Study of some biochemical changes among workers occupationally exposed to phenol, alone or in combination with other organic solvents.

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：:This study evaluated whether cold-induced deterioration in neuromuscular function can be restored by intermittently increasing the workload. We examined the level of muscular strain, agonist-antagonist co-activation, the occurrence of EMG gaps and neuromuscular efficiency in wrist flexor and extensor muscles at 21°C (...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Oksa J,Paasovaara S,Ollila T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Car repair painters usually experience long-term exposure to many different solvents. In Italy, the greater part of car painting shops are "handicraft", i.e. 2-5 workers and small premises. Usually workers do not have specific duties, but everyone takes part in all different operations. Moreover, working time is not s...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Vitali M,Ensabella F,Stella D,Guidotti M

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Non-standard working hours are associated with negative health outcomes. However, little is known about the early years of exposure to non-standard work hours, or whether workers new to these work schedules perceive their work as impacting their health. This limits our ability to develop meaningful intervention strate...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Crowther ME,Reynolds AC,Ferguson SA,Adams R

更新日期：2020-02-04 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：:To disclose the effects of chromium (Cr) on olfactory function, olfactory threshold tests were conducted on 27 male plating workers (Cr workers) with signs and symptoms of olfactory irritation but without nasal septum perforation or ulcer and on 34 male control subjects in Korean plating factories. The Cr workers had ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kitamura F,Yokoyama K,Araki S,Nishikitani M,Choi JW,Yum YT,Park HC,Park SH,Sato H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to study the effect of rotation direction on the time-of-day variations of cortisol, fatigue and sleep in sound engineers broadcasting in a life show. The salivary cortisol and ratings of stress, sleepiness and fatigue were followed at three hour intervals in 25 sound engineers: 13 working very fast forwar...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Vangelova K

更新日期：2008-10-01 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 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 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：: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：: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 method for detecting shocks and impacts in whole-body vibration time histories has been developed that is suitable for implementation as a computer algorithm. The procedure consists of comparing the magnitudes of a higher-order mean value and the impulsiveness calculated for successive time segments of the accelerat...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Brammer AJ,Roddan G,Morrison JB

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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

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：:An infrasound experiment system has been constructed in order to investigate the effects of infrasound on human health from the point of view of industrial hygiene and to establish a method to assess it in working environments. Some measurements were carried out to evaluate the acoustic performance of the system in th...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Takahashi Y,Yonekawa Y,Kanada K,Maeda S

更新日期：1997-10-01 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 encountered three patients (Patient I: 39-year-old man, Patient II: 34-year-old woman, and Patient III: 5-year-old girl) with acute methyl bromide poisoning, which had occurred as a result of exposure to the gas that leaked from methyl bromide cans stored in a warehouse of a seedling farm. Since all three patients ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Yamano Y,Kagawa J,Ishizu S,Harayama O

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine if exposure to 50 Hz magnetic field (MF) affects intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i). We employed flow cytometry for real-time detection of possible changes in [Ca2+]i in a large number of cells. A solenoid coil for vertical MF exposure and a multiple-loop square-coil for horizontal M...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Nishimura I,Yamazaki K,Shigemitsu T,Negishi T,Sasano T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have improved the method of measuring dioxins in the blood of Yusho patients; with this improved method, it is possible to take measurements quickly and precisely, using as little as 5g of blood. The specific points of improvement of this method are the extraction of lipids from blood by accelerated solvent extract...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Iida T,Todaka T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that oxidative stress is associated with the cancers caused by asbestos. Since construction workers are sometimes exposed to low levels of asbestos, we investigated whether oxidative stress was elevated in construction workers who had been exposed to low levels of asbestos. The subjects were 48 J...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Yoshida R,Ogawa Y,Shioji I,Yu X,Shibata E,Mori I,Kubota H,Kishida A,Hisanaga N

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, an overview of industrial employees' noise exposure level in five selected processing and manufacturing industries in Ilorin are evaluated and compared. Emphasis is given to noise emitted by individual industrial machinery from the selected industries. Event L(Aeq) and LN cycle were studied to identify t...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Olayinka OS,Abdullahi SA

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：: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：:The purpose of this paper is to clarify the temporary threshold shifts in fingertip vibratory sensation produced by hand-transmitted vibrations that have the same equivalent tool vibration levels according to the JIS B 4900 determination method. The JIS B 4900 standard is based on vibration exposure dose values. There...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Maeda S,Yonekawa Y,Kanada K,Takahashi Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of 2-bromopropane, an alternative to freon, on ovulation was examined using superovulation induced by pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin and human chorionic gonadotropin (PMSG-hCG) treatment. Three groups of mice were injected intraperitoneally 8 times with 2-bromopropane (2-BP) at 500, 1,000 or 2,000 mg...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Sekiguchi S,Honma T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00