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abstract：BACKGROUND:Neck pain, which is assumed to be a multifactorial disease, is a major problem in modern society. METHODS:To identify the most important psychosocial risk factors for neck pain, a systematic review of the literature was carried out. The methodological quality of all studies in the review was assessed. Four ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ariëns GA,van Mechelen W,Bongers PM,Bouter LM,van der Wal G

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of biopesticides in agriculture may implicate new risks of work-related allergic reactions. METHODS:Sera were tested from the BIOGART project, a longitudinal respiratory health study among >300 Danish greenhouse workers. IgE was measured by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with extracts of biopesticide prod...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Doekes G,Larsen P,Sigsgaard T,Baelum J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologists eligible for inclusion in the study were identified from the membership lists of the Royal College of Pathologists from 1974 to 1987, establishing a population of 4,512 members. Overall mortality was lower among the study group compared with the general population of England and Wales, although there were...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hall A,Harrington JM,Aw TC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether unionization prevents deterioration in self-reported health and depressive symptoms in late career transitions. METHODS:Data come from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 6475). The change in self-perceived health (SPH) and depressive symptoms (CESD) between wave 11 and wave 12 is explaine...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wels J

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a work refusal at a plant manufacturing ice cream novelties in Ontario, we were asked to document cases of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in this workplace. There were 17 employees with possible hand and wrist problems identified from Workers Compensation Board (WCB) Form...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Liss GM,Armstrong C,Kusiak RA,Gailitis MM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Farmers have been previously reported to have higher rates of depression and suicide compared to other occupations. Comparisons of depressive symptoms and risk factors for states should increase understanding of depression in farmers. METHODS:Representative samples of 385 Iowa and 470 Colorado male principa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Scarth RD,Stallones L,Zwerling C,Burmeister LF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scholarly understanding of the nature of the science around silicosis has been strongly influenced, in recent years, by the idea that the mine doctors were responsible for hiding an epidemic, on the mines and in the countryside. In this paper, I try to show that the opposite was in fact the case, and that the science ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Breckenridge KD

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Construction industry workers are exposed to many hazards leading to fatal and nonfatal injuries. Information for nonfatal work-related injury surveillance may be vague and come from a variety of sources. METHODS:The Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR) is used as an injury surveillance tool to focus on hospitalize...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Husberg BJ,Fosbroke DE,Conway GA,Mode NA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to grain dust has been associated with a neutrophilic bronchitis. In vitro studies suggest several possible mechanisms for recruitment of neutrophils, including direct chemotaxis to aqueous grain dust extracts and release of chemotactic activity by bronchial epithelial cells in response to challenge with grai...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Von Essen SG,O'Neill DP,Robbins RA,Rennard SI

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-reported exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) has been associated with elevated inflammatory markers in adults. The association between SHS indicated by serum cotinine and markers of inflammation has not been investigated in adult workers. METHODS:Using the subpopulation of employed participants (20 year...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Clark JD 3rd,Wilkinson JD,LeBlanc WG,Dietz NA,Arheart KL,Fleming LE,Lee DJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinesterase activity measurements for 542 California agricultural pesticide applicators under medical supervision during the first 9 months of 1985 were analyzed. Twenty-six workers, 4.8% of the sample, had cholinesterase values at or below the California threshold values for removal from continued exposure to chol...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ames RG,Brown SK,Mengle DC,Kahn E,Stratton JW,Jackson RJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the increasing incidence of diseases such as gastritis and ulcers in workers exposed to noise, we assessed whether noise does in fact affect gastric secretion. Then, considering the conflicting findings published on the effects of noise on gastric secretion, we also investigated whether the response was rel...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tomei F,Papaleo B,Baccolo TP,Persechino B,Spanò G,Rosati MV

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examines the association between asbestos-related pleural plaques and lung function in a group of workers with occupational exposure to asbestos. Exposure, smoking, and respiratory histories, chest radiographs, flow-volume loops, and single breath DLCOs were obtained on 383 railroad workers. A score ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Oliver LC,Eisen EA,Greene R,Sprince NL

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Investigations of breast cancer among men may provide clues for environmental and occupational risk factors that may be difficult to study in women, because of confounding or effect modification from reproductive female characteristics. The objective was to estimate occupation-specific risks of male breast c...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pollán M,Gustavsson P,Floderus B

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major French chlorine chemical plant (chlor-alkali process with diaphragm cell and manufacturing of organochlorine chemicals) has used or produced known or suspected carcinogenic compounds. METHODS:A cohort study, based on the plant occupational health service and the regional cancer registry, analyzed th...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bonneterre V,Mathern G,Pelen O,Balthazard AL,Delafosse P,Mitton N,Colonna M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupational injury experience of the U.S. and Australian construction industries for 1988-1991 was compared to identify similarities and differences in risk and to share information vital for planning strategies for prevention. There were 4,158 deaths in the U.S. and 264 in the Australian construction industries....

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ore T,Stout NA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality experience of 7,119 workers who were employed at a Beaumont, Texas, refinery for at least 1 year between 1945 and 1987 was investigated. Mortality analyses based on standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) showed overall mortality was significantly lower than expected co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Raabe GK,Collingwood KW,Wong O

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that health maintenance organizations (HMOs) overdiagnose work-related injuries and illnesses to increase their income. This study compared the Workers' Compensation experience of 2,176 Boston postal employees enrolled in a large HMO with that of 3,473 employees enrolled in a large fee-for-servic...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zwerling C,Ryan J,Orav EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of surrogate responders often needs to be considered in case-control studies with a high case fatality. METHODS:Agreement between 98 colon cancer patients and their closest relative was expressed as a percentage of the exact agreement and by Kappa coefficients and intra-class correlation coefficients. ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kaerlev L,Lynge E,Sabroe S,Olsen J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological investigation was undertaken to determine the relationship between silicosis in hardrock miners in Ontario and cumulative exposure to silica (crystalline silica--alpha quartz) dust. This first report describes the cohort, the method of classifying the radiographs, and the identification of a case of...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Muir DC,Shannon HS,Julian JA,Verma DK,Sebestyen A,Bernholz CD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary challenges a recently published perception that Dr. Le Roy Upson Gardner had not actually discovered in 1942 that inhaled chrysotile fibers could induce malignant neoplasia in mice. The handwritten laboratory notes and some of Dr. Gardner's slides have recently been found. They verify that the tumors h...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schepers GW

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aspartame (APM) is a well-known intense artificial sweetener used in more than 6,000 products. Among the major users of aspartame are children and women of childbearing age. In previous lifespan experiments conducted on Sprague-Dawley rats we have shown that APM is a carcinogenic agent in multiple sites and ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Soffritti M,Belpoggi F,Manservigi M,Tibaldi E,Lauriola M,Falcioni L,Bua L

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lead stabilizers (e.g., lead sulfate, lead stearate) are common additives in plastics used in electrical devices. In 1997, three plastics compounders at one California company were severely lead-poisoned. METHODS:The poisonings were investigated by interviewing the workers, employer, and treating physician ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Coyle P,Kosnett MJ,Hipkins K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An epidemic of asbestos-related diseases is ongoing worldwide. Mortality from malignant pleural neoplasms in Italy was analyzed, to estimate the health impact of asbestos at national and local level. METHODS:Mortality from ICD-9 code 163 was considered, in the time-window 1995-2002, using National Bureau of...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fazzo L,De Santis M,Minelli G,Bruno C,Zona A,Marinaccio A,Conti S,Comba P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Climate change is a natural phenomenon that has been intensified due to increased emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). It has become an indispensable issue in international negotiations related to global sustainability and is deeply related to the overall status of environmental health in our planet. METHOD...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Leripio Ade A,Torres JP,Viana Mde S,Echelmeier GR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hispanic immigrant workers dominate California's hired farm workforce. Little is known about their health status; even less is known about those lacking employment authorization. METHODS:The California Agricultural Workers Health Survey (CAWHS) was a statewide cross-sectional household survey conducted in 1...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Villarejo D,McCurdy SA,Bade B,Samuels S,Lighthall D,Williams D 3rd

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Commercial fishing is a global industry that has been frequently classified as high-risk. The use of detailed surveillance data is critical in identifying hazards. METHODS:The purpose of this study was to provide updated statistics for the entire US fishing industry during 2010-2014, generate fleet-specific...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lucas DL,Case SL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies show that antimony may cause lung cancer and heart and lung disease in rodents. In exposed humans, ECG abnormalities and heart and lung disease have been reported. This mortality study of 1,014 men employed between 1937 and 1971 in a Texas antimony smelter consisted primarily of workers of Spanish ances...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schnorr TM,Steenland K,Thun MJ,Rinsky RA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm the relationship between exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles and bladder cancer among primary aluminum production workers, we carried out a case-control study among blue-collar workers who had worked more than 1 year between 1950-1979 in a major plant using mostly the Soderberg process in the Province of Q...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tremblay C,Armstrong B,Thériault G,Brodeur J

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease resulting from the inhalation of crystalline silica and can be classified as simple or complicated according to the International Labour Organization criteria. Furthermore, individuals exposed to crystalline silica also have a higher risk for the development of tubercul...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Salum KCR,de Castro MCS,Moreira VB,Nani ASF,Kohlrausch FB

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00