Exposure reconstruction of trichloroethylene among patients with occupational trichloroethylene hypersensitivity syndrome.

abstract：:Carbosulfan an acaricide was orally administrated at 48 mg/kg body weight/day to female swiss albino mice for 5, 10, 20 and 30 d. Daily vaginal smear and body weight was recorded. The mice were sacrificed by cervical dislocation after 24 h of terminal exposure to carbosulfan. The results of the present study indicated...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ksheerasagar RL,Kaliwal BB

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The desktop slot exhaust hood has been widely used, but it is calculated by empirical formula. Axial velocity change rule of desktop slot exhaust hood can effectively provide the basis of the wind speed needed in order to control the poison. According to gas motion mathematical model, the geometry model and boundary c...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Chen J

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a household appliance plant, several rinse-free lubricating fluids have been used instead of neat mineral oils since 1994: mixtures of isoparaffinic hydrocarbons with 9 to 14 carbons per molecule. As such they denature keratin, irritate and defat the skin, and remove water from it. Work gloves have been worn over p...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ueno S,Shiomi Y,Yokota K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Taiwan, relevant mid-term plans and projects of mitigating occupational hazards have been launched in recent years in the hopes of lowering the incidence of occupational hazards. In light of the lack of objective methodologies for researches on issues pertaining occupational safety and health, this research aims to...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Chang YK,Chuang KY,Tseng JM,Lin FC,Su TS

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Hearing loss induced by noise exposure in a large scale textile mill (number of workers = 1,611) in Thailand was investigated on the basis of interviews, noise measurements, and audiometric tests. The frequency of subjective symptoms relating to noise exposure was higher in the weavers than among other mill workers an...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Chavalitsakulchai P,Kawakami T,Kongmuang U,Vivatjestsadawut P,Leongsrisook W

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intervention study has been conducted in chrysotile asbestos milling processes with an interval of one year. The 'Membrane Filter Method' adopted in the former study for fiber concentration estimation has been followed in the present study, to estimate the environmental samples under the same experimental condition...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Mukherjee AK,Rajmohan RR,Dave SK,Rajan BK,Kakde Y,Rao SR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is aimed to investigate the musculoskeletal issues and association of risk-factors with these problems among manual brick kiln workers. A modified Nordic Questionnaire was administered among 376 traditional brick kiln workers to collect data. Logistic regression was used to determine the association ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Sain MK,Meena M

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A telephone survey was conducted among a sample of managers (n=30) in Ireland who had previously commissioned an asbestos survey in their workplace buildings. The aims of the telephone survey were to examine the extent to which managers had completed Asbestos Safety Awareness (ASA) training, and to assess how such tra...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Hickey J,Saunders J,Davern P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Union (EU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have applied different approaches to facilitate the implementation of the UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The EU applied the mandatory approach by gazetting the EU Regulation 1272/2008 incorporating GHS el...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ta GC,Mokhtar MB,Peterson PJ,Yahaya NB

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The repair and maintenance of electrical power lines involves awkward postures, which are known risk factors for developing musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of the present study was to quantify postures and movements of upper arm, head, upper back and neck in the main tasks performed by line workers. Posture of twel...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Moriguchi CS,Carnaz L,Alencar JF,Miranda Júnior LC,Granqvist L,Hansson GÅ,Gil Coury HJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to identify the work stressors among male and female weavers (N=516) in powerloom and handloom and examine the association of work stressors with the prevalence of work related musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs). Physical and psychosocial stresses of work, job diagnostics, hazards of workplace, w...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nag A,Vyas H,Nag PK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether employment category was associated with insomnia-related symptoms (IRS). We analyzed the 2010 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan. The anonymous data of 43,865 people ranging from 20-59 yr of age were analyzed. We defined six employment categories: regularly employed, non-reg...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Maeda M,Filomeno R,Kawata Y,Sato T,Maruyama K,Wada H,Ikeda A,Iso H,Tanigawa T

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Noise and hearing ability profiles were determined in a textile factory in Vietnam. Noise mapping done in the weaving section showed that the noise levels exceeded the Vietnamese standard of 90 dBA by as much as 9 dBA in some areas. Audiometric tests performed on 69 female workers from the weaving section revealed tha...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nguyen AL,Nguyen TC,Van TL,Hoang MH,Nguyen S,Jonai H,Villanueva MB,Matsuda S,Sotoyama M,Sudo A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of seat-back angle and accelerometer height at the seat-back on seat-back x-axis frequency-weighted root-mean-square (r.m.s.) acceleration have been investigated in field experiments. Experiment 1 investigated the range and variability, of frequency-weighted r.m.s. acceleration at the same measurement posi...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nakashima Y,Maeda S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to design ergonomically improved shift schedules for nurses in primary health care shift work in order to enhance their health and well-being. The main change made was the reduction of quick returns (i.e., no more morning shifts immediately after an evening shift) in order to ensure more reco...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Hakola T,Paukkonen M,Pohjonen T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper summarizes the research on cold protection of feet. There exist several conflicting requirements for the choice of the best suited footwear for cold exposure. These conflicts are related to various environmental factors, protection needs and user comfort issues. In order to reduce such conflicts and simplify...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kuklane K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, no studies have been published on the relationship between meteorological conditions and work-related mortality and morbidity in Italy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between hot weather conditions and hospital admissions due to work-related accidents in Tuscany (central Italy) over t...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Morabito M,Cecchi L,Crisci A,Modesti PA,Orlandini S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of solvent was conducted for 196 unit work areas in 95 plants in 1994 to 1996 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The survey had been repeated every 6 months (i.e., twice a year) during the 3-year period. Sampling and analysis of the solvent vapors were carried out after national protocols set by the regulation. ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Yasugi T,Endo G,Monna T,Odachi T,Yamaoka K,Kawai T,Horiguchi S,Ikeda M

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：: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：:To assess the shift work-related problems associated with a 16-h night shift in a two-shift system, we took the following important factors into consideration; the interaction between circadian rhythms and the longer night shift, the type of morningness and eveningness experienced, the subjective sleep feeling, the su...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Fukuda H,Takahashi M,Miki K,Haratani T,Kurabayashi L,Hisanaga N,Arito H,Takahashi H,Egoshi M,Sakurai M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the accident records of an aluminium smelting industry, covering about 2,100 employees, over a period of three years, showed a total of 465 accidents of male employees. Out of these, 5 were fatal, 40.86% were from contacts with extreme temperatures, causing burn injury to 42.58%. Hot materials were the age...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Das BC,Chaudhury S

更新日期：1995-01-01 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

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to define the nature of individual differences in shift work tolerance (SWT). This was investigated by an exploratory factor analysis of scores from a wide range of established instruments designed to measure sleep, sleepiness, fatigue, social functioning, as well as physical and menta...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Saksvik-Lehouillier I,Pallesen S,Bjorvatn B,Magerøy N,Folkard S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a view to developing a method of evaluating mental work stress, a paced calculating task (addition and substraction of two two-digit figures) with eight grades of workload (20%-160% of work capacity) was assigned to 21 male and 20 female students. Using a VDT, subjects performed the task and psychological and phy...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kurimori S,Kakizaki T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00