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_name
Int J Occup Environ Healthauthors
Bracci C,Norcia Gdoi
10.1179/oeh.2005.11.1.45keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
45-6issue
1eissn
1077-3525issn
2049-3967journal_volume
11pub_type
杂志文章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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/107735207800245036
更新日期:2007-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.1997.3.3.204
更新日期:1997-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.1999.5.1.1
更新日期:1999-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1179/2049396713Y.0000000045
更新日期:2014-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/2049396715Y.0000000002
更新日期:2015-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.234
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Global changes in the economies of most developed nations have impacted the way healthcare is organized, even within largely public systems, and the working conditions of healthcare workers. Since the acceleration of globalization in the 1970s, service-sector workers in developed nations have faced high unemployment, ...
journal_title:International journal of occupational and environmental health
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2004.10.4.368
更新日期:2004-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/107735201800339470
更新日期:2001-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.1998.4.2.89
更新日期:1998-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2006.12.1.28
更新日期:2006-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.1996.2.3.165
更新日期:1996-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2009.15.2.143
更新日期:2009-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/oeh.2004.10.2.202
更新日期:2004-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.1999.5.4.251
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There has been a strong increase in the international movement of workers during the last few decades. As Thailand's economy has rapidly developed during the past 20 years, it has attracted growing numbers of laborers from the bordering countries of Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Cambodia. Numbers of migrant workers ...
journal_title:International journal of occupational and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10773525.2017.1421301
更新日期:2017-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2004.10.1.1
更新日期:2004-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2003.9.4.357
更新日期:2003-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.1997.3.4.300
更新日期:1997-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/107735201800339308
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::To determine the number and distribution of exposures among workers exposed to silica dust in Vietnam, a cross-sectional study was conducted of the provincial Preventive Medicine Centers (PMCs) of 61 provinces, and data were collected from medical centers (MCs) of the Ministries of Construction, Industry, and Transpor...
journal_title:International journal of occupational and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2003.9.2.128
更新日期:2003-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/107735201800339614
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of occupational and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/2049396714Y.0000000106
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Surveillance data show that pesticide-related illness is an important cause of acute morbidity among migrant farm workers in California. A few categories (organophosphates and carbamates, inorganic compounds, and pyrethroids) account for over half of the cases of acute illness. Skin effects dominate the illnesses, alt...
journal_title:International journal of occupational and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/107735201800339272
更新日期:2001-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.1995.1.1.1
更新日期:1995-01-01 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
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2007.13.2.222
更新日期:2007-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2007.13.4.369
更新日期:2007-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/2049396714Y.0000000070
更新日期:2014-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/oeh.1998.4.3.189
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fragrance ingredients are commonly added to many personal care products to provide a pleasant scent, including those intended for babies. While fragrance chemicals have a long history of safe use, at sufficiently high concentrations some may act as respiratory irritants or sensitizers. Little data have been reported o...
journal_title:International journal of occupational and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10773525.2018.1475446
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The deregulatory nature of trade rules frequently brings them into conflict with the precautionary principle. These rules dominate debate over the content and legal status of the precautionary principle at the international level. The World Trade Organization (WTO), because of its power in settling disputes, is a key ...
journal_title:International journal of occupational and environmental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/oeh.2000.6.4.270
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00