Intrapulmonary lymph nodes in South African miners--an autopsy survey.

abstract：:Several studies have indicated an increased risk for cancer of the urinary bladder among hairdressers. In a Danish linkage between census data and cancer register data both male and female hairdressers have an elevated risk for bladder cancer. The risk for lung cancer is close to unity, indicating that occupational fa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Skov T,Andersen A,Malker H,Pukkala E,Weiner J,Lynge E

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Research Council's report "Protecting Youth at Work" addresses the health and safety consequences of work by youth in the United States. The report finds that a higher proportion of U.S. youth work than in any other developed nation and that as much as 80% of youth will have worked during their high schoo...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wegman DH,Davis LK

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that health maintenance organizations (HMOs) overdiagnose work-related injuries and illnesses to increase their income. This study compared the Workers' Compensation experience of 2,176 Boston postal employees enrolled in a large HMO with that of 3,473 employees enrolled in a large fee-for-servic...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zwerling C,Ryan J,Orav EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：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：:The cause-specific mortality (1940-1993) of 2,985 male workers employed in three oil refineries was examined using a proportionate mortality study design. Separate analyses were undertaken by race, refinery, employment status (active and retired), and time since entry into the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dement JM,Hensley L,Kieding S,Lipscomb H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoroughbred horse farm workers self-report a high frequency of work-related injuries and pain. However, an analysis of Thoroughbred horse farm workers' compensation injury claims is absent from the literature, yet may benefit worker safety. METHODS:We analyzed workers' compensation insurance firm data cont...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Flunker JC,Clouser JM,Swanberg JE

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study documented the burden of nonfatal construction industry work-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States (US) from 1998 through 2005 and described injured worker demographics and injury characteristics. METHODS:Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveilla...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schoenfisch AL,Lipscomb HJ,Shishlov K,Myers DJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Occupational eye injuries have been recognized as a serious health risk to workers and are in need of further investigation to develop effective interventions. METHODS:Rhode Island workers' compensation claims of ocular injury between 1998 through 2002 (n=8,877) were examined. The Current Population Survey ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： McCall BP,Horwitz IB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the epidemiologic evidence of cancer risks among workers in aluminum reduction plants with emphasis on associations with specific work areas and exposures. Studies of workers manufacturing carbon products outside the aluminum industry were also reviewed since the work environment is similar to that ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rönneberg A,Langmark F

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Data were collected on 228 consecutive back injuries in Boston's General Mail Facility and 228 non-injured controls drawn randomly from each case's work unit, matching on craft (clerk, mailhandler, maintenance), shift, and general supervisor. Data were collected on age, gender, duration of employment, 3 year history o...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Daltroy LH,Larson MG,Wright EA,Malspeis S,Fossel AH,Ryan J,Zwerling C,Liang MH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined mortality to December 31, 1989 in a cohort of 2,222 males employed between 1947 and 1975 at a transformer manufacturing plant in Canada, where there had been extensive use of transformer fluid, some containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). A combined cohort list of 2,222 names was independently...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Yassi A,Tate R,Fish D

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boatbuilding is a complex, chemically intensive industry which employs approximately 43,000 workers in the United States, 77% of them in shops with fewer than 20 workers. Boatbuilders and repairers are at high risk of occupational injury from falls, lacerations, low back trauma, repetitive motion, noise, burns, fires,...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Brigham CR,Landrigan PJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since direct measures of individual exposure seldom exist for the entire period of an occupational mortality study, retrospective exposure estimates are necessary. This is often done in a subjective manner involving a consensus of opinion from a panel of epidemiologists and industrial hygienists. An alternative method...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hornung RW,Greife AL,Stayner LT,Steenland NK,Herrick RF,Elliott LJ,Ringenburg VL,Morawetz J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The US military is a large, well-defined occupational cohort offering tremendous opportunities to study risk factors for important health outcomes. This article describes our nested case-control methods to evaluate risk factors for fatal motor vehicle crashes (MVC) within all Service branches in a 1991 Gulf ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hooper TI,DeBakey SF,Lincoln A,Kang HK,Cowan DN,Gackstetter GD

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an epidemiologic study of 6,359 oil shale workers, 1,664 (46.7%) of 3,566 survivors were investigated. No excess of skin disease (as reported in response to a questionnaire) was found in men exposed to oil or dust, whether compared to men who were not exposed to oil or dust or to coalminers. A low prevalence of sim...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Seaton A,Louw SJ,Cowie HA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study measured the validity of work histories obtained by interview with 84 female workers and examined specific factors which influence such validity. This is the first validation of work histories collected by interviews with women. The validity of each interview was assessed over a period of 29 years, from 195...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Brisson C,Vézina M,Bernard PM,Gingras S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The oil and gas extraction industry is rapidly growing due to horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF). This growth has provided new jobs and economic stimulus. The industry occupational fatality rate is 2.5 times higher than the construction industry and 7 times higher than general industry; ho...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Witter RZ,Tenney L,Clark S,Newman LS

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological and experimental work confirms that inorganic lead compounds are associated with increased risks of tumorigenesis. In animals, these risks can be induced at doses that are not associated with organ toxicity and in mice that do not produce alpha-2 urinary globulin in the kidney. Thus the mechanis...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Silbergeld EK,Waalkes M,Rice JM

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：: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：:A death certificate based case-control study of lung cancer in two Ontario cities was performed to estimate the risk of lung cancer attributable to occupation in Ontario, and to estimate the proportion of occupational lung cancers receiving compensation from the Workers' Compensation Board. Occupation and industry wer...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Finkelstein MM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing evidence that exposure to organic solvents can play a role in the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This prospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between RA and toluene exposure. METHODS:The study cohort consisted of Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency data...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Min YS,Lee S,Kim M,Ahn YS

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of baker's asthma with a fatal outcome is described. Clinical features and the circumstances of death are recounted. While the case documents the potential severity of occupational asthma, it also illustrates the difficulties of managing occupational asthma in the absence of good social security. ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ehrlich RI

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bassett Farm Safety and Health Project was started in 1980 when Drs. May and Pratt made clinical observations on respiratory illnesses in farmers. The initial work involved the investigation of clinical syndromes associated with dust exposures and, from there, environmental dust studies. The current scope of work ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pratt DS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Health Hazard Evaluation was conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in an area of a large chemical plant that manufactured the stilbene derivative 4,4'-diaminostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, an intermediate used for the production of optical brightening agents. Men employed in the area...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Quinn MM,Wegman DH,Greaves IA,Hammond SK,Ellenbecker MJ,Spark RF,Smith ER

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00