Protection of feet in cold exposure.

abstract：:To examine the effects of occupational and environmental neurotoxicants on vestibular, cerebellar and spinocerebellar functions, the following three groups of subjects were examined, using a computerized posturography with sway frequency analysis: (1) 49 male chemical factory workers exposed to lead stearate, aged 27-...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Yokoyama K,Araki S,Nishikitani M,Sato H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine the cross-sectional association of non-standard employment with cardiovascular disease risk factors. Five yr of data from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions and National Health and Nutritional Survey were combined. We used logistic regression to examine the association of employm...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ando E,Kachi Y,Kawakami N,Fukuda Y,Kawada T

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present work were: to calculate lifting energy consumption (LEC) in work activities designed to have a growing lifting index (LI) by means of revised NIOSH lifting equation; to evaluate the relationship between LEC and forces at the L5-S1 joint. The kinematic and kinetic data of 20 workers were recorde...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ranavolo A,Varrecchia T,Rinaldi M,Silvetti A,Serrao M,Conforto S,Draicchio F

更新日期：2017-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The ambient air quality monitoring was carried during the May 2003 to April 2004 along the (NH-6) passing through Jalgaon city. The average concentration of SOx 64 microg/m3, NOx 58 microg/ m3, particulates (> 10 micro) 515 microg/m3 and respirable dust particulates 224 microg/m3 was reported at Prabhat during the stu...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ingle ST,Pachpande BG,Wagh ND,Patel VS,Attarde SB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The POSITIVE (Participation-oriented safety improvement by trade union initiative) programme was introduced into the Philippines in 1995. The monitoring of activities was carried out in 2004 among core trainers who had been trained before. The results of the questionnaire survey showed that the core trainers evaluated...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tachi N,Itani T,Takeyama H,Yoshikawa T,Suzuki K,Castro AB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To disclose the effects of chromium (Cr) on olfactory function, olfactory threshold tests were conducted on 27 male plating workers (Cr workers) with signs and symptoms of olfactory irritation but without nasal septum perforation or ulcer and on 34 male control subjects in Korean plating factories. The Cr workers had ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kitamura F,Yokoyama K,Araki S,Nishikitani M,Choi JW,Yum YT,Park HC,Park SH,Sato H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field survey of 147 engineers (23-49 years) in an electronics manufacturing company was conducted to investigate the effect of working hours on cardiovascular-autonomic nervous functions (urinary catecholamines, heart rate variability and blood pressure). The subjects were divided into 3 groups by age: 23-29 (n = 49...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Sasaki T,Iwasaki K,Oka T,Hisanaga N,Ueda T,Takada Y,Fujiki Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an ultrasonic nebulizer, cobalt aerosols (MMAD = 0.76 microns, sigma g = 2.1) were generated from an aqueous suspension of ultrafine metallic cobalt particles (Uf-Co) with a primary diameter of 20 nm. Rats were exposed to Uf-Co aerosols at 2.72 +/- 0.44 mg/m3 for 5 hours (Exp. 1) or at 2.12 +/- 0.55 mg/m3 for 4 ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kyono H,Kusaka Y,Homma K,Kubota H,Endo-Ichikawa Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bibliometric techniques have been introduced to the field of industrial health in the past two decades. Since then, several studies have assessed progression of science in this area using quantitative measures and qualitative measures such as impact factor or H-indices. Since novel procedures such as density-equalizin...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Scutaru C,Quarcoo D,Takemura M,Welte T,Fischer TC,Groneberg-Kloft B

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LC50 of 2-bromopropane was reexamined by using the OECD guideline in ICR mouse. The mice, 3 males and 3 females, were exposed to 2-bromopropane at five different concentrations for 4 h in inhalation chambers. The exposed animals were observed for 14 days. The animals which had survived and died were counted for the LC...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kim HY,Chung YH,Yi KH,Kim JG,Yu IJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have improved the method of measuring dioxins in the blood of Yusho patients; with this improved method, it is possible to take measurements quickly and precisely, using as little as 5g of blood. The specific points of improvement of this method are the extraction of lipids from blood by accelerated solvent extract...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Iida T,Todaka T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten young male participants were tested their psychophysically determined 4-h maximum acceptable weight of lifting (MAWL) of 90-degree asymmetric lifting for three lifting frequencies (1 lift/min, 2 lifts/min, 4 lifts/min) and three lifting containers (50 x 35 x 15 cm, 70 x 35 x 15 cm, 50 x 50 x 15 cm). The results sh...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Lee TH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure can induce life-threatening generalized dermatitis accompanied by hepatitis: TCE hypersensitivity syndrome (HS). Since the patients' exposure levels have not been fully clarified, this study estimated end-of-shift urinary concentrations of trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and th...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nakajima T,Wang H,Ito Y,Naito H,Wang D,Zhao N,Li H,Qiu X,Xia L,Chen J,Wu Q,Li L,Huang H,Kamijima M

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, crocidolite had been used for asbestos cement pipe and spraying, and amosite had been used for building board and spraying. These two types of asbestos had stopped to use in Japan in the late 1970s. An extreme increase in imported asbestos (all 3 commercial types) was observed between 1960 and 1974. In 1960,...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Morinaga K,Kishimoto T,Sakatani M,Akira M,Yokoyama K,Sera Y

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire survey was done to examine the associations between the dimensions of safety climate and the nurses' motivation toward patient safety. Excluding nursing directors, a total of 371 full-time female Japanese nurses (registered nurses and licensed practical nurses) working in 6 hospitals of fewer than 250 ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kudo Y,Kido S,Taruzuka Shahzad M,Saegusa Y,Satoh T,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Working time arrangements that require shift work or other non-standard working hours have significant potential to encroach on time that is highly valued for family, social and leisure activity. This can often result in workers experiencing poorer work-family or work-life balance. Based on an extensive literature sea...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Arlinghaus A,Bohle P,Iskra-Golec I,Jansen N,Jay S,Rotenberg L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated relationships among self-management skills, communication with superiors, and the mental health of employees in a Japanese worksite. The subjects were manufacturing workers in a medium-sized company in Kyushu. In 1999, we mailed a self-administrated questionnaire which included questions...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Shimizu T,Mizoue T,Takahashi H,Shazuki A,Kubota S,Mishima N,Nagata S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, load limits for manual lifting were adopted in Iran to protect workers from low back injury without prior testing of accuracy with Iranian workers. This investigation examined how accurate the adopted ACGIH TLVs at the allowable limits predict risk for LBP disorders for a group of Iranian workers using biomec...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Afshari D,Latifi SM,Kord S,Nourollahi-Darabad M

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the common notion that stress impairs sleep there is little published data showing that sleep (polysomnography (PSG)) is impaired across several sleep episodes in individuals who complain of daily stress during the same period. The present paper aimed at investigating such a connection. 33 subjects had 3 sleep...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Åkerstedt T,Lekander M,Petersén H,Kecklund G,Axelsson J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study utilizes a psychophysical approach to examine the effects on carrying capacity for bi-manual carrying tasks involving different handle positions and carrying ranges. A total of 16 female subjects participated in the experiment in groups of two people, and each group of subjects performed the tasks in a rand...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Wu SP,Loiu Y,Chien TH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate working conditions using a personal computer with a flat panel display (FPD) in terms of visual and musculoskeletal comfort. Measurements of viewing distance, viewing angle, head angle, neck angle and electromyogram (EMG) activities of the neck, shoulder and back muscles of visual...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Saito S,Miyao M,Kondo T,Sakakibara H,Toyoshima H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering a fatal case of an aged individual, who died due to falling down stairs, the cause of the fatal fall was investigated through experiments. A witness, who was with the victim, when the fatal accident occurred, stated that the aged individual had miss-footed, lost balance at the top of the stairs, and fell a...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nagata H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a single-item job satisfaction measure has been shown to be reliable and inclusive as multiple-item scales in relation to health, studies including immunological data are few. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of single-item job and family life satisfaction based on its association with i...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nakata A,Irie M,Takahashi M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the subjective experiences and mental health of young, unemployed adults in Japan. We explored how individuals describe their experiences of becoming unemployed and how these experiences influence their mental health within the current Japanese sociocultural context, using a social constructionis...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kito A,Ueno T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to (1) determine the deposition and clearance rates of ultrafine metallic nickel (Uf-Ni) in rats after a 5 hours single inhalation exposure, and (2) to histopathologically examine the pulmonary lesions induced at dose levels comparable to the Occupational Exposure Limit recommended in Japan (OEL). The...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Serita F,Kyono H,Seki Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentachlorophenol (PCP) was widely used as a wood preservative in Germany until 1989, when it was prohibited by law. Within a cross-sectional study we investigated the internal PCP exposure of painters and bricklayers between one year and four years after the ban. PCP was analysed in post-shift urine samples of 189 pa...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Bader M,Zimmer H,Triebig G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work-related violence is an important problem worldwide, and nurses are at increased risk. This study identified rates of violence against nurses in Minnesota, USA, and their perceptions of the work environment. A sample of 6,300 randomly selected nurses described their experience with work-related violence in the pre...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nachreiner NM,Gerberich SG,Ryan AD,McGovern PM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was concluded that there was sufficient evidence about a possible link between long working hours particularly exceeding 50 a week and the risk of significant health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease from literature review by Spurgeon et al.. This study was conducted to find out the single effect of regula...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Park J,Kim Y,Cho Y,Woo KH,Chung HK,Iwasaki K,Oka T,Sasaki T,Hisanaga N

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nude mice each attached to a respirator to avoid pulmonary uptake were exposed in a glass exposure chamber to 200, 1000 or 3000 ppm of benzene, toluene or tetrachloroethylene (perclene) for 2, 4 or 6 h. The animals were killed at the end of the study and the amount of each solvent retained in the whole body was determ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tsuruta H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational injuries are decreasing due to the improvement in occupational management in the workplace in recent years. However, pneumoconiosis and its complications remain important occupational diseases. Based on the report 'survey on classification for supervision of pneumoconiosis in Japan' performed in 1994, thi...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tonori Y,Niitsuya M,Sato T,Sugiura Y,Miyake H,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00