Empowerment evaluation of worker safety and health education programs.

abstract：:Using injury information from the 1986 Mine Safety and Health Administration database, and demographic information from a 1986 sample survey of the miner population, acute traumatic injury rates for male workers in underground bituminous coal mines were computed by age, current job experience, and total mine work expe...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lee T,Anderson C,Kraus JF

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents a mortality study among the 17,344 members of the Construction Workers' Health Insurance Society of Mie Prefecture in Japan. The study period was between 1973 and 1993. During this period, 480 members died. Age-specific mortality rates of Mie Prefecture were used as comparison standards. Significa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Sun J,Shibata E,Hisanaga N,Kamijima M,Ichihara G,Huang J,Toida M,Takeuchi Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional occupational mortality analysis, using underlying cause of death coding, underestimates the contribution of those chronic diseases which are mentioned on the death certificate but which usually do not appear as underlying cause of death. Proportionate occupational mortality analysis, using all the mention...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Milham S Jr

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies indicate 20% of injuries represent 80% of injury costs in agriculture. To help prevent the most costly injuries, we aimed to identify characteristics and risk factors associated with serious injuries. METHODS:We analyzed insurance records of 93,550 self-employed Finnish farmers. We ranked i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rautiainen RH,Ledolter J,Donham KJ,Ohsfeldt RL,Zwerling C

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Epidemiological investigation involving historical cohorts requires reconstruction of individual cohort member exposures during the period of study. However, past approaches to exposure assessment by industrial hygienists were characterized by different professional expectations for air sampling, and different orienta...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Corn M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention to psychosocial hazards in work environments should become an increasingly important component of occupational safety and health interventions. Research findings have linked a number of measurable psychosocial characteristics with negative psychological and physiological consequences. Some serious physical h...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Cahill J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A medical surveillance program of benzene-exposed workers has to be established in such a way as to observe early signs of benzene-induced cytopenia, pancytopenia, or leukemia. This study evaluates the utility of routine medical survey applied to benzene-exposed workers by analyzing the hematological, immuno...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bogadi-Sare A,Zavalić M,Turk R

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methodological choices being made in current worker notification programs are influenced in both obvious and subtle ways by certain ground-breaking notifications carried out during the 1970s and 1980s. A lore has built up concerning these cases. Their names are heavy with implied meaning. As worker notification ga...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Needleman C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss is a significant and unfortunately common occupational malady. Over the past several decades both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have initiated efforts to better understand and to limit the occurrence of occupa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： May JJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphate (OP)-related systemic illnesses reported to the Worker Health and Safety (WH&S) Branch, and restricted OP-related agricultural use data reported to the Information Services Branch at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) (now CAL-EPA) during 1984-1988 were used to assess factors asso...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weinbaum Z,Schenker MB,Gold EB,Samuels SJ,O'Malley MA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential exposures to extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields were investigated in response to worker concerns about an apparent increased spontaneous abortion risk in a payroll office environment. Concern in this office centered on the use of video display terminals (VDTs), which have been investigated as a po...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Breysse P,Lees PS,McDiarmid MA,Curbow B

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:The aim of this study is to determine the validity of the ICD-9 for diagnostic classification of soft tissue disorders of the neck and upper limb, using routinely collected data at a large steel company. The documentation in the clinical chart served as the gold standard. First, the overall accuracy of identifying the...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Buchbinder R,Goel V,Bombardier C

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate whether job strain had an effect on the risk of occupational injury of workers at small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies. METHODS:We conducted a prospective follow-up survey and finally 1,209 workers in South Korea were included in this study. At time X1, we ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kim HC,Min JY,Min KB,Park SG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few Canadian data sources allow the examination of disparities by ethnicity, language, or immigrant status in occupational exposures or health outcomes. However, it is possible to document the mechanisms that can create disparities, such as the over-representation of population groups in high-risk jobs. We e...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Premji S,Duguay P,Messing K,Lippel K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epichlorohydrin (ECH) is a strong irritant of the eyes, respiratory tract, and skin. The aims of this study were to examine the dose-response relationship between observed abnormal pulmonary function tests and respiratory tract irritation symptoms among epichlorohydrin-exposed workers in Taiwan. METHODS:A t...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Luo JC,Kuo HW,Cheng TJ,Chang MJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care workers may be occupationally exposed to known and suspected teratogens including viruses, anesthetic gases, sterilants, mercury, and x-radiation. To assess the risk of congenital defects among offspring of health care workers, we analyzed parental occupational histories for 4,915 case babies with congenit...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Matte TD,Mulinare J,Erickson JD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Farmworkers who delay treatment after workplace injuries may increase injury severity and experience longer recovery times. To understand why farmworkers delay treatment we employed a mixed-methods analysis of 393 farmworker injury narratives from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS). METHODS:Fir...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Thierry AD,Snipes SA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigators must often rely on self-reported work history information collected with questionnaires. However, little is known about the agreement between self-reported estimates of exposure and records kept by companies. As part of a cross-sectional medical study of structural fumigation workers, self-reported work ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Calvert GM,Mueller CA,O'Neill VL,Fajen JM,Briggle T,Fleming LE

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-referent study assesses occupational risk factors associated with lung cancer, utilizing colon and rectum cancer referents. Complete occupational and tobacco use histories were obtained by telephone interview for 5,935 incident lung cancer cases and 3,956 incident colon and rectum cancer referents. The analy...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Burns PB,Swanson GM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have long been case reports linking silica exposure to a variety of autoimmune diseases (systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, chronic renal disease). Evidence of this association in larger epidemiologic studies has been increasing in the last decade. We summarize this evidence here, and present some ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Steenland K,Goldsmith DF

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article the material collected for a case-control study is analyzed in order to evaluate the existence of relationships between organic solvent exposure and the entitlement to disability benefits due to neuropsychiatric disorders. Questionnaires were used to collect information on 252 cases receiving compensat...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： van Vliet C,Swaen GM,Volovics A,Slangen JJ,Meijers JM,de Boorder T,Sturmans F

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Construction is a hazardous occupation, with Latino (Hispanic) workers at a greater risk for death than other ethnicities/races. Latinos accounted for over half of construction injuries involving days away from work in Nevada in 2006. METHODS:This study recruited 30 Latino construction workers from three So...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Menzel NN,Gutierrez AP

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The community of Libby, Montana has recently been the focus of national attention secondary to widespread amphibole contamination associated with vermiculite mining and processing. METHODS:Patients who had occupational and non-occupational exposure to amphibole asbestos in Libby, Montana were evaluated for ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Whitehouse AC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small retail businesses experience high robbery and violent crime rates leading to injury and death. Workplace violence prevention programs (WVPP) based on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design reduce this risk, but low small business participation limits their effectiveness. Recent dissemination mod...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bruening RA,Strazza K,Nocera M,Peek-Asa C,Casteel C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the determinants of susceptibility to the irritant effects of sodium borate in 18 responsive workers identified through repeated self-reports of nasal irritation. For each worker, susceptibility was characterized by two features; reactivity and sensitivity, as estimated from the slope and intercept...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Woskie SR,Eisen EE,Wegman DH,Hu X,Kriebel D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the genotoxic risk to medical personnel concurrently exposed to ionizing radiation and antineoplastics, using changes in their lymphocyte cell genome as a bioindicator. The study comprised 12 female nurses employed in the nuclear medicine hospital department and an equal number of ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Brumen V,Horvat D,Trosić I

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand better the effects of noise levels associated with dairy farming, we randomly selected 49 full-time dairy farmers from an established cohort. Medical and occupational histories were taken and standard audiometric testing was done. Forty-six males (94%) and three females (6%) with a mean age of 43.5 (+/- ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： May JJ,Marvel M,Regan M,Marvel LH,Pratt DS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Working Group was assembled to review and evaluate methods currently used to estimate work site exposures to biological agents and to present recommendations on suitable measurement strategies. The current state of exposure assessment was evaluated for environments with organic dust including agriculture, compost...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Thorne PS,Duchaine C,Douwes J,Eduard W,Górny R,Jacobs R,Reponen T,Schierl R,Szponar B

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00