Primary osteoarthritis and occupations: a national cross sectional survey of 10 412 symptomatic patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate work experiences among teens enrolled in school-sponsored work (SSW) programs and compare the findings to other-working teens. This study, the first to assess work-related safety and health for teens in SSW programs, includes teens working one job and teens working multiple jobs. METHODS:A surve...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zierold KM,Appana S,Anderson HA

更新日期：2011-11-01 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: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:Trichloroethylene (TCE) -induced hypersensitivity syndrome (TIHS) is a potentially life-threatening disease. Several genetic susceptibility biomarkers have been found to be associated with TIHS, and this systematic prospective study has been conducted to evaluate the utility of these genetic susceptibility b...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dai Y,Zhou W,Jia Q,Dong H,Niu Y,He J,Bin P,Yi J,Xiang Y,Duan H,Huang H,Sha Y,Shen M,Ye M,Huang X,Zheng Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the impact of workplace injury on opioid dependence, abuse and overdose (opioid-related morbidity) and if severity of injury increases the hazard of these health effects. METHODS:We used MarketScan databases to follow injured and propensity score matched non-injured workers, both without prior op...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Asfaw A,Boden LI

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the use of a worker based methodology to assess the physical stresses of lifting tasks on effort expended, and to associate this loading with musculoskeletal outcomes (MO). METHODS:A cross sectional study was conducted on 217 male manual handling workers from the Hong Kong area. The effects of four...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yeung S,Genaidy A,Deddens J,Shoaf C,Leung PC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy still exists about the breast carcinogenic properties in humans of environmental xenoestrogens (organochlorines), justifying new investigations. AIMS:To compare the blood levels of total dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in samples collected at the time of breast ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Charlier C,Albert A,Herman P,Hamoir E,Gaspard U,Meurisse M,Plomteux G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a highly lipophilic organochlorine compound of widespread environmental occurrence, that accumulates in the biological system. It affects the porphyrine metabolism, thyroid hormones, and the liver function in animals. Although HCB is one of the most common organochlorine compound i...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sala M,Sunyer J,Herrero C,To-Figueras J,Grimalt J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the factors that affect why some infants receive higher exposures relative to the mother's body burden than do others. METHODS:A total of 159 mother-infant pairs from a cohort of women receiving prenatal care at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA from 1992 to 1995 provided blood samples at deliv...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Harville EW,Hertz-Picciotto I,Schramm M,Watt-Morse M,Chantala K,Osterloh J,Parsons PJ,Rogan W

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:It remains unclear over whether it is possible to develop an epidemic forecasting model for transmission of dengue fever in Queensland, Australia. OBJECTIVES:To examine the potential impact of El Niño/Southern Oscillation on the transmission of dengue fever in Queensland, Australia and explore the possibili...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hu W,Clements A,Williams G,Tong S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The fit note, introduced in England, Wales and Scotland in 2010, was designed to change radically the sickness certification process from advising individuals on their inability to work to advising them on what they could do if work could be adapted. Our review aimed to evaluate the following: (1) Is the 'ma...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dorrington S,Roberts E,Mykletun A,Hatch S,Madan I,Hotopf M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combustion-generated fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with cardiovascular morbidity. Both traffic-related air pollution and residential wood combustion may be important, but few studies have compared their impacts. OBJECTIVES:To assess and compare effects of traffic-related and woodsmoke PM2.5 ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kajbafzadeh M,Brauer M,Karlen B,Carlsten C,van Eeden S,Allen RW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Long working hours may be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective was to investigate cross-sectional associations of work hours with carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and ankle-brachial index (ABI). METHODS:Participants were 1694 women and 1868 men from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Athe...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Charles LE,Fekedulegn D,Burchfiel CM,Fujishiro K,Landsbergis P,Diez Roux AV,Macdonald L,Foy CG,Andrew ME,Stukovsky KH,Baron S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the small area system developed in Finland. To illustrate the use of the system with analyses of incidence of lung cancer around an asbestos mine. To compare the performance of different spatial statistical models when applied to sparse data. METHODS:In the small area system, cancer and populati...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kokki E,Ranta J,Penttinen A,Pukkala E,Pekkanen J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to examine the link between individual and ecological workplace social capital and the co-occurrence of adverse lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, heavy drinking, physical inactivity and overweight. METHODS:Data on 25 897 female and 5476 male public sector employees...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Väänänen A,Kouvonen A,Kivimäki M,Oksanen T,Elovainio M,Virtanen M,Pentti J,Vahtera J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated determinants of bone and blood lead concentrations in 430 lactating Mexican women during the early postpartum period and the contribution of bone lead to blood lead. METHODS:Maternal venous lead was measured at delivery and postpartum, and bone lead concentrations, measured with in vi...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brown MJ,Hu H,Gonzales-Cossio T,Peterson KE,Sanin LH,de Luz Kageyama M,Palazuelos E,Aro A,Schnaas L,Hernandez-Avila M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Dupuytren's disease in men and its relationship with work exposure, particularly heavy manual work with and without significant use of vibrating tools, using data from a surveillance program for musculoskeletal disorders. METHOD:This cross-sectional study wa...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Descatha A,Bodin J,Ha C,Goubault P,Lebreton M,Chastang JF,Imbernon E,Leclerc A,Goldberg M,Roquelaure Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence and incidence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain (UEMP) and related disability among office workers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Spain. METHODS:Data from the multinational Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability (CUPID) study on 947 (93%) participants at baseline w...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Campos-Fumero A,Delclos GL,Douphrate DI,Felknor SA,Vargas-Prada S,Serra C,Coggon D,Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of cataract is influenced by a number of factors including oxidative stress. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) catalyses the nucleophilic addition of the thiol of GST to electrophilic acceptors. It is important for detoxification of xenobiotics in order to protect tissues from oxidative damage...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Saadat M,Farvardin-Jahromi M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether kneeling or squatting for prolonged periods is sufficiently causally associated with an increased risk of injury or degenerative disease of the knee joint as to meet the classic criteria to be considered an occupational disease of coal miners for whom these are or have been routine working post...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McMillan G,Nichols L

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：AIMS:To analyse the effects of age and occupational factors on both the incidence and the disappearance of chronic neck and shoulder pain after a five year follow up period. METHODS:A prospective longitudinal investigation (ESTEV) was carried out in 1990 and 1995 in seven regions of France. A random sample of male and...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cassou B,Derriennic F,Monfort C,Norton J,Touranchet A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endotoxin-exposed workers are at an increased risk of non-atopic asthma and lung-function decline. Genetic variants may influence susceptibility to these effects. The objective of the present study was to assess whether the association between occupational endotoxin exposure and wheeze is modified by innate ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Smit LA,Heederik D,Doekes G,Koppelman GH,Bottema RW,Postma DS,Wouters IM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between protease exposure and respiratory disease in a cohort of detergent enzyme manufacturers. METHODS:Case-referent analysis of a cohort of employees working in a European detergent factory between 1989 and 2002. Cases with new lower or upper respiratory disease were ascertain...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brant A,Upchurch S,van Tongeren M,Zekveld C,Helm J,Barnes F,Newman Taylor AJ,Cullinan P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Organic acid anhydrides are potential sensitisers and cause occupational airway diseases. In an intervention study the efficacy of measures of hygiene at the workplace and possible selection bias were investigated. METHODS:A first investigation with 110 workers exposed to hexahydrophthalic acid anhydride (H...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Drexler H,Schaller KH,Nielsen J,Weber A,Weihrauch M,Welinder H,Skerfving S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermal uptake of chemicals at the workplace may contribute considerably to the total internal exposure and so needs to be regulated. At present only qualitative warning signs--the "skin notations"--are available as instruments. An attempt was made to develop a quantitative dermal occupational exposure limit (DOEL) com...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bos PM,Brouwer DH,Stevenson H,Boogaard PJ,de Kort WL,van Hemmen JJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：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:To investigate the question of whether there is an association between workplace exposures and sociodemographic factors and mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease excluding influenza and pneumonia (NMRDxIP) among workers in a fibreglass wool manufacturing facility. METHODS:A case-control study wit...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Chiazze L,Watkins DK,Fryar C,Fayerweather W,Kozono J,Biggs V

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00