Exposure to airborne endotoxin in Italian greenhouses: environmental analyses.

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：:The objective of present study was to assess relationship between biomarkers of Manganese (Mn) and neuropsychological effects. The study was carried out on 27 welders and 31 ferroalloy smelters as Mn-exposed groups and 30 office workers as unexposed controls. Air Mn concentrations were determined according to NIOSH me...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Hassani H,Golbabaei F,Shirkhanloo H,Tehrani-Doust M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine the changes in electromyographic activities in the shoulder and forearm muscles when using the bare hands, well-fitting gloves, and gloves that are one size smaller or one size larger for simulated assembly operations. Sixteen asymptomatic seated workers with normal hands and no o...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Yoo IG,Lee J,Jung MY,Lee JH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify acute toxicity and histopathological changes in the lung after exposure to V2O5 powder, rats (SD, male, n=66) were observed for 4 weeks after an intratracheal administration of V2O5 powder (geometric mean diameter 0.31 microm, geomertic standard deviation sigmag=2.19) at three doses (0.88, 3.0, 13.0 mg/kg b...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Toya T,Fukuda K,Takaya M,Arito H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore characteristics of the development of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) at present and trend in the future, we investigated 16,154 coal miners exposed to dust for at least 1 yr in the Tiefa Colliery in China. Occupational categories were divided into tunneling, mining, combining and helping. Four cohorts (...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Liu H,Tang Z,Weng D,Yang Y,Tian L,Duan Z,Chen J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common medical cause of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Specifically, among an estimated 14 million US commercial drivers, 17-28% or 2.4 to 3.9 million are expected to have OSA. Based on existing epidemiologic evidence, most of these drivers are undiagnosed and not adequat...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kales SN,Straubel MG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The measurement of vibrotactile perception thresholds (VPTs) at fingertips in workers belongs in Poland among obligatory methods used to diagnose hand-arm vibration syndrome. The aim of the study was to compare vibrotactile perception threshold (VPT) values for healthy subjects using two different types of m...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Harazin B,Harazin-Lechowska A,Kałamarz J,Zieliński G

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Construction workers (CWs) are both more exposed to tetanus and at higher risk to be inadequately immunized. Our aim was to evaluate tetanus immunization status and knowledge/attitudes towards tetanus vaccination in CWs in Italy. In this field report, the immunization status of 554 unskilled CWs (i.e. labourers). Immu...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Riccò M,Cattani S,Veronesi L,Colucci ME

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In Taiwan, workplace health promotion programs have been designed on an organizational basis, and the specific health needs for workers within different occupational categories have not usually been taken into account. This study describes the various levels of overall health promoting lifestyles and health-promoting ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Huang SL,Li RH,Tang FC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese teachers are mentally and physically burdened with various work stressors. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between depressive symptoms and perceived individual level occupational stress including role problems among Japanese schoolteachers. This study included 1,006 teachers working in pu...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nakada A,Iwasaki S,Kanchika M,Nakao T,Deguchi Y,Konishi A,Ishimoto H,Inoue K

更新日期：2016-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated associations between lifestyle factors and selected aspects of mental health in a group of Japanese overseas workers and their accompanying spouses who were residing in and around Düsseldorf, Germany, in February 1994. Considering four aspects of mental health (depression, mental instability, n...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tuekpe MK,Todoriki H,Zheng KC,Kouadio K,Ariizumi M

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：: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：:The present study comprised 1,781 nurses who participated in an investigation about working conditions, sleep, and health. They answered a questionnaire about age, sex, marital status, children living at home, work hours per week, number of night shifts last year, and total sleep duration and that also included a vali...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Andreassen CS,Pallesen S,Moen BE,Bjorvatn B,Waage S,Schaufeli WB

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of safety behaviours associated with pesticide use on the occurrence of acute organ symptoms in 395 male and 101 female tobacco-growing farmers in Malaysia were studied. We used a 15-questionnaire checklist on safe pesticide-use behaviours and a 25-questionnaire checklist on acute organ symptoms reported s...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nordi RB,Araki S,Sato H,Yokoyama K,Wan Muda WA,Win Kyi D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study followed assembly line workers during 7 months, comprising a 4-wk season holidays. The main purposes were to determine the potential effect of working time on the presence and intensity of upper limb musculoskeletal symptoms, as to verify the effect of 4 wk of job interruption in the upper limb musculoskele...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Guerreiro MM,Serranheira F,Cruz EB,Sousa-Uva A

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary Cadmium (Cd) levels were measured twice a year from 1986 to 1992 in five workers exposed to cadmium pigment dust. At the end of 1987, the work environment was improved, and urinary Cd was monitored in association with atmospheric Cd. The five subjects were exposed to cadmium dust at maximum concentrations of 0...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kawada T,Shinmyo RR,Suzuki S

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:We have developed an in vivo tribometer for characterizing the friction of a human heel against a planar test surface. The pedestrian steps down on an angled test surface and an observer determines if the person's heel slips. In the simplest variation, the subject simply steps down onto the test surface. The second va...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Besser M,Marpet M,Medoff H

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:This study was performed to elucidate the status of the implementation of health promotion programs (HPPs) and future tasks in occupational settings in Japan. A survey was conducted using a multiple type questionnaire mailed to 395 companies throughout Japan in 1993. The questionnaire was mailed back, after having bee...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Muto T,Kikuchi S,Tomita M,Fujita Y,Kurita M,Ozawa K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Industrial talc has been widely circulated in the world for a long time. The pure talc has little effects on humans, but inhalation of talc contaminated with asbestos can causes severe asbestos-related diseases such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. Herein, we represent a case of lung cancer after occupationa...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kim J,Oak C,Jang T,Jung M,Chun B,Park EK,Takahashi K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) level in three different tunnels in Boston area have been measured during rush hour periods, and expected CO exposure of construction workers who possibly work there was also estimated. CO levels in these tunnels have been measured at outside of a car running through the tunnels. The data collecte...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kamei M,Yanagisawa Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：:This study evaluated the performance of two respirators, a replaceable particulate respirator (RPR) and a powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR), worn according to non-recommended methods. Ten subjects wore either an RPR or PAPR according to the recommended method, or according to a non-recommended method, with a kni...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Sekoguchi S,Shirasaka T,Ando H,Ikegami K,Ogami A

更新日期：2020-12-04 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：:Various amines, such as triethylamine and N,N-dimethylethylamine, have been reported to cause glaucopsia in workers employed in epoxy, foundry, and polyurethane foam industries. This symptom has been related to corneal edema and vesicular collection of fluid within the corneal subepithelial cells. Exposure to amine va...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Jang JK

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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