Evaluation of a modified German version of the Q16 questionnaire for neurotoxic symptoms in workers exposed to solvents.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine if the occurrence of different cancers was increased among rubber workers, as the highest known exposures of humans to nitrosamines have occurred in the rubber industry. METHODS:A cohort of 8933 rubber workers (hired after 1 January 1950, still active or retired on 1 January 1981 and employed for...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Straif K,Weiland SK,Bungers M,Holthenrich D,Taeger D,Yi S,Keil U

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find whether continuous ceramic filaments (CCFs) and silicon carbide whiskers (SiCWs), which are used in many industries as reinforcing materials in advanced ceramic composites, are carcinogenic in the intrapleural inoculation assay. METHODS:Samples of SiCWs, CCF, International Union Against Cancer crocid...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Johnson NF,Hahn FF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reliable retrospective exposure assessment continues to be a challenge in most population-based studies. Several methodologies exist for estimating exposures retrospectively, of which case-by-case expert assessment and job-exposure matrices (JEMs) are commonly used. This study evaluated the reliability of ex...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Offermans NS,Vermeulen R,Burdorf A,Peters S,Goldbohm RA,Koeman T,van Tongeren M,Kauppinen T,Kant I,Kromhout H,van den Brandt PA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The association between shift work and cancer, which is thought to be mediated by effects on circulating melatonin levels, may be modified by chronotype (ie, the inherent preference for activity in the morning or the evening); however, few studies have examined the potential impact of chronotype on the carci...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bhatti P,Mirick DK,Davis S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether changes in objective working hour characteristics are associated with parallel changes in work-life conflict (WLC) among hospital employees. METHODS:Survey responses from three waves of the Finnish Public Sector study (2008, 2012 and 2015) were combined with payroll data from 91 days p...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Karhula K,Koskinen A,Ojajärvi A,Ropponen A,Puttonen S,Kivimäki M,Härmä M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the differences between measurements of personal exposure to particulate air pollution and static area measurements in a group of people working close to traffic and to determine whether such differences might obscure any threshold for health effects in epidemiological studies. METHODS:Persona...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Watt M,Godden D,Cherrie J,Seaton A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate work related and individual factors as predictors for incident neck pain among office employees working with video display units (VDUs). METHODS:Employees in three administrative units of a medium sized city in Finland (n = 515) received mailed questionnaires in the baseline survey in 1998 and in t...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Korhonen T,Ketola R,Toivonen R,Luukkonen R,Häkkänen M,Viikari-Juntura E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the extent of indoor air problems in office environments in Finland. METHODS:Complaints and symptoms related to the indoor environment experienced by office workers were collected from 122 workplaces in 1996-99 by using the modified Indoor Air Questionnaire established by the Finnish Institute of Occupa...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Reijula K,Sundman-Digert C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the mortality experience of a cohort of employees in the UK silica sand industry exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS). METHODS:A retrospective cohort mortality study followed all workers to 2001 with at least one year's employment at one of seven UK silica sand producing quarries between 195...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brown TP,Rushton L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the relation with age of risk of reported injury after a fall among women at work in two countries, the United Kingdom and Sweden, with particular emphasis on fractures, and to interpret these data. METHODS:Rates of accidents compiled under the national reporting regulations of each country duri...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McNamee R,Kemmlert K,Lundholm L,Cherry NM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an epidemiological study rat urinary aeroallergen (RUA) and total dust concentrations were measured at three research establishments. Personal RUA measurements in nine exposure groups over a workshift showed highest exposure for animal technicians (geometric mean (GM) = 32.4 micrograms/m3) and lowest for wo...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nieuwenhuijsen MJ,Gordon S,Tee RD,Venables KM,McDonald JC,Newman Taylor AJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine whether working beyond the standard working hours was associated with a greater risk of depressive disorder among workers included in published prospective studies. This manuscript was prepared according to the PRISMA guideline checklist. A database search wa...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Watanabe K,Imamura K,Kawakami N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether employees in the automobile industry in Michigan are at elevated risk of urinary bladder cancer. METHODS:The authors conducted a population-based case-control study including 418 cases and 571 controls. History of employment within the automobile industry was coded according to the US C...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kobrosly RW,Meliker JR,Nriagu JO

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the hypothesis that long term exposure to excessive noise can increase the risk of ischaemic heart disease. METHODS:A case-control design, nested within a cohort of nuclear power workers employed at two sites in England over the period 1950-98, was used. Cases were men who died from ischaemic heart...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McNamee R,Burgess G,Dippnall WM,Cherry N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Because of the rarity of small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA), little is known about the aetiology of this disease. This study aimed to identify occupational clustering of cases SBA as a systematic approach to new hypotheses on the aetiology of this disease. METHODS:A European multicentre case-control study was...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kaerlev L,Teglbjaerg PS,Sabroe S,Kolstad HA,Ahrens W,Eriksson M,González AL,Guénel P,Hardell L,Launoy G,Merler E,Merletti F,Suárez-Varela MM,Stang A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing interest in reducing occupational sitting has resulted in public health efforts to encourage intermittent standing in workplaces. However, concerns have been raised that standing for prolonged periods may expose individuals to new health hazards, including lower limb atherosclerosis. These concerns...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Friel CP,Duran AT,Abdalla M,Unkart JT,Bellettiere J,Sims M,Correa A,Shimbo D,Diaz KM

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sick building syndrome (SBS) is described as a group of symptoms attributed to the physical environment of specific buildings. Isolating particular environmental features responsible for the symptoms has proved difficult. This study explores the role and significance of the physical and psychosocial work env...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Marmot AF,Eley J,Stafford M,Stansfeld SA,Warwick E,Marmot MG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rhinitis is common, but the risk factors are not well described. To investigate the association between current rhinitis and pesticide use, we used data from 2245 Iowa commercial pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. METHODS:Using logistic regression models adjusted for age, education and ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Slager RE,Poole JA,LeVan TD,Sandler DP,Alavanja MC,Hoppin JA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vibration white finger (VWF), also known as "occupational Raynaud's phenomenon", is marked by arterial hyperresponsiveness and vasoconstriction during cold stimulation. The impact of tobacco use, and by extension stopping smoking, on the long term course of the disease has been inconclusively characterised. ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cherniack M,Clive J,Seidner A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine site-specific cancer incidence among women spinning-weaving and dyeing-finishing workers in the largest flax textile factory in Lithuania. METHOD:The cancer incidence of a cohort of 3447 women workers from a flax textile factory was investigated for the period 1978-2002. All subjects were employ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kuzmickiene I,Stukonis M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Structural impairment of the renal proximal tubular epithelium induced by cadmium (Cd) was investigated by measuring the concentration of neutral endopeptidase 24.11 (NEP), an ectoenzyme of the apical brush border, in the urine of 106 male workers employed in a Cd smelter (among whom 52 were occupationally e...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nortier J,Bernard A,Roels H,Deschodt-Lanckman M,Gueuning C,Lauwerys R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic assessments of the effectiveness of interventions to prevent work related eye injuries are needed. AIM:To investigate the long term effectiveness of a multicomponent prevention campaign. METHODS:The campaign (conducted in collaboration with the local Employers' Association and Trade Unions) targ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Mancini G,Baldasseroni A,Laffi G,Curti S,Mattioli S,Violante FS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the risk of lung cancer in different subgroups of professional drivers in urban and rural areas of Sweden. METHODS:Information on occupation and geographical region was obtained from the Swedish census of 1970 and data on the incidence of lung cancer between 1971 and 1984 from the National Swedish ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jakobsson R,Gustavsson P,Lundberg I

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO) is a biopersistent surfactant used in the manufacture of several types of fluoropolymers. Based on previous findings of increased serum lipid levels associated with exposure to APFO, we evaluated ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in a cohort of occupationally exposed ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sakr CJ,Symons JM,Kreckmann KH,Leonard RC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the effects of bleach use at home on the frequency of infections in 9102 school-age children participating in the HITEA project. METHODS:Parents of pupils aged 6-12 years from schools in Barcelona province (Spain), Utrecht province (the Netherlands) and Eastern and Central Finland were administered...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Casas L,Espinosa A,Borràs-Santos A,Jacobs J,Krop E,Heederik D,Nemery B,Pekkanen J,Hyvärinen A,Täubel M,Zock JP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Use of cost-benefit analysis in occupational health increases insight into the intervention strategy that maximises the cost-benefit ratio. This study presents a methodological framework identifying the most important elements of a cost-benefit analysis for occupational health settings. One of the main aims ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Meijster T,van Duuren-Stuurman B,Heederik D,Houba R,Koningsveld E,Warren N,Tielemans E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation with a case-control study between symptomatic osteochondrosis or spondylosis of the lumbar spine and cumulative occupational exposure to lifting or carrying and to working postures with extreme forward bending. METHODS:From two practices and four clinics were recruited 229 male p...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Seidler A,Bolm-Audorff U,Heiskel H,Henkel N,Roth-Küver B,Kaiser U,Bickeböller R,Willingstorfer WJ,Beck W,Elsner G

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Epidemiological studies have shown inconsistent effects on immunological parameters in subjects exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). In this study we investigated changes in humoral immunity and prevalence of atopic diseases among workers from a Dutch historical cohort occupationally expose...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Saberi Hosnijeh F,Boers D,Portengen L,Bueno-de-Mesquita HB,Heederik D,Vermeulen R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency, circumstances, and causes of occupational accidents aboard merchant ships in international trade, and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of occupational accidents as well as dangerous working situations where possible preventive measures may be initiated. METHODS:The s...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hansen HL,Nielsen D,Frydenberg M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mental disorders are associated with significant functional impairment, sickness absence and disability. The consequences of sickness absence warrant investigation into interventions aimed at enhancing return to work (RTW) for workers with mental disorders. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aim...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Mikkelsen MB,Rosholm M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00