A 12 year prospective study of circulatory disease among Danish shift workers.

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：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to assess whether contaminated personal clothing worn beneath a coverall (normal workwear) is a source of potentially significant dermal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coal liquefaction workers. METHODS:An intervention study was conducted over a two week peri...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Quinlan R,Kowalczyk G,Gardiner K,Calvert I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two main theoretical models have been used to assess the impact of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure (BP): the demand-control model (DC) and the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. Little is known about their independent and combined effect. OBJECTIVE:To examine the independent and combined effec...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Trudel X,Brisson C,Milot A,Masse B,Vézina M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that asphalt workers are at increased risk of mortality from industrial accidents and other external causes was tested. Mortality rates for external and violent causes of death in a cohort of asphalt industry employees from seven European countries and Israel were compared to that of the general populat...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Burstyn I,Boffetta P,Järvholm B,Partanen T,Svane O,Langård S,Kauppinen T,Stücker I,Shaham J,Heederik D,Ahrens W,Bergdahl I,Cenée S,Hooiveld M,Randem BG,Johansen C,Ferro G,Kromhout H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation between pulmonary function and occupational exposure in aluminium pot operators. METHODS:2795 observations were obtained in 630 workers over six years of follow up. An autoregressive method of analysis was used. RESULTS:After adjustment for FEV1 in the three previous years, the ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Søyseth V,Boe J,Kongerud J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effectiveness of a counselling and education programme on work ability and work disability pension for employees in the construction industry. METHODS:Employees with a high disability risk of 38% or more in the following four years were included. Employees in the intervention group were e...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： de Boer AG,Burdorf A,van Duivenbooden C,Frings-Dresen MH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:(1) To develop a transparent and broadly applicable method for assessing occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes or management systems; (2) to assess OSH programmes in a sample of manufacturing worksites; and (3) to determine whether a management focused occupational health intervention results in greater ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： LaMontagne AD,Barbeau E,Youngstrom RA,Lewiton M,Stoddard AM,McLellan D,Wallace LM,Sorensen G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Psychosocial work characteristics have been prospectively associated with depressive symptoms. However, methodological limitations have raised questions regarding causality. It is also unclear to what extent depressive symptoms affect the experience of the psychosocial work environment. We examined contempor...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Åhlin JK,LaMontagne AD,Magnusson Hanson LL

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The current study examines and compares the relationship between both macroeconomic and industry-specific business cycle indicators, and work-related injuries among construction workers in Denmark using emergency department (ED) injury data and also officially reported injuries to the Danish Working Environm...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nielsen KJ,Lander F,Lauritsen JM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Natural rubber latex allergy can cause skin and respiratory symptoms The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and incidence of latex related symptoms and sensitisation among a large group of healthcare workers in Trieste hospitals, followed for three years before and after the introduction of pow...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Filon FL,Radman G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Professional judgment is necessary to assess occupational exposure in population-based case-control studies; however, the assessments lack transparency and are time-consuming to perform. To improve transparency and efficiency, we systematically applied decision rules to questionnaire responses to assess dies...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Pronk A,Stewart PA,Coble JB,Katki HA,Wheeler DC,Colt JS,Baris D,Schwenn M,Karagas MR,Johnson A,Waddell R,Verrill C,Cherala S,Silverman DT,Friesen MC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the concentrations of blood lead (PbB) in pregnant women in the slums of Lucknow, north India. METHODS:Of the 203 designated municipal slums in Lucknow, 70 were randomly selected for study and a cohort of 500 pregnant women was enrolled. Each participant was interviewed with questions on possib...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Awasthi S,Awasthi R,Pande VK,Srivastav RC,Frumkin H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the association between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and immunological measurements using blood samples from coke oven workers exposed to high and low PAH levels. METHODS:A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 2008-2009 with coke oven workers and stee...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jeng HA,Pan CH,Diawara N,Chang-Chien GP,Lin WY,Huang CT,Ho CK,Wu MT

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volatile anaesthetics are chemically related to organic solvents used in industry. Exposure to industrial solvents may increase the incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS). AIM:To examine the risk among nurse anaesthetists of contracting MS. METHODS:Nurses with MS were identified by an appeal in the monthly m...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Flodin U,Landtblom AM,Axelson O

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main objective was to study the acute vascular effects in the hands of normal healthy subjects of a complex vibration spectrum similar to that generated by many industrial hand held tools. The effects of repeated bouts of vibrations and alterations in the intensity of vibration were also studied. METHOD...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Egan CE,Espie BH,McGrann S,McKenna KM,Allen JA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the impact of newly introduced point-of-sale glass bottle recycling on indoor air quality and employee health. METHODS:Airborne exposures and both chronic and acute respiratory and somatic symptoms were surveyed among 226 employees at 36 randomly selected liquor stores with bottle recycling and in-house...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kennedy SM,Copes R,Bartlett KH,Brauer M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To better understand the relations between occupational exposure, blood antioxidant enzyme activities, total plasma antioxidant concentration, and the severity of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP). METHODS:Blood samples were obtained from miners without CWP exposed to low dust concentrations for > or = 4 y...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nadif R,Bourgkard E,Dusch M,Bernadac P,Bertrand JP,Mur JM,Pham QT

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:The erection of mobile telephone base stations in inhabited areas has raised concerns about possible health effects caused by emitted microwaves. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study of randomly selected inhabitants living in urban and rural areas for more than one year near to 10 selected base stations, 365 ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hutter HP,Moshammer H,Wallner P,Kundi M

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To obtain knowledge about the use and distribution of hazardous chemicals in Danish industry. This knowledge is used to regulate the occupational environment and prevent hazardous exposure. METHODS:A national survey on the use of chemicals was carried out in 1989 in a stratified sample of 1448 Danish busine...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brandorff NP,Flyvholm MA,Beck ID,Skov T,Bach E

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Office computer workers are at increased risk for neck/upper extremity (UE) musculoskeletal pain. METHODS:A seven-month office ergonomic intervention study evaluated the effect of two engineering controls plus training on neck/UE pain and mechanical exposures in 113 computer workers, including a 3-month fol...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dropkin J,Kim H,Punnett L,Wegman DH,Warren N,Buchholz B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate associations between exposure to mineral fibres and dust, and cancer in subsites within the large bowel. DESIGN:Pooled retrospective cohort studies. SUBJECTS AND SETTINGS:Blue collar workers, employed for at least one year in different trades; asbestos cement or cement workers (n ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jakobsson K,Albin M,Hagmar L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between occupational exposure to airway irritants and the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and level of lung function, and whether these associations were modified by airway hyperresponsiveness, smoking, and a history of allergy were studied in 668 workers from synthetic fibre plants. Respira...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kremer AM,Pal TM,Boleij JS,Schouten JP,Rijcken B

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Observational studies suggest that shift work may be associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the results are inconsistent. No systematic reviews have applied quantitative techniques to compute summary risk estimates. OBJECTIVES:To conduct a meta-analysis of observational studies assessing the assoc...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Gan Y,Yang C,Tong X,Sun H,Cong Y,Yin X,Li L,Cao S,Dong X,Gong Y,Shi O,Deng J,Bi H,Lu Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 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 estimate quantitative levels of exposure to diesel exhaust expressed by elemental carbon (EC) in the contemporary mining industry and to describe the excess risk of lung cancer that may result from those levels. METHODS:EC exposure has been monitored in Western Australian miners since 2003. Mixed-effects...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Peters S,de Klerk N,Reid A,Fritschi L,Musk AB,Vermeulen R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rates of surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among blue- and white-collar workers and housewives in the general population were compared. METHODS:Surgically treated cases of idiopathic CTS were investigated among 25-59-year-old residents of Tuscany, Italy, during 1997-2000, based on obligatory d...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Mattioli S,Baldasseroni A,Curti S,Cooke RM,Mandes A,Zanardi F,Farioli A,Buiatti E,Campo G,Violante FS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00