The essential oil of turpentine and its major volatile fraction (alpha- and beta-pinenes): a review.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Musicians represent a very specific professional group, which due to some occupational hazards is exposed to different health problems known as playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs). The aim of this study was to assess correlations between the level of physical activity, and the occurrence of mus...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Nawrocka A,Mynarski W,Powerska A,Grabara M,Groffik D,Borek Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to evaluate the immune status of health care workers against varicella zoster in a university hospital in Teheran, Iran, and to compare the history of chickenpox infection with the presence of varicella antibodies in this population. METHODS:Serologic testing for varicella was perfor...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Talebi-Taher M,Noori M,Shamshiri AR,Barati M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to assess muscle fatigue for kitchen workers during various tasks in a kitchen. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This study consists of 2 phases: a) surface electromyography (EMG) to determine muscle fatigue of trapezius and erector spinae muscles bilaterally for 12 healthy male volunteers during 30 min...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Subramaniam S,Murugesan S,Jayaraman S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Over the last 20 years, tertiary institutions have been subjected to several changes. This has resulted in increased workloads for academics. Some academics have started to experience symptoms that are related to chronic fatigue syndrome and burnout. Researchers, however, cannot agree whether the 2 syndromes...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Coetzee N,Maree DJF,Smit BN

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In healthy people, the vibrotactile perception threshold (VPT) at fingertips depends on a given measurement method and on individual characteristics such as age, gender and finger skin temperature. The aim of the study was to compare the VPT values in 2 groups of healthy subjects with different finger skin t...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Harazin B,Harazin-Lechowska A,Kałamarz J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the work environment, chemical stressors coexists frequently with physical or psychological stressors. The purpose of the present experiment was to find out whether the effects of a repeated exposure to chlorphenvinphos (CVP), an organophosphorus pesticide, could be modified by a concurrent exposure to restraint, a...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Gralewicz S,Wiaderna D,Lutz P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to evaluate urinary mutagenicity in workers employed in a major chemical plant located near Rouen (France) that produces dichlorobenzidine and azo dyes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Samples were obtained from 47 male workers aged 38.9+/-11.3 years (range, 21-58 years), mean duration of emp...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Guerbet M,Brisorgueuil E,Jolibois B,Caillard JF,Gehanno JF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study has been to analyze the epidemiological data on sharp injuries among health care workers before and after the implementation of regulations related to the conduct of the register of sharp injuries. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We hypothesized that the introduction of legislation would change th...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Garus-Pakowska A,Górajski M,Szatko F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pumped storage power plant produces significant noise such that adjacent areas were deemed uninhabitable for the local population. In recent years, the population in the area has increased, and the noise levels are now causing significant distress to the local population. The company operating the power plant and a ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Wallner P,Hutter HP,Moshammer H

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors formulated a hypothesis that, on completion of the training program by cadets, their vestibular habituation would increase, measured by the time of the duration of the test on the unlocked looping, in contrast to the initial values and the control group. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The research involve...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Wochyński Z,Krawczyk P,Cur K

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety-spectrum disorder that affects 1-2% of the adult population. People with OCD are more likely to report impaired social and occupational functioning. Although effective treatments of the OCD exist, many sufferers from this disorder are continuously misdiagnose...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Mojsa-Kaja J,Golonka K,Gawłowska M

更新日期：2016-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cyclophosphamide (CP) and ifosfamide (IF) are effective anti-cancer drugs but their genotoxicity can harm everyone contacting them occupationally or environmentally. Therefore, a sensitive method for monitoring their amounts in biological and environmental samples is needed. This has aimed to develop a metho...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Lekskulchai V

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is estimated that every third person living in Europe suffers from allergic diseases. Allergies are a growing health problem in Poland where 40% of the population have allergy symptoms, including 12% afflicted with asthma. The actual cost of allergic diseases is difficult to estimate due to the lack or incompletene...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Stróżek J,Samoliński BK,Kłak A,Gawińska-Drużba E,Izdebski R,Krzych-Fałta E,Raciborski F

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential association between occupational stress and musculoskeletal symptoms in firefighters. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Data were collected among Cypriot firefighters through a battery of adapted questionnaires completed anonymously. RESULTS:A total of 430 firefighter...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Soteriades ES,Psalta L,Leka S,Spanoudis G

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the cyto- and genotoxicity of nanocomposites (NCs) and generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a result of particle-cell interactions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Titanium dioxide (TiO(2)-Ag) and ion-exchange resin (Res-Ag), both coated with silver (Ag), were examin...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Wąsowicz W,Cieślak M,Palus J,Stańczyk M,Dziubałtowska E,Stępnik M,Düchler M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe blood lead (Pb-B), cadmium (Cd-B) and mercury (Hg-B) levels in children living in urban, industrial and rural areas in Fez city (north of Morocco) and to identify the determinants and some renal effects of exposure. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study was conducted from June 2007 to January 2008 in 2...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Laamech J,Bernard A,Dumont X,Benazzouz B,Lyoussi B

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study have been to: 1) describe and compare urban and rural injured worker populations in Alberta, Canada; 2) identify return-to-work outcomes in urban and rural populations; 3) examine the relationship between geographic location of residence and recovery from work-related musculoskel...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Lavoie CA,Voaklander D,Beach JR,Gross DP

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoprostanes are a recently discovered group of prostaglandin isomers. Results of previous studies suggest that they can be used as oxidative stress markers, because in a number of cardiovascular, pulmonary and neurological diseases their levels in biological samples considerably increase. It has been found that peopl...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Czerska M,Zieliński M,Gromadzińska J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at determining blood concentrations of lead (B-Pb) and cadmium (B-Cd) in a group of 1215 healthy blood donors (895 males, 320 females) and 758 children (397 boys, 361 girls) aged 10 years, sampled in 1996-1998 in four districts of the Czech Republic. The analysis was performed using atomic absorption ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Cerná M,Spevácková V,Benes B,Cejchanová M,Smíd J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoprostanes are prostaglandin-like compounds that are produced by free radical mediated peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids. There is a direct evidence showing that F2-isoprostanes can be utilized as a marker of lipid peroxidation due to the mechanism of their formation (nonenzymatic oxidation of arachidonic ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Piłacik B,Nofer TW,Wasowicz W

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes, T-cells (CD3+), T-helper (CD4+) and T-suppressor (CD8+) as well as NK-cells (CD16+) counts were determined in the peripheral blood of 81 males occupationally exposed to metallic mercury vapours and of 36 non-exposed males using monoclonal antibodies in indirect immunofluorescence tests. Mean weighted merc...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Moszczyński P,Słowiński S,Rutkowski J,Bem S,Jakus-Stoga D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A precise diagnosis of initial reticular forms of pneumoconioses is very difficult. The present study focuses on 30 patients with initial reticular forms of silicosis, asbestos induced interstitial lung fibrosis, mixed dust pneumoconioses and pneumoconioses of electrowelders. The anterior-posterior chest radiography (...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Petrova E,Petkov D,Shoshkov P,Nachev C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was comparison of cancer incidence risk of lungs, stomach, colon, bladder and kidneys from ex-miners of black coal mines and the general male population of the Czech Republic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The analysis was conducted in two cohorts of ex-miners according to the presence of coalwo...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Tomaskova H,Jirak Z,Splichalova A,Urban P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors aimed to characterize the current evidence base regarding musicians' musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS), in order to identify gaps for future research. A systematic search was conducted to identify peer-review studies published in English in 2007-2016 that investigated musicians' MSS. Narrative reviews, case r...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Stanhope J,Tooher R,Pisaniello D,Weinstein P

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:High doses of synthetic antioxidative vitamins: A, E, C and β-carotene are often used on long-term basis in numerous preventive and therapeutic medical applications. Instead of expected health effects, the use of those vitamins may however lead to cases of hypervitaminosis and even to intoxication. The article points ...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Rutkowski M,Grzegorczyk K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be work-related. It has been estimated that 15% of the population burden of COPD is attributable to occupational exposure. However, in Poland COPD is rarely recognized as an occupational disease. The aim of the study has been to analyze the causes of the low p...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Kleniewska A,Walusiak-Skorupa J,Lipińska-Ojrzanowska A,Szcześniak K,Wiszniewska M

更新日期：2018-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to verify the influence of a specific exercise program on the strength and resistance levels of lumbar flexors and extensors in warehouse workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The population used in this randomized controlled trial included 557 warehouse male workers from a food distributi...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Carvalho Mesquita C,Ribeiro JC,Moreira P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important causative factors of many lung diseases, for instance pulmonary emphysema, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), lung fibrosis or rejection of transplanted lung. Moreover, recent data show that these molecules also play some physiological roles including signal transdu...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Piotrowski WJ,Marczak J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The working environment is the special case of the non-natural environment created by man in which the increased production activity brings about the concentration of stimulators particularly aggressive to the human organism, such as chemical hazards, noise, vibration, extreme temperatures, and finally, intensified ps...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Skowroń J,Czerczak S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate existing research on the environmental health of children and provide a prioritised list of risk factors and policy recommendations for action, the Policy Interpretation Network on Children's Health and Environment (PINCHE) was set up within EU FP5 (QLK4-2002-02395). The project focused on air po...

journal_title：International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health

authors： Zuurbier M,Lundqvist C,Salines G,Stansfeld S,Hanke W,Babisch W,Bistrup ML,van den Hazel P,Moshammer H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00