Accelerated silicosis in workers exposed to agate dust in Guangzhou, China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We applied the well-established, but rather under-utilized, indicator of Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) to estimate the global burden of mesothelioma and asbestosis. METHODS:We analyzed all deaths caused by mesothelioma and asbestosis that were reported by 82 and 55 countries, respectively, to the Worl...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Diandini R,Takahashi K,Park EK,Jiang Y,Movahed M,Le GV,Lee LJ,Delgermaa V,Kim R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the development of an evaluative outcome measure for patients with upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to produce a brief, self-administered measure of symptoms and functional status, with a focus on physical function, to be used by clinicians in daily practice and as a researc...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hudak PL,Amadio PC,Bombardier C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung tissue of a worker in an abrasive manufacturing plant, whose duration of dust exposure was about 10 years, was analyzed by means of bulk analysis and in situ analytical electron microanalysis. The content of the total dust in the lung was 120 mg/g of the dried lung tissue. This value is close to the average conce...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hayashi H,Kajita A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Harvesting of blueberries is associated with musculoskeletal injury. This study assessed the effects of several alternative designs of the harvesting rake. METHODS:A community-based work team selected rake design for intervention and pilot tested potential design modifications to the blueberry harvesting ra...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： May J,Hawkes L,Jones A,Burdick P,Ginley B,Santiago B,Rowland M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A series of illnesses occurred in Earlimart, CA on November 13, 1999 following a metam-sodium sprinkler application to a potato field on the southern edge of the town. METHODS:Case information was obtained from direct interviews, from illness complaints filed with state or county agencies, or from illness r...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： O'Malley M,Barry T,Verder-Carlos M,Rubin A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occupational exposure to lead and solvents has declined steadily over the past 20 years, however, construction workers continue to be exposed to these neurotoxicants. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cognitive effects of chronic occupational exposure to lead and solvents. METHOD:Based on K-X...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fiedler N,Weisel C,Lynch R,Kelly-McNeil K,Wedeen R,Jones K,Udasin I,Ohman-Strickland P,Gochfeld M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prerequisites necessary for attributing lung carcinoma to asbestos, represent a controversial issue. METHODS:Three parameters (occupational history, pleural plaques, and lung asbestos bodies) were investigated in 414 consecutive cases of lung carcinoma, examined at necropsy at the Hospital of Monfalcone...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bianchi C,Brollo A,Ramani L,Zuch C

更新日期：1999-09-01 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:Occupational health problems among home-helpers have been reported in a series of studies, and the need for intervention has been pointed out. To facilitate decisions regarding interventions and to establish baseline values for future evaluation of preventive efforts, the present study aimed to elucidate the...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hannerz H,Tüchsen F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined data sources, including union administrative records and workers' compensation claims, were used to construct event histories for a dynamic cohort of union carpenters from Washington State during the period 1989-1992. Person-time at risk and the events of interest were stratified by age, sex, time in the unio...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lipscomb HJ,Dement JM,Loomis DP,Silverstein B,Kalat J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies suggest that mesothelioma is most effectively induced by fibers longer than 8 mu. However, studies of asbestos fibers recovered from human lungs in cases of mesothelioma indicate that, at least in large-scale samples, relatively few fibers meet this size criterion, perhaps implying that the animal data ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Churg A,Wiggs B

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:The effects of aluminum on the pulmonary function of aluminum workers were investigated in this study. Serum aluminum levels and spirometry were measured in 55 male workers and 30 male controls. The mean serum aluminum level of workers (72.7 +/- 9.9 ng/ml) was significantly high compared to that of controls, indicatin...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： San LN,Uysal H,Gökbel H,Bediz CS,Sayal A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cohort mortality and nested case-control studies were conducted involving 2,901 men employed 1 year or more between 1940 and 1986 at any of four California facilities of a major chemical company. Employees experienced fewer deaths from each of the major causes than were expected based on U.S., California, and local co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Burchfiel CM,Cartmill JB,Axe FD,Bond GG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to chemicals in polluted soil was studied during the remediation of four polluted sites. They are sawmill areas contaminated with chlorophenols and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furanes (PCDD/F), wood impregnating plants contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from creosote ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Priha E,Ahonen I,Oksa P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incinerator workers are exposed to many toxic compounds, most notably heavy metals. We evaluated medical and exposure monitoring data of an actively employed cohort of Philadelphia incinerator workers following an Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry site survey and National Institute for Occupational Safe...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bresnitz EA,Roseman J,Becker D,Gracely E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles are being used in ever increasing numbers in a range of industrial and medical products. Questions surrounding their potential to cause toxic effects in humans have been raised. Although animal experiments predict that nanoparticles are more toxic than their larger counterparts there are few descriptions...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Phillips JI,Green FY,Davies JC,Murray J

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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:Evidence regarding the unequal burden of occupational injuries between workers employed by temporary agencies and those in standard employment arrangements is unclear. Studies range from no significant differences in risk to substantial increased risk for temporary workers. The purpose of this study is to co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Smith CK,Silverstein BA,Bonauto DK,Adams D,Fan ZJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain and fatigue are commonly associated with work-related upper extremity disorders. Occasionally these symptoms persist beyond a reasonable healing period. One potential explanation for prolonged symptom expression is the concurrent development of a stress-mediated illness or CMI (Chronic Multi-Symptom Ill...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Clauw DJ,Williams DA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the time-weighted average intensity of exposure to toluene and o-cresol concentration in shift-end urine was investigated in nearly 500 factory workers of both sexes in China, together with a similar number of nonexposed control subjects. Toluene concentration (25 ppm as geometric mean and 550...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Inoue O,Seiji K,Watanabe T,Chen Z,Huang MY,Xu XP,Qiao X,Ikeda M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attitudes of occupational health care professionals toward smoking and their activity to address smoking issues were investigated by a questionnaire survey. Data were also collected on employees' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and on smoking policies that existed in workplaces. Questionnaires were mailed to a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Heloma A,Reijula K,Tikkanen J,Nykyri E

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to dichloromethane (DCM or methylene chloride - CH₂ Cl₂ ) in paint strippers continues to be an avoidable source of morbidity and mortality. DCM has been under regulatory scrutiny by occupational and consumer product agencies since the identification of its carcinogenicity in the mid-1980s. METHODS...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Macisaac J,Harrison R,Krishnaswami J,McNary J,Suchard J,Boysen-Osborn M,Cierpich H,Styles L,Shusterman D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Farm operators experience exposure to high noise and high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss, but use of hearing protection in this worker group is low. The purpose of this study was to test a brief intervention to increase farm operators' use of hearing protection. METHODS:In this one-group pre- and ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： McCullagh MC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposes to issue citations for non-compliance with the exposure limit for respirable coal mine dust when measured exposure exceeds the exposure limit with a "high degree of confidence." This criterion threshold value (CTV) is derived from the sampling and ana...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weeks JL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the causes of medical surveillance changes leading to specialist referral from one isocyanate-using company where 39 workers (about 20% of all employees) were referred to a hospital occupational clinic during a 5-year period for concerns regarding their surveillance respiratory questionnaire or spi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kraw M,Tarlo SM

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Multiple comorbidities have been reported among rescue/recovery workers responding to the 9/11/2001 WTC disaster. In this study, we developed an index that quantifies the cumulative physiological burden of comorbidities and predicts life expectancy in this cohort. METHODS:A machine learning approach (gradie...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bello GA,Teitelbaum SL,Lucchini RG,Dasaro CR,Shapiro M,Kaplan JR,Crane MA,Harrison DJ,Luft BJ,Moline JM,Udasin IG,Todd AC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00