MPH program at Manipal University, India-experiences, challenges, and lessons learned.

abstract：:In the course of a health screening for construction carpenters, 127 subjects underwent blood lead testing, administration of detailed questionnaires, and in vivo measurement of bone lead levels with a 109Cd K-X-ray fluorescence (K-XRF) instrument. The mean age of subjects was 48.5 (SD = 9.8) years. Blood lead levels ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Watanabe H,Hu H,Rotnitzky A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report completes a previous study made on three chloralkali plants that was presented at the 8th International Conference on Occupational Health in the Chemical Industry, Tokyo, 1980, with the final results from five plants located in various regions of Italy. A total of 14,339 measurements of mercury in a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Mattiussi R,Armeli G,Bareggi V

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Occupational health studies of agricultural workers have generally excluded migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and this population experiences a high degree of health risk from agricultural exposures. A survey of dermatologic disorders among migrant and seasonal farmworkers will be used to illustrate this point. Data f...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schenker MB,McCurdy SA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhalational exposure to zinc oxide fumes is associated with metal fume fever, a self-limited but very uncomfortable condition closely resembling influenza. Very little is known regarding the toxicokinetics of inhaled zinc, making the interpretation of zinc measurements in serum and urine problematic. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Martin CJ,Le XC,Guidotti TL,Yalcin S,Chum E,Audette RJ,Liang C,Yuan B,Zhang X,Wu J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attitudes of occupational health care professionals toward smoking and their activity to address smoking issues were investigated by a questionnaire survey. Data were also collected on employees' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and on smoking policies that existed in workplaces. Questionnaires were mailed to a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Heloma A,Reijula K,Tikkanen J,Nykyri E

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyvinyl chloride plastics (PVC), made flexible through the addition of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), are used in the production of a wide array of medical devices. From the late 1960s, leaching of DEHP from PVC medical devices and ultimate tissue deposition have been documented. METHODS:A critical rev...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tickner JA,Schettler T,Guidotti T,McCally M,Rossi M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of long working hours on health has been of major concern since the late 19th Century. Working hours are again increasing in the US. METHODS:An overview of historical, sociological, and health-related research presented at an international conference on long working hours is discussed as an intro...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Johnson JV,Lipscomb J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite their legal rights, individuals with disabilities face numerous obstacles to integration in the workplace which can result in their discharge from the labor force. Currently occupational physicians have few resources to help decide whether to integrate disabled workers in pre-placement, or in cases o...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rinsky-Halivni L,Lerman Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Harvesting of blueberries is associated with musculoskeletal injury. This study assessed the effects of several alternative designs of the harvesting rake. METHODS:A community-based work team selected rake design for intervention and pilot tested potential design modifications to the blueberry harvesting ra...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： May J,Hawkes L,Jones A,Burdick P,Ginley B,Santiago B,Rowland M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention to psychosocial hazards in work environments should become an increasingly important component of occupational safety and health interventions. Research findings have linked a number of measurable psychosocial characteristics with negative psychological and physiological consequences. Some serious physical h...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Cahill J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small retail businesses experience high robbery and violent crime rates leading to injury and death. Workplace violence prevention programs (WVPP) based on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design reduce this risk, but low small business participation limits their effectiveness. Recent dissemination mod...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bruening RA,Strazza K,Nocera M,Peek-Asa C,Casteel C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Swedish cohort of workers (n = 6,454) from seven aluminum foundries and three secondary aluminum (scrap) smelters there was no overall excess risk of cancer among male or female workers less than 85 years of age (males: 325 observed cases, standardized incidence ratio (SIR) 1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.91...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Seldén AI,Westberg HB,Axelson O

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the findings of a case-control study of lung cancer among workers at a rubber manufacturing plant. Detailed work histories of 40 lung cancer deaths, which occurred during 1977 and 1978, were compared with those of 146 controls who were individually matched to cases on age, sex, and race; 66 of the...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Andjelkovich DA,Abdelghany N,Mathew RM,Blum S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional prevalence study of 120 public school custodians was carried out. The purposes were 1) to investigate the prevalence of asbestos-related disease in a group of custodians at risk for asbestos exposure in public schools and 2) to determine the proportion with disease attributable to exposures in school...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Oliver LC,Sprince NL,Greene R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study on work with video screen equipment during pregnancy has been made for three cohorts of women, identified with the aid of occupational codes in the census, linked to the Medical Birth Registry and a registry containing information on women hospitalized for spontaneous abortion. Five hundred and tw...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ericson A,Källén B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major French chlorine chemical plant (chlor-alkali process with diaphragm cell and manufacturing of organochlorine chemicals) has used or produced known or suspected carcinogenic compounds. METHODS:A cohort study, based on the plant occupational health service and the regional cancer registry, analyzed th...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bonneterre V,Mathern G,Pelen O,Balthazard AL,Delafosse P,Mitton N,Colonna M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few population-based studies addressing hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) in the United States. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has nationally comprehensive longitudinal mortality data that can contribute to a better understanding of the epidemiology of HP. METHOD...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bang KM,Weissman DN,Pinheiro GA,Antao VC,Wood JM,Syamlal G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine disparities between job control scores in Black and White subjects and attempt to discern whether self-rated low job control in Blacks may arise from structural segregation into different jobs, or represents individual responses to race-based discrimination in hiring or promotion. METHODS:Data fr...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Meyer JD

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Correct identification of wayside signal colors is critical for safe operation of railway equipment. However, evaluating color discrimination using just a screening test may not be occupationally relevant. METHODS:A lantern test (CNLAN) was designed to provide a functional assessment of color discrimination...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hovis JK,Oliphant D

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay may underestimate endotoxins because only soluble endotoxins are determined. The solubility of endotoxins was, therefore, studied in two species of Gram-negative bacteria. METHODS:Cultures were grown in serum broth, cells were harvested by centrifugation and washed i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Eduard W,Westby MH,Larsson L

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nickel (Ni) compounds have been classified as carcinogenic to humans. The aim of the study is to evaluate exposures to Ni at workplaces in Italy. METHODS:Data on Ni compounds were collected from an occupational exposure registry. Statistical analysis was carried out for exposure-related variables. The numbe...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Scarselli A,Di Marzio D,Marinaccio A,Iavicoli S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most daunting problem in community-based studies of occupational cancer is retrospective exposure assessment. To avoid the error involved in using job title as the exposure variable or self-report of exposure, our team developed an approach based on expert judgment applied to job descriptions obtained by interview...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Siemiatycki J,Fritschi L,Nadon L,Gérin M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss is a significant and unfortunately common occupational malady. Over the past several decades both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have initiated efforts to better understand and to limit the occurrence of occupa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： May JJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate whether job strain had an effect on the risk of occupational injury of workers at small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies. METHODS:We conducted a prospective follow-up survey and finally 1,209 workers in South Korea were included in this study. At time X1, we ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kim HC,Min JY,Min KB,Park SG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an effort to identify health and safety training needs for various groups of workers related to weapons of mass destruction, including chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons and high yield explosives (CBRNE), a conference, "Worker Training in a New Era: Responding to New Threats," was hel...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Mitchell CS,Doyle ML,Moran JB,Lippy B,Hughes JT Jr,Lum M,Agnew J

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Pre-placement testing was implemented during World War II. Its current use has been reshaped by economic factors, litigation, legislation, and advances in medicine. In response to a request from a local industry intent upon lowering their work-related injuries, a post-offer screening program was developed an...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Harbin G,Olson J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fact-finding surveys of workers occupationally exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the production of silk thread or of paint were carried out. Some of the workers showed higher PCB levels in the plasma than typical yusho patients. Gas chromatographic patterns of their PCBs were shown to match the pattern of...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Takamatsu M,Oki M,Maeda K,Inoue Y,Hirayama H,Yoshizuka K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated how night shift duration and sleep problems were jointly associated with disabling low back pain (LBP) among workers in different occupations. METHODS:An online-survey was conducted regarding work schedules, disabling LBP, sleep problems, and other relevant factors in 5,008 workers who were ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Takahashi M,Matsudaira K,Shimazu A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00