The extent and influence of Asbestos Safety Awareness training among managers who had previously commissioned an asbestos survey in their workplace buildings.

abstract：:This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between temperament, job stress, and overcommitment using the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-Autoquestionnaire version (TEMPS-A) and a scale of the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. In July 2004, self-administered questionnaires were...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tei-Tominaga M,Akiyama T,Miyake Y,Sakai Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanoacrylate (CA) and its homologues have a variety of medical, dental and commercial applications as adhesives. The increasing use of CA in dentistry, particularly as an adhesive and sealing glue, has raised concerns regarding its potential toxicity in humans. Reported toxicity of CA is uncommon in the dental workpl...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Leggat PA,Kedjarune U,Smith DR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of formaldehyde to produce chronic respiratory tract disease remains a controversial issue. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the respiratory effects, if any, of long term occupational exposure to formaldehyde. This cross-sectional study was carried out at a local melamine-formaldehyde re...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Neghab M,Soltanzadeh A,Choobineh A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to examine how each psychosocial factor on working conditions is related to a worker's well-being. Data from the 2011 Korean Working Conditions Survey were analyzed for 33,569 employed workers aged ≥15 years. Well-being was evaluated through the WHO-5 questionnaire and variables about occupati...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Lee BJ,Lamichhane DK,Jung DY,Moon SH,Kim SJ,Kim HC

更新日期：2016-06-10 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：:The present study was initiated to examine the quantitative relationship between blood lead (Pb-B) and urinary delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-U) among Pb-exposed workers, and to find a threshold Pb-B level to induce an increase in ALA-U. For this purpose, pairs of venous blood and spot urine samples were collected fro...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Higashikawa K,Furuki K,Takada S,Okamoto S,Ukai H,Yuasa T,Ikeda M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematopoietic toxicity of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) and its metabolites, methoxy acetaldehyde (MALD) and methoxyacetic acid (MAA), was analyzed using human bone marrow cells from a lymphoma patient without bone marrow involvement and a human leukemia cell line, HL60. After 24-hour incubation, the con...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Takagi A,Yamada T,Hayashi K,Nakade Y,Kojima T,Takamatsu J,Shibata E,Ichihara G,Takeuchi Y,Murate T

更新日期：2002-10-01 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 purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between diabetes and medical and dental care costs from a 5-yr prospective observation of Japanese workers. The data were derived from health and dental examinations and health insurance claims of 4,086 workers aged 40-54 yr. At baseline, the subjects were as...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ide R,Hoshuyama T,Wilson DJ,Takahashi K,Higashi T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the consequences this has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational safety and health (OSH) has become a very important issue for stakeholders to take care of the human resource. For this reason, and in order to know how OSH resea...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Suárez Sánchez FA,Carvajal Peláez GI,Catalá Alís J

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Intratracheal instillation of GaAs suspension has been histopathologically shown to induce a diffuse pulmonary response. In the present study, magnetometry was used to evaluate the effects of intratracheally instilled GaAs on the behavior of externally magnetized iron particles instilled in rabbit lung. Magnetometric ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Aizawa Y,Takata T,Karube H,Tatsumi H,Inokuchi N,Kotani M,Chiyotani K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the apparent mass of the sitting human body and to compare it with current experimental data and the ISO 5982 standard impedance model. METHOD:The apparent mass of the seated human body in the vertical direction was measured. Twelve male subjects were exposed to r...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Maeda S,Mansfield NJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliability and validity of the Japanese-translated version of the Swedish Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire (J-DCSQ) was examined. The subjects comprised 212 women working in nursery schools. The 17-item J-DCSQ consists of three subscales: psychological demands (PD), decision latitude (DL), and social support (SS)...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Mase J,Ota A,Inoue K,Iida T,Tsutsumi A,Yatsuya H,Ono Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1992 and 2005, 72 cases of occupational hypersensitive pneumonitis were reported to the Czech National Registry of Occupational Diseases. This represented 0.24% of all occupational diseases reported in the Czech Republic during that period. The greatest number of cases occurred in 1997 (10 cases), of which men...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Fenclová Z,Pelclová D,Urban P,Navrátil T,Klusácková P,Lebedová J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the performance of a new push-pull ventilation system for sheet-adhesive work inside the body of a sightseeing coach. The target sightseeing coach was 12 m long, 2.5 m wide and 2 m high from floor to ceiling. We made a prototype of an airflow system and a half-scale model of the bus-body. The half scale mod...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Yotsumoto H,Hayakawa Y,Myojo T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted with staff at a fly-in/fly-out mine camp to determine the: hydration knowledge, perceptions and behaviours; hydration status and needs; and perceived taste of potable water. A structured questionnaire was used to survey the self-reported hydration behaviour, knowledge and perception of. The study...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Carter A,Muller R

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:A cross-sectional study evaluated the contribution of daily sleep habits to occupational injuries. A self-administered questionnaire solicited answers about sleep, symptoms of depression, occupational injury, demographics, presence of diseases and lifestyle factors from 2,903 workers between the ages of 16-83 (mean 45...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nakata A,Ikeda T,Takahashi M,Haratani T,Fujioka Y,Fukui S,Swanson NG,Hojou M,Araki S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantities of two forms of crystalline silica, tridymite and cristobalite, in heated rice husk ash (RHA) samples were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and chemical methods. Two RHA samples, containing 93% SiO2 and 2-3% K2O, were prepared from charcoaled rice husk products and heated to above 900 degrees C. Th...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Shinohara Y,Kohyama N

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper intends to analyse responses of the working people to heat stress in Nepal's Tarai region. Here, the heat stress responses refer to the working environments- indoor and outdoor settings, prevailing diseases, and adaptive measures by the workers. Data were gathered from the sample households by using househo...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Pradhan B,Shrestha S,Shrestha R,Pradhanang S,Kayastha B,Pradhan P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of physician's advice on non-specific acute low back pain (ALBP) in Japanese workers, existing data from a prospective, epidemiological study of Japanese workers were analyzed. Among workers who had had low back strain during the past year at baseline and responded to the 1-yr follow-up survey (n...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Matsudaira K,Hara N,Arisaka M,Isomura T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peculiar characteristics of the greenhouses as confined spaces, microclimate and poor air exchange with the outside environment, encourage the development of a large number of biological agents. Endotoxin, is probably a major causative agent of occupational health problems. The objective of this study was to measu...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Gioffrè A,Marramao A,Gesu ID,Samele P,Paba E,Marcelloni AM,Chiominto A,Iavicoli S

更新日期：2018-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde (GA) and ortho-phtalaldehyde (OPA) have been widely used as major components of disinfectants in hospitals. We evaluated the alterations in GA or OPA in rats after subacute inhalation exposure by determining levels of neurotransmitters (norepinephrine [NE], dopamine [DA], DA metabolites, dihydroxyphenyl...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Katagiri H,Yamamoto T,Uchimura A,Tsunoda M,Aizawa Y,Yamauchi H

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Nighttime napping is an effective measure to prevent adverse effects due to night shift work. A characteristic of nighttime nap is that it can result in considerably deeper sleep. Several studies have shown that taking nighttime naps suppressed increasing sleepiness, decreasing alertness during the period following aw...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Takeyama H,Kubo T,Itani T

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:In Japan, the principal role of hospital pharmacists has changed from that of dispensing medicines for outpatients to provision of clinical pharmacy services for inpatients. A self-administered questionnaire about subjective symptoms, working patterns, work environments and job satisfaction was administered to 495 hos...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Inaba R,Hioki A,Kondo Y,Nakamura H,Nakamura M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive health is a key resource for individuals to nurture their employability. We studied the longitudinal association of cognitive function with changes in stressful working conditions, testing a possible reversed causation. We used a sample of employees (N=1,355) participating in two surveys (2006 and 2011) with...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Li J,Wege N,Loerbroks A,Riedel N

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The drivers of ten vehicles (tram, helicopter, saloon car, van, forklift, two mobile excavators, wheel loader, tractor, elevating platform truck) were studied with regard to the combined exposures of whole-body vibration and awkward posture during occupational tasks. Seven degrees of freedom (DOFs), or body angles, we...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Raffler N,Hermanns I,Sayn D,Göres B,Ellegast R,Rissler J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Night work is becoming increasingly common. Unfortunately, humans are physiologically unsuited to inverted schedules, leading to negative consequences for shift workers, employers, and society. The circadian and homeostatic processes which govern sleepiness and alertness are improperly aligned for night workers. We re...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Horowitz TS,Tanigawa T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00