Long-term effects on humoral immunity among workers exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).

abstract：:Fluorocarbons are widely used in industry, and manifestations of inhalation toxicity include polymer fume fever, reactive airways dysfunction, and bronchospasm. Only seven cases of alveolitis occurring acutely after inhalation have been reported. This paper presents four cases of toxic pneumonitis due to direct inhala...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Wallace GM,Brown PH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies concerning the association between shift work and drinking problems showed inconsistent results. We used data from a large occupational cohort to examine the association between shift work and different types of drinking behaviour. METHODS:A total of 93 121 non-abstinent workers from the Finnish Pub...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cheng WJ,Härmä M,Koskinen A,Kivimäki M,Oksanen T,Huang MC

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A previous study of the short term effects of air pollution in London from April 1987 to March 1992 found associations between all cause mortality and black smoke and ozone, but no clear evidence of specificity for cardiorespiratory deaths. London data from 1992 to 1994 were analysed to examine the consisten...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bremner SA,Anderson HR,Atkinson RW,McMichael AJ,Strachan DP,Bland JM,Bower JS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have studied cross-shift respiratory responses of several individual bioaerosol components of the dust in the grain and feed industry in Norway. METHODS:Cross-shift changes in lung function and nasal congestion, as well as in respiratory and systemic symptoms of 56 exposed workers and 36 referents, were r...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Straumfors A,Heldal KK,Eduard W,Wouters IM,Ellingsen DG,Skogstad M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified occupational exposure as a painter as 'carcinogenic to humans', largely based on increased risks of bladder and lung cancer. A meta-analysis, including more than 2900 incident cases or deaths from bladder cancer among painters reported in 41 cohort (n=2), ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Guha N,Steenland NK,Merletti F,Altieri A,Cogliano V,Straif K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the sources of high concentrations of particles of < 10 microns diameter (PM10) in classrooms, observed in a previous study on childhood exposure to PM10, and to study the correlation between classroom and outdoor concentrations of mass and elements of PM10. METHODS:Measurements of PM10 were ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Janssen NA,Hoek G,Brunekreef B,Harssema H

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic mucus hypersecretion (CMH) is highly prevalent in smokers and associated with an accelerated lung function decline and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Several risk factors contribute to CMH and to COPD. It is, however, unknown if risk factors for CMH are similar in persons with and with...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dijkstra AE,de Jong K,Boezen HM,Kromhout H,Vermeulen R,Groen HJ,Postma DS,Vonk JM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess sensitivity and specificity of a questionnaire designed to detect neurotoxic symptoms in workers exposed to solvents and in patients with a psycho-organic syndrome. METHODS:The Swedish Q16 is a self administered questionnaire for neurotoxic symptoms. The modified German version consists of 18 ques...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ihrig A,Triebig G,Dietz MC

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：AIMS:To evaluate an epidemiological approach to a national noise hazard surveillance strategy, and report current exposure levels in the Danish workplace. METHODS:A study base of 840 companies in 10 selected high risk industries in the largest county in Denmark was identified from a national register. Noise exposure w...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kock S,Andersen T,Kolstad HA,Kofoed-Nielsen B,Wiesler F,Bonde JP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A hospital based case-control study was conducted between 1992 and 1993 in the province of Brescia, a highly industrialised area in northern Italy, to evaluate occupational risk factors of bladder cancer. METHODS:The study evaluated 355 histologically confirmed cases of bladder cancer (275 men, 80 women) an...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Porru S,Aulenti V,Donato F,Boffetta P,Fazioli R,Cosciani Cunico S,Alessio L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the concentration of urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) among electroplating workers in Taiwan. METHODS:Fifty workers were selected from five chromium (Cr) electroplating plants in central Taiwan. The 20 control subjects were office workers with no previous exposure to Cr. Urinary 8-OHdG conc...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kuo HW,Chang SF,Wu KY,Wu FY

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Agricultural workers are known to have occupational skin diseases. The prevalence and pattern of skin diseases are unknown in Taiwanese fruit farmers. The objective of this study is to determine the work exposure, prevalence of skin diseases, and sensitivity to common skin allergens and agricultural chemical...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Guo YL,Wang BJ,Lee CC,Wang JD

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For the retrospective study of environment and health linkages biomarkers of exposure are required. Polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and furans (PCDD/F) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been useful markers in some settings. This is the first study of PCDD/F body burden in a population based sample fr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Pless-Mulloli T,Edwards R,Howel D,Wood R,Paepke O,Herrmann T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reliable retrospective exposure assessment continues to be a challenge in most population-based studies. Several methodologies exist for estimating exposures retrospectively, of which case-by-case expert assessment and job-exposure matrices (JEMs) are commonly used. This study evaluated the reliability of ex...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Offermans NS,Vermeulen R,Burdorf A,Peters S,Goldbohm RA,Koeman T,van Tongeren M,Kauppinen T,Kant I,Kromhout H,van den Brandt PA

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:To assess whether CFS-like caseness (meeting the criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)) predicts work status in the long term. METHODS:Prospective study in a sample of fatigued employees absent from work. Data were collected at baseline and four years later, and included CFS-like caseness and work stat...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Huibers MJ,Leone SS,Kant IJ,Knottnerus JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Between 2001 and 2010, six research groups conducted coordinated multiyear, prospective studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence in US workers from various industries and collected detailed subject-level exposure information with follow-up symptom, physical examination, electrophysiological measures...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Harris-Adamson C,Eisen EA,Dale AM,Evanoff B,Hegmann KT,Thiese MS,Kapellusch JM,Garg A,Burt S,Bao S,Silverstein B,Gerr F,Merlino L,Rempel D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the effects of smoking and personal hygienic behaviour on blood lead (BPb) and free erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels (FEP) in lead exposed workers. METHODS:Subjects were 105 lead exposed male workers in a battery recycling plant during the years 2000-03. BPb and FEP were measured as part of the on...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Karita K,Nakao M,Ohwaki K,Yamanouchi Y,Nishikitani M,Nomura K,Sato M,Yano E

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess if improvement of working conditions related to heat stress was associated with improved kidney health outcomes among sugarcane harvest workers in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, a region heavily affected by the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin. METHODS:Based on our findings du...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Glaser J,Hansson E,Weiss I,Wesseling C,Jakobsson K,Ekström U,Apelqvist J,Lucas R,Arias Monge E,Peraza S,Hogstedt C,Wegman DH

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether hourly changes in fine particle (PM(2.5), diameter<2.5 microm) exposure or outdoor particle concentrations are associated with rapid ischaemic responses. METHODS:41 non-smoking elderly people with coronary heart disease were followed up with biweekly clinic visits in Helsinki, Finland. T...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lanki T,Hoek G,Timonen KL,Peters A,Tiittanen P,Vanninen E,Pekkanen J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the acute systemic inflammatory response to welding fume exposure. METHODS:Twenty four welders (42% smokers) and 13 non-exposed controls (23% smokers) were monitored at a welding school. Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) was assessed using cyclone samplers. Markers of systemic inflammatio...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kim JY,Chen JC,Boyce PD,Christiani DC

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：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：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:Previous research has produced conflicting evidence on the relative merits of advancing and delaying shift systems. The current study assessed the effects of the direction of shift rotation within 8 hour systems, upon a range of measures including sleep, on shift alertness, physical health, and psychological...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tucker P,Smith L,Macdonald I,Folkard S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Both ambient ozone and temperature are associated with human health. However, few data are available on whether ozone modifies temperature effects. This study aims to explore whether ozone modified associations between maximum temperature and cardiovascular mortality in the USA. METHODS:The authors obtained...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ren C,Williams GM,Morawska L,Mengersen K,Tong S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Introduced in the UK in 2010, the fit note was designed to address the problem of long-term sickness absence. We explored (1) associations between demographic variables and fit note receipt, 'maybe fit' use and long-term conditions, (2) whether individuals with long-term conditions receive more fit notes and...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dorrington S,Carr E,Stevelink SAM,Dregan A,Whitney D,Durbaba S,Ashworth M,Mykletun A,Broadbent M,Madan I,Hatch S,Hotopf M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00