Work-related symptoms and inflammation among sewage plant operatives.

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was conducted on a random sample of 1,200 health care professionals in Marseille, France, in order to assess the prevalences of depression and burnout, and to compare these two entities. Depression was assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale (CES-D), and burnout by the...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Martin F,Poyen D,Bouderlique E,Gouvernet J,Rivet B,Disdier P,Martinez O,Scotto JC

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:Occupational health in Yugoslavia was once well organized in accordance with WHO declarations and ILO conventions and recommendations. Since the 1990s, the system has been disrupted by destruction of the former Yugoslavia, wars, refugees, changes in the economy, and NATO bombardment. Economic trends, main industries, ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Krstev S,Perunicic B,Vidakovic A

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：: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：: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：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：: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：:The aim of the current investigation is to determine the risk factors affecting the musculoskeletal system of 100 manual working farmers of India. The information regarding prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. For evaluating the risk in op...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Jain R,Meena ML,Dangayach GS

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent interpretation of the pathogenetic role of asbestos fiber size in the development of mesothelioma and in the possibility of mesothelioma prevention needs clarification. This point of view is based on a biased interpretation of the literature. Epidemiologic, experimental, and molecular evidence suggests that t...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Tomatis L,Cantoni S,Carnevale F,Merler E,Mollo F,Ricci P,Silvestri S,Vineis P,Terracini B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of short-term effects of air pollution on health in eight Italian cities from 1990 to 1999 is presented. Death certificates and hospital admission data as well as daily concentrations of pollutants were collected. The same generalized linear model adjusted for age, day of the week, holidays, influenza ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Biggeri A,Baccini M,Bellini P,Terracini B

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Information about asbestos issues at the national level was compiled for ten Asian countries (China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam) regarding 1) bans and consumption levels; 2) occupational exposure limits (OELs) and medical follow-up schemes; and 3) statistic...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Takahashi K,Karjalainen A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This population-based cross-sectional study of 3262 individuals aged 18 to 65 years from Aracaju, Brazil investigates the effects of child/adolescent labor (CAL) experience on adult height, considering gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and skin color. We hypothesized that the younger children are at their first job,...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Dantas RA,Santana VS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupations of two geographically distinct populations of patients with upper limb pain were examined. Relative risks for being in an occupation were calculated for subjects with epicondylitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and pain syndromes in one population and nonspecific occupational overuse syndrome (OOS) in the other...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Dryson EW,Walls CB

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：: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：:The World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund can assist in the implementation of ILO Conventions relating to occupational safety and health in developing countries. Most countries that seek to trade globally receive permission to do so from the WTO. If the WTO required member count...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： LaDou J

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：: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：: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：: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：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：:Estimating the burden of occupational injury in developing countries might provide support for strengthening injury prevention during industrialization. A cross-sectional survey was administered to all households in the Xuân Tiên Commune in Vietnam to collect information on the characteristics of work and injuries in ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Marucci-Wellman H,Leamon TB,Binh TT,Diep NB,Wegman DH,Kriebel D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00