Pulmonary effects of occupational exposure to Portland cement: a study from eastern Saudi Arabia.

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：: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：: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：:Much of the "debate" about the relationship between asbestos exposure from automobile brake work and asbestos-induced cancer has been fueled by studies that have been funded by corporations with billions at stake in tort litigation. The authors explore how asbestos-lined brake manufacturers have corrupted medical lite...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Egilman DS,Billings MA

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：: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：: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 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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

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：:A project brought together international footwear manufacturers, labor rights groups, local contract factories, and occupational health professionals to strengthen factory health and safety programs in southern China. Steps involved in the two-year project, including needs assessment, interviews and focus groups with ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Szudy B,O'Rourke D,Brown GD

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Many nations, including those in developing countries, whose workers are the most susceptible to exploitation, have in place statutes and regulations to protect the rights to life, health, and livelihoods of their people. Some of these efforts to protect human rights are detailed, and specific instances in which the p...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Dinham B,Malik S

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Brick manufacturing constitutes an important industrial sector in Egypt with considerable exposure to silica. OBJECTIVES:We aimed for evaluating hepatic functions in silica-exposed workers in the clay brick industry, and the possible role of matrix remodeling and immunological factors. METHODS:A case-contr...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Zawilla N,Taha F,Ibrahim Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factory surveys were conducted in the second half of work weeks on 360 solvent workers (202 men and 158 women) and 281 controls in China. Monitoring personal exposures showed that ethylbenzene exposure was low (geometric mean 1.8 ppm) and was accompanied by coexposure to toluene (1.5 ppm) and three xylene isomers (6.7...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Inoue O,Seiji K,Kudo S,Jin C,Cai SX,Liu SJ,Watanabe T,Nakatsuka H,Ikeda M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines the possible effect of exposure to aerosols and gases on lung function in a fertilizer plant in Norway. METHODS:Dynamic lung volumes (FVC and FEV1) of 383 workers were measured in 2007 and 2010. During the follow-up period, most workers performed tasks with low exposure levels of acid ae...

journal_title：International journal of occupational and environmental health

authors： Hovland KH,Skogstad M,Bakke B,Skare O,Skyberg K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

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：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