Occupational medicine practice: activities and skills of a national sample.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between shiftwork and diurnal salivary cortisol among 319 police officers (77.7% men). METHODS:Information on shiftwork was obtained from the City of Buffalo, NY electronic payroll records. Saliva was collected using Salivettes at seven time points and analyzed for free cortisol c...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Charles LE,Fekedulegn D,Burchfiel CM,Hartley TA,Andrew ME,Violanti JM,Miller DB

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess country factors associated with the risk of requiring aeromedical evacuation and hospitalization among expatriate workers and their dependents. METHODS:The 2009-2010 data including 5725 aeromedical evacuations and 17,828 hospitalizations, and 2009 data of hospitalizations and aeromedical evacuation...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Druckman M,Harber P,Liu Y,Quigley RL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to identify work-related asthma (WRA) workers' compensation claims associated with methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) exposure in the spray-on truck bed lining industry and estimate the asthma incidence rate in this industry. METHODS:The authors conducted a descriptive stud...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bonauto DK,Sumner AD,Curwick CC,Whittaker SG,Lofgren DJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine how do working life and private life characteristics relate to sickness absence. METHODS:Questionnaire data for 1557 female and 1913 male employees were related to registered sickness absence by multivariate analyses. RESULTS:Apart from health problems, clear associations with sicknes...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Voss M,Floderus B,Diderichsen F

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to present first representative data on burnout measured as exhaustion in German employees. METHODS:Data were taken from the Study on Mental Health at Work (n = 4058). Computer-assisted personal interviews were conducted in 2011 to 2012. Multiple linear regression models were estimat...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Müller G,Brendel B,Freude G,Potter G,Rose U,Burr H,Falkenstein M,Martus P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of employment transitions on self-rated health (SRH) trajectories. METHODS:We used data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study 2003 to 2016. Employment transitions were measured using four categories: continuously non-working, continuously working, labor force exit, and labor ...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kang YJ,Kim T,Lee DW,Kang MY

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental workability decisions must be based on information on person's symptom load, cognitive performance, and workplace conditions. This investigation explores in which way these factors contribute to workability in persons with common mental disorders (CMDs). METHODS:One thousand five hundred seventy CMD-...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Muschalla B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With respect to the overweight epidemic, this study aimed to investigate the association between domain-specific physical activity and body composition measures in Swiss male employees. METHODS:A total of 192 healthy male adults in full-time employment were investigated. Height, weight, and waist circumferen...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zogg S,Dürr S,Maier S,Tomatis L,Uehli K,Miedinger D,Leuppi JD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of individuals with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) are also diagnosed with depression. However, there is content overlap in MCS and symptoms of depression with respect to somatic complaints. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to document severity of depressive symptomatology in 42 individuals w...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brown-DeGagne AM,McGlone J,Santor DA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare how depression develops in precarious employment and in unemployment, as how precarious jobs impact unemployment-related depression is relatively unknown. METHODS:Using the 1st to 4th Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging survey data, 5638 older people were analyzed to measure depression incidence in...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Park S,Kang MY,Lee JH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The work aimed to study the potential correlation between the high-level benzene exposure and its urinary metabolites S-phenylmercapturic acid (SPMA) and trans, trans-muconic acid (t,t-MA) in Chinese shoe-making workers. METHODS:Individual benzene-exposed levels were determined by gas chromatography analysis...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zhang L,Ye FL,Chen T,Mei Y,Song SZ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic kidney disease in Central America suggests that agricultural work is potentially harmful to the kidneys. We investigated the cumulative incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) over one work shift among agricultural workers in California. METHODS:Serum creatinine was measured both before and after a wo...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Moyce S,Joseph J,Tancredi D,Mitchell D,Schenker M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between organizational support and time to return to work (RTW) in workers with long-term non-work-related sick leave. METHODS:Cohort participants were 571 workers, with a non-work-related sick leave episode of more than 15 days, recruited during the first visit in a health insuran...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sampere M,Gimeno D,Serra C,Plana M,Martínez JM,Delclos GL,Benavides FG

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 52 railroad workers with long-term occupational solvent exposures (average 22 years duration) who had been previously diagnosed by others as having solvent-induced toxic encephalopathy. All described episodes of transient intoxication associated with occupational solvent exposure. Persistent symptoms devel...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Albers JW,Wald JJ,Garabrant DH,Trask CL,Berent S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated performance-based and patient-reported cognitive limitations on work output. METHODS:Working breast cancer survivors (BCS) (n = 122) and a non-cancer comparison group (NCCG; n = 113) completed measures of cognitive function, fatigue, distress, job stress, and work output. RESULTS:Dis...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Calvio L,Peugeot M,Bruns GL,Todd BL,Feuerstein M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the frequency and cost of disability among actively employed individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS:The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of disability and claims data. Employees 40 to 63 years old with a diagnosis of COPD be...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Darkow T,Kadlubek PJ,Shah H,Phillips AL,Marton JP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared retrospective measurements of lung function from 101 steel workers using a commercially available spirometer to prospective lung function measurements performed, on average, 1.3 years later, with a newly developed spirometer. This spirometer was designed and developed to incorporate technology that provide...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Banks DE,Wang ML,McCabe L,Billie M,Hankinson J

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this prospective study were to identify predictive factors for sick leave of 8 days or more due to low back pain (LBSL) and to compare them with predictive factors for low back pain with no or shorter sick leave (LB) in a cohort of French workers. The predictive factors for LBSL were a past history o...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tubach F,Leclerc A,Landre MF,Pietri-Taleb F

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study provides insight into Occupational Medicine (OM) residency graduates and how residency programs are meeting their education goals. METHODS:A survey of graduates from nine OM residency program was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of OM residency training in the United States and Canada. RES...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Baker BA,Katyal S,Greaves IA,Rice HR,Emmett EA,Meyer JD,He W

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between workplace bullying and change of job/unemployment, and to investigate whether psychological stress reactions constitute a potential pathway linking workplace bullying and change of job/unemployment. METHODS:We used questionnaire data on workplace bullying and psycholog...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nabe-Nielsen K,Grynderup MB,Conway PM,Clausen T,Bonde JP,Garde AH,Hogh A,Kaerlev L,Török E,Hansen ÅM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine National Corrections Collaborative (NCC) activities, as an outreach initiative, to advance corrections workplace health and safety research, practice, and policy through a series of applied Research to Practice (r2p) meetings informed by the Total Worker Health(Total Worker Health is a registered t...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： El Ghaziri M,Jaegers LA,Monteiro CE,Grubb PL,Cherniack MG

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate relationship of mental ill health to absence from work in different occupational classifications. METHOD:Examined sickness absence, mental health (GHQ-12), physical health, job characteristics, and personal characteristics in 18 waves of the British Household Panel Survey. RESULTS:Overall sic...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Whittaker W,Sutton M,Macdonald S,Maxwell M,Smith M,Wilson P,Morrison J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the risk of low organizational justice (OJ) on psychological distress as well as on low willingness to work, and also investigated the underlying factors between OJ and these outcomes. METHODS:Cross-sectional questionnaire data of 1804 employees (93.6% of subjects) of a Japanese company ...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hayashi T,Odagiri Y,Ohya Y,Tanaka K,Shimomitsu T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity (SO), metabolic syndrome (MetS), and occupational history. METHODS:Using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, men more than or equal to 65 years of age (n = 679) were grouped according to occupation. RESUL...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kim SH,Kim W,Yang S,Kwon S,Choi KH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their occupational exposure to a variety of toxic agents, fire fighters may be at risk for a number of exposure-related diseases. We reviewed the current literature on disease risk among fire fighters to compare findings and to infer magnitude of risk. A standard mortality ratio (SMR) of 200 is equal to an ...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Guidotti TL

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Shiftwork has been associated with bone loss due to hormonal fluctuations. Our aim was to assess the femoral neck bone mineral density and content in persons over 50 years performing shiftwork. METHODS:We performed analysis on the femoral neck bone mineral parameters in persons over age 50 years from the Nat...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Santhanam P,Khthir R,Dial L,Driscoll HK,Gress TW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to conduct a cross-sectional assessment of the adoption of Total Worker Health (TWH) policies and practices by business size and evaluate extent and alignment of their safety and health. METHODS:We conducted an analysis of 382 businesses that completed the Health Links Assessment. W...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tenney L,Fan W,Dally M,Scott J,Haan M,Rivera K,Newman M,Newman LS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a cross-sectional study in December 1994 in three metropolitan areas of the Rhone-Alpes region in France (Lyon, Grenoble, and Chambéry; total number of inhabitants = 970,000) to assess the medical costs resulting from exposure to particulate air pollution. Probability samples of the general population (50...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zmirou D,Deloraine A,Balducci F,Boudet C,Dechenaux J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Employers have increasingly been interested in decreasing work stress. However, little attention has been given to recovery from the exertion experienced during work. This paper addresses the question: how does the presence of high need for recovery (HNFR) affect the association between perceived high chronic...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dewa CS,Nieuwenhuijsen K,Sluiter JK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quantify the association between adiposity and frequency of self-reported poor health days among male firefighters. METHODS:Measures were taken for body mass index, waist circumference, and percentage of body fat. Firefighters self-reported the outcome of the number of poor health days in the past 30 days. Z...

journal_title：Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brown AL,Wilkinson ML,Poston WS,Haddock CK,Jahnke SA,Day RS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00