Perceptions of the impact of non-standard work schedules on health in Australian graduates: an exploratory study.

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：:Previous studies have shown that biomarkers of chemicals with long half-lives may be better surrogates of exposure for epidemiological analyses, leading to less attenuation of the exposure-disease association, than personal air samples. However, chemicals with short half-lives have shown inconsistent results. In the p...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Koh DH,Lee MY,Chung EK,Jang JK,Park DU

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of work on the heart are mediated by chemical, physical, and psychological stressors. It is standard clinical practice to assess personal risk factors such as cigarette smoking, hypertension, and cholesterol. Evaluation of a patient's acute symptoms and activity level at the time of presentation is also st...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Park J,Kim Y,Hisanaga N

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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 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：:Chromosome aberration rates and sister chromatid exchange frequency were examined in the peripheral lymphocytes of 38 male workers who were engaged in organic glass production and exposed to methyl methacrylate (MMA) vapors at the concentrations of 0.9 ppm to 71.9 ppm. The results were compared with the findings in th...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Seiji K,Inoue O,Kawai T,Mizunuma K,Yasugi T,Moon CS,Takeda S,Ikeda M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective is to evaluate the impact of occupational exposure to lignite dust on respiratory system. 103 blue-collar workers exposed to lignite dust and 62 controls completed a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms and underwent spirometry. Levels of lignite dust in workplace were measured. Univariate and multivariate ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Drivas S,Rachiotis G,Vlastos FD,Zacharias C,Alexopoulos CG,Symvoulakis M,Vasiliou M,Behrakis PK

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:The global integration of economies worldwide has led to increased pressure for "labor flexibility". A notable aspect of this trend has been the rise in non-standard work arrangements, which include part-time work, temporary agency-based work, fixed-term contingent work, and independent contracting. Although non-stand...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kawachi I

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:To clarify whether job stressors affecting injury due to labor accidents differ between Japanese male and female blue-collar workers, the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ), assessing dimensions of job stressors based on the demand-control-support model, was applied to 139 blue-collar workers in a manufacturing factory. ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Murata K,Kawakami N,Amari N

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:Recent studies suggest that unstable employment contracts may affect the health of workers. Many Japanese workers working full time in ostensibly permanent positions actually operate within unstable and precarious employment conditions. We compared the health status of Japanese workers with precarious employment contr...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tsurugano S,Inoue M,Yano E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible associations of intragroup and intergroup conflict at work with psychological distress and work engagement were investigated in a cross-sectional study in a manufacturing factory in Japan. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to all employees, and 255 responses were returned (a response rate of 84%)...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tsuno K,Kawakami N,Inoue A,Ishizaki M,Tabata M,Tsuchiya M,Akiyama M,Kitazume A,Kuroda M,Shimazu A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near miss-based analysis has been recently suggested to be more important in the medical field than focusing on adverse events, as in the industrial field. To validate the utility of near miss-based analysis in the medical fields, we investigated whether or not predictors of near misses and adverse events were similar...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tanaka K,Otsubo T,Tanaka M,Kaku A,Nishinoue N,Takanao T,Kamata N,Miyaoka H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently there has been an increasing incidence of occupational cervicobrachial disorders (OCD) and writer's cramp in office workers using ballpoint pens in writing operations. For the sake of workers who use ballpoint pens, it is essential to prevent such health hazards. It has been observed that a strong gripping pr...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Udo H,Otani T,Udo A,Yoshinaga F

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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 improvement of occupational health conditions in Small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) is the most crucial issue in occupational health in Japan today. Improvement will depend on how occupational health services are provided to SMEs. Recently, Occupational Health Service Centers (OHSCs) providing occupational...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Hino Y,Kan H,Minami M,Takada M,Shimokubo N,Nagata T,Kurita M,Uchida K,Mori K

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：: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