Biomass fuel use for cooking in Sri Lanka: analysis of data from national demographic health surveys.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the one-year prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and associated risk factors in a large sample of Chinese workers in various industrial settings. METHODS:A total of 5,338 (3,632 males and 1,706 females) workers from 13 companies participated in this study. Musculoskeletal symptoms in differ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Yu S,Lu ML,Gu G,Zhou W,He L,Wang S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Occupational health researchers can play a pivotal role in increasing our understanding of the role of physical and psychosocial working conditions in producing socioeconomic health disparities and trends of increasing socioeconomic health disparities, contributing to interventions to reduce such dispariti...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Landsbergis PA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance of cause-specific mortality patterns by occupation and industry through the use of death certificate records is a simple and relatively inexpensive approach to the generation of leads as to potential occupational disease problems. Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dubrow R,Sestito JP,Lalich NR,Burnett CA,Salg JA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standardized proportionate mortality ratio (SPMR) was found to be 2.2 (95% CI = 1.3-3.5) for esophageal cancer (EC) among workers exposed to refractory brick dust in a large iron-steel complex in China. METHODS:A nested case-control design within a cohort of industrial workers. One hundred and twenty-five E...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pan G,Takahashi K,Feng Y,Liu L,Liu T,Zhang S,Liu N,Okubo T,Goldsmith DF

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The healthy survivor effect is a selection process whereby healthy workers are selectively retained in the work force while unhealthy workers are removed. Understanding this phenomenon is integral to the accurate assessment of exposure effects in occupational cohorts. To date, scarce information has been pub...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Baillargeon J,Wilkinson GS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the determinants of susceptibility to the irritant effects of sodium borate in 18 responsive workers identified through repeated self-reports of nasal irritation. For each worker, susceptibility was characterized by two features; reactivity and sensitivity, as estimated from the slope and intercept...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Woskie SR,Eisen EE,Wegman DH,Hu X,Kriebel D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the sustainability of the agricultural workforce has been threatened by the high prevalence of back pain, developing effective interventions to reduce its burden within farming will contribute to the long-term health and productivity of workers. Passive back-support exoskeletons are being explored as an i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Thamsuwan O,Milosavljevic S,Srinivasan D,Trask C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Farmworkers in the US largely consist of young undocumented Hispanics with a median education of 6 years and limited English skills. The High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety bilingual pesticide risk reduction program, which complied with the Worker Protection Standard for migra...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Vela Acosta MS,Chapman P,Bigelow PL,Kennedy C,Buchan RM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hotel room cleaners have physically demanding jobs that place them at high risk for shoulder pain. Psychosocial work factors may also play a role in shoulder pain, but their independent role has not been studied in this group. METHODS:Seventy-four percent (941 of 1,276) of hotel room cleaners from five Las ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Burgel BJ,White MC,Gillen M,Krause N

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Many professional emergency responders (ERs) who belong to the Korean National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have been cross-trained and serve multiple roles. As such, firefighters and other ERs in Korea are exposed to similar occupational hazards. This study was conducted to estimate cancer morbidity i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ahn YS,Jeong KS,Kim KS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure evaluation for epidemiology has special requirements, which can be derived from the pharmacological processes that determine the exposure-effect relationship. Since environmental concentrations of toxic agents typically are highly variable over time, the tissue concentrations they produce will vary over time,...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Smith TJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of biopesticides in agriculture may implicate new risks of work-related allergic reactions. METHODS:Sera were tested from the BIOGART project, a longitudinal respiratory health study among >300 Danish greenhouse workers. IgE was measured by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with extracts of biopesticide prod...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Doekes G,Larsen P,Sigsgaard T,Baelum J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the epidemiological features of the accidents and illnesses in smelters and foundries affiliated with Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social for the year 1977. The accident rate per 100 workers was 26, which was second to mining among all industries listed; this rate is almost double that for all fact...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Cuellar A

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For various reasons, data on smoking are frequently missing, or only partially available, in retrospective epidemiologic studies of occupational risk factors. In such situations, indirect methods may be used to evaluate the magnitude and direction of the potentially confounding effects of smoking. Such an evaluation c...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Axelson O,Steenland K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workers in poultry processing and pork meatpacking have high rates of acute injuries and chronic disease among. The presence of zoonotic pathogens in these workplaces may interact with injury. METHODS:We investigated incidence of worker injuries, lacerations, and infections reported by 10 companies from 200...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kyeremateng-Amoah E,Nowell J,Lutty A,Lees PS,Silbergeld EK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to compare job demand-control (JDC) and effort-reward imbalance (ERI) models in examining the association of job stress with work-related musculoskeletal symptoms and to evaluate the utility of a combined model. METHODS:This study analyzed cross-sectional survey data obtained fro...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lee SJ,Lee JH,Gillen M,Krause N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SARS outbreak in 2003 has spawned a major controversy concerning protective performance facemasks for healthcare workers. This study reports a study on in-vivo protective performance of surgical masks and N95 respirators. METHODS:Typical surgical masks and N95 respirators used in Hong Kong hospitals wer...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Li Y,Wong T,Chung J,Guo YP,Hu JY,Guan YT,Yao L,Song QW,Newton E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupational injury experience of the U.S. and Australian construction industries for 1988-1991 was compared to identify similarities and differences in risk and to share information vital for planning strategies for prevention. There were 4,158 deaths in the U.S. and 264 in the Australian construction industries....

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ore T,Stout NA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide, there is rigorous scientific activity concerning the further development of work safety regulations involving airway-sensitizing substances. Technical directives on hazardous substances are enforced in several countries and are being continuously updated. The European Union has established a code ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： van Kampen V,Merget R,Baur X

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated an outbreak of irritative and neurotoxic symptoms associated with exposure to asphalt fumes in a commercial lighting factory; 27 symptomatic female workers were clinically assessed including hematologic testing. When compared with a laboratory reference group (n = 107), the workers' mean platelet volum...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Chase RM,Liss GM,Cole DC,Heath B

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative evaluation of worker exposure to silica in nine Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes was conducted, using data derived from OSHA compliance inspections, in order to assess the silica exposure problem in the U.S. The nine SICs studied were those in which OSHA inspections were concentrated. They i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Froines JR,Wegman DH,Dellenbaugh CA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of musculoskeletal disorders in construction remain high. Few studies have described barriers and facilitators to the use of available ergonomic solutions. This paper describes these barriers and facilitators and their relationship to the level of adoption. METHODS:Three analysts rated 16 proposed erg...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dale AM,Jaegers L,Welch L,Barnidge E,Weaver N,Evanoff BA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Process and office workers at a Swedish paper mill (n = 274) and dairy workers (n = 45) were investigated with questionnaires regarding skin symptoms. In the second part of the study, subjects reporting skin symptoms and a random sample of subjects without symptoms were examined and investigated with patch testing. Pr...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Meding B,Torén K,Karlberg AT,Hagberg S,Wass K

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：:Formaldehyde is commonly accepted to be an allergen and irritant. However, specifically diagnosed occupational respiratory diseases caused by formaldehyde are relatively rare. Occupational laryngitis was diagnosed in a 47-year-old dairy foreman. He had been exposed for 9 years to formaldehyde emitted from a milk-packi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Roto P,Sala E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August, 1990, a regional transit authority began removing paint on two overhead bridges on a commuter railroad line running through a residential neighborhood of Lynn, Massachusetts, an industrial city north of Boston. The contracted work involved the sandblasting of existing bridge paint to prepare the surface for...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Prenney B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury is the leading cause of death in adolescence, with the highest rates for 15- to 19-year-olds, an age span also marked, for many, by entry into the workforce. Occupational injuries affecting youth occur in the context of the larger problem of injury affecting children and adolescents. An understanding of the bro...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Christoffel KK

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case-control study, 403 male patients with a diagnosis of "bladder tumor" and (as controls) 426 patients suffering from prostate disease were investigated. The results of this study indicate that past employment as a painter was associated with an excess risk of bladder tumor. The relative risk of bladder tumor e...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Myslak ZW,Bolt HM,Brockmann W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether unionization prevents deterioration in self-reported health and depressive symptoms in late career transitions. METHODS:Data come from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 6475). The change in self-perceived health (SPH) and depressive symptoms (CESD) between wave 11 and wave 12 is explaine...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wels J

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00