Under-estimation of self-reported occupational exposure by questionnaire in hospital workers.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO) is a biopersistent surfactant used in the manufacture of several types of fluoropolymers. Based on previous findings of increased serum lipid levels associated with exposure to APFO, we evaluated ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in a cohort of occupationally exposed ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sakr CJ,Symons JM,Kreckmann KH,Leonard RC

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of immune cell number and function with occupational exposure to substances contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). METHODS:A cross sectional medical survey. The exposed participants were employed at two chemical plants between 1951 and 1972 in the manufactur...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Halperin W,Vogt R,Sweeney MH,Shopp G,Fingerhut M,Petersen M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To carry out a comprehensive field investigation to evaluate various conventional and recently developed biomarkers for exposure to low concentrations of benzene. METHODS:Analyses were carried out on environmental air, unmetabolised benzene in blood and urine, urinary trans, transmuconic acid, and three majo...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ong CN,Kok PW,Ong HY,Shi CY,Lee BL,Phoon WH,Tan KT

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Shift-related sleep and sleepiness problems may be due to characteristics of both shifts (ie, day, evening and night shifts) and work schedules (ie, permanent vs rotational schedules). The Bergen Shift Work Sleep Questionnaire (BSWSQ) was used to investigate associations between shift-related sleep problems ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Flo E,Pallesen S,Åkerstedt T,Magerøy N,Moen BE,Grønli J,Nordhus IH,Bjorvatn B

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Vibration white finger (VWF), also known as "occupational Raynaud's phenomenon", is marked by arterial hyperresponsiveness and vasoconstriction during cold stimulation. The impact of tobacco use, and by extension stopping smoking, on the long term course of the disease has been inconclusively characterised. ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cherniack M,Clive J,Seidner A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking cessation and examine the association between cessation and various factors among workers in a nationally representative sample of US adults. METHODS:Data were derived from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey. Prevalence rates were calculated for intere...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yong LC,Luckhaupt SE,Li J,Calvert GM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of enzyme sensitisation in the detergent industry. METHODS:A cross sectional study was conducted in a detergent factory. Sensitisation to enzymes was examined by skin prick and radioallergosorbent (RAST) tests. 76 Workers were tested; 40 in manufacturing, packing, and maintenance, a...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Vanhanen M,Tuomi T,Tiikkainen U,Tupasela O,Voutilainen R,Nordman H

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：: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:To investigate the occurrence of work related respiratory symptoms and to assess the effect of atopy in a group of trainee bakers. METHODS:A prospective study of work related respiratory symptoms among 125 trainee bakers who were investigated with a questionnaire plus skin prick test with wheat flour and al...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： De Zotti R,Bovenzi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Exposure to high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may cause cancer in chimney sweeps and creosote-exposed workers, however, knowledge about exposure to low-molecular-weight PAHs in relation to cancer risk is limited. In this study, we aimed to investigate occupational exposure to the ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Alhamdow A,Essig YJ,Krais AM,Gustavsson P,Tinnerberg H,Lindh CH,Hagberg J,Graff P,Albin M,Broberg K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depressive symptoms are associated with sickness absence, work disability and unemployment, but little is known about worklife expectancy (WLE). This study investigates the impact of depressive symptoms on the WLE of a large sample of Danish employees. METHODS:We used occupational health survey data of 11 96...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Pedersen J,Thorsen SV,Andersen MF,Hanvold TN,Schlünssen V,Bültmann U

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine an association between specific IgE to methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA) and exposure time, atopic history, smoking habits, and total IgE concentrations. METHODS:A cross sectional survey was carried out on a population of 148 workers from two condenser plants using epoxy resin with MTHPA...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yokota K,Johyama Y,Yamaguchi K,Fujiki Y,Takeshita T,Morimoto K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "need for recovery scale" is suggested as an operationalisation for the measurement of (early symptoms of) fatigue at work. Definition of and background on the concept of need for recovery are briefly discussed. Details about scale construction are summarised. Correlations with other relevant measurement scales on...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： van Veldhoven M,Broersen S

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：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:To assess the association between petrochemical exposure and spontaneous abortion, a retrospective epidemiological study in a large petrochemical complex in Beijing, China was conducted. METHODS:Plant employment records identified 3105 women who were married, were 20-44 years of age, and had never smoked. O...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Xu X,Cho SI,Sammel M,You L,Cui S,Huang Y,Ma G,Padungtod C,Pothier L,Niu T,Christiani D,Smith T,Ryan L,Wang L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chronic exposure to high levels of noise may be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. We therefore undertook a quantitative retrospective exposure assessment using predictive statistical modelling to estimate historical exposures to noise among a cohort of 27,499 sawmill workers as part o...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Davies HW,Teschke K,Kennedy SM,Hodgson MR,Demers PA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an epidemiological study rat urinary aeroallergen (RUA) and total dust concentrations were measured at three research establishments. Personal RUA measurements in nine exposure groups over a workshift showed highest exposure for animal technicians (geometric mean (GM) = 32.4 micrograms/m3) and lowest for wo...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nieuwenhuijsen MJ,Gordon S,Tee RD,Venables KM,McDonald JC,Newman Taylor AJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：:Although the neurological and cardiovascular effects of Freons have been extensively described, the respiratory effects have been less well documented. We report four cases of occupational asthma following accidental exposure to bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211) due to release of the contents of a fire extinguis...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Matrat M,Laurence MF,Iwatsubo Y,Hubert C,Joly N,Legrand-Cattan K,L'Huillier JP,Villemain C,Pairon JC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing interest in reducing occupational sitting has resulted in public health efforts to encourage intermittent standing in workplaces. However, concerns have been raised that standing for prolonged periods may expose individuals to new health hazards, including lower limb atherosclerosis. These concerns...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Friel CP,Duran AT,Abdalla M,Unkart JT,Bellettiere J,Sims M,Correa A,Shimbo D,Diaz KM

更新日期：2020-11-03 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: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：:Worldwide, millions of office workers use a computer. Reports of adverse health effects due to computer use have received considerable media attention. This systematic review summarises the evidence for a relationship between the duration of work time spent using the computer and the incidence of hand-arm and neck-sho...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： IJmker S,Huysmans MA,Blatter BM,van der Beek AJ,van Mechelen W,Bongers PM

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Meatpacking remains a hazardous and largely unexamined industry. Despite prevention efforts, laceration injuries, among others, remain high. We estimated the magnitude of associations between transient exposures such as equipment malfunction, performing an unusual work task, rushing, and occurrence of lacera...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lander L,Sorock GS,Stentz TL,Eisen EA,Mittleman M,Hauser R,Perry MJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Male breast cancer is a rare disease of largely unknown aetiology. In addition to genetic and hormone-related risk factors, a large number of environmental chemicals are suspected of playing a role in breast cancer. The identification of occupations or occupational exposures associated with an increased inci...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Villeneuve S,Cyr D,Lynge E,Orsi L,Sabroe S,Merletti F,Gorini G,Morales-Suarez-Varela M,Ahrens W,Baumgardt-Elms C,Kaerlev L,Eriksson M,Hardell L,Févotte J,Guénel P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00