcus M,Lkhasuren O

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted in a randomly selected factory producing Portland cement in eastern Saudi Arabia to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and diseases and chest x-ray changes consistent with pneumoconiosis in the employees. A sample of 150 exposed and 355 unexposed employees was select...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Ballal SG,Ahmed HO,Ali BA,Albar AA,Alhasan AY

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sewage operatives at five sewage treatment plants (n = 59) and controls not exposed to sewage (n = 55) were examined to determine work-related symptoms and inflammatory responses. Symptoms were elicited using a questionnaire, and spirometry was performed. Inflammatory markers were determined in blood and nasal lavage....

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Thorn J,Beijer L

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:The authors examined the temporal trends of age-specific pneumoconiosis mortality from coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP), asbestosis, and silicosis in the United States in 1985-1996. Mortality data were derived from the National Center for Health Statistics multiple causes of death files for the period. Age-specific ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Bang KM,Althouse RB,Kim JH,Game SR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1997, Argentina gave priority to asbestos in its National Plan for the Sound Management of Chemicals, and it was the subject of a Technical Task Force on Occupational Cancer. After five years of public hearings in which government, workers, industry advocates, environmentalists, clinicians, scientists, and consumer...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Rodriguez EJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether workers, describing their own work, and occupational physicians, describing typical workstations, would report the same working conditions, and whether the relationships between health status and working conditions described by these two sources would be similar. An epidemiologic survey was carrie...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Hays M,Saurel-Cubizolles MJ,Bourgine M,Touranchet A,Verge C,Kaminski M

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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