Types of organic solvents used in workplaces and work environment conditions with special references to reproducibility of work environment classification.

abstract：:The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a new Technical Specification (TS), ISO/TS 20646-1 "Ergonomic procedures for the improvement of local muscular workloads (LMWL)--Part 1: Guidelines for reducing local muscular workloads" in 2004. However, little is known about whether the ISO/TS is rea...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Ebara T,Khuvasanont T,Krungkraiwong S,Amornratanapaichit R,Tachi N,Takeyama H,Murata K,Takanishi T,Inoue T,Suzumura H,Mori M,Itani T

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:In order to study noise levels associated with electronic arcade games, noise measurements were made in 3 selected game centers and 192 samples were taken in each location. The background noise was recorded at a level of 61 dB(A) and 64 dB(C). When the electronic games were performed these levels of noise reached to 8...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Mirbod SM,Inaba R,Yoshida H,Nagata C,Komura Y,Iwata H

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Organizational justice has recently attracted attention as a predictor of employee mental and physical health. However, the lack of a Japanese translation of the original English-language organizational justice scale (OJS) has precluded its application in Japan. The present study aimed to develop Japanese version of t...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Shibaoka M,Takada M,Watanabe M,Kojima R,Kakinuma M,Tanaka K,Kawakami N

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:Burnout of nurses at university hospitals was analyzed in relation to their personality characteristics and coping behaviors. A self-administered questionnaire regarding burnout (the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory), work-related stressors (the Nursing Job Stressor Scale), personality characteristics (Short-Form Eysenck ...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Shimizutani M,Odagiri Y,Ohya Y,Shimomitsu T,Kristensen TS,Maruta T,Iimori M

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:This study aimed to (1) determine the deposition and clearance rates of ultrafine metallic nickel (Uf-Ni) in rats after a 5 hours single inhalation exposure, and (2) to histopathologically examine the pulmonary lesions induced at dose levels comparable to the Occupational Exposure Limit recommended in Japan (OEL). The...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Serita F,Kyono H,Seki Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, a survey on subjective symptoms and hot prevention measures in summer was conducted in 204 male traffic control workers and 115 male construction workers. Work loads of traffic control workers and construction workers were estimated at RMR 1-2 and RMR 2-4, respectively. A self-administered questi...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Inaba R,Mirbod SM

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：: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：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：: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：:Although studies on the association of job dissatisfaction with mental health have been conducted in the past, few studies have dealt with the complicated links connecting job stress, job dissatisfaction, and stress-related illness. This study seeks to determine how job dissatisfaction is linked to common mental healt...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tatsuse T,Sekine M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopersistence of man-made fibers by animal inhalation experiments was mainly reviewed. This report showed that the biopersistence and maximum tolerated dose are significantly important factors for hazard assessment for man-made fibers as well as fiber size (diameter/length), chemical compositions and surface properti...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Tanaka I,Yamato H,Oyabu T,Ogami A

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：: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：: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：:To objectively detect the lowering in mental activity during mental tasks, twenty-five male students were given the calculating tasks of adding or subtracting two 2-digit numbers at three grades of task load for 1 hr each. At any task load there was little variation in the percentage of correct responses in successive...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Kakizaki T

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:It was concluded that there was sufficient evidence about a possible link between long working hours particularly exceeding 50 a week and the risk of significant health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease from literature review by Spurgeon et al.. This study was conducted to find out the single effect of regula...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Park J,Kim Y,Cho Y,Woo KH,Chung HK,Iwasaki K,Oka T,Sasaki T,Hisanaga N

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Research laboratories in a university were investigated for air-borne levels of legally designated organic solvents and specified chemical substances. Repeated surveys in 2004-5 (four times in the two years) of about 720 laboratories (thus 2,874 laboratories in total) revealed that the solvent concentrations were in e...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Takada S,Okamoto S,Yamada C,Ukai H,Samoto H,Ohashi F,Ikeda M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate smart features required for the next generation of personal protective equipment (PPE) for firefighters in Australia, Korea, Japan, and the USA. Questionnaire responses were obtained from 167 Australian, 351 Japanese, 413 Korean, and 763 U.S. firefighters (1,611 males and 6...

journal_title：Industrial health

authors： Lee JY,Park J,Park H,Coca A,Kim JH,Taylor NA,Son SY,Tochihara Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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