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abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 1987 and 1992, the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) initiated and implemented the Asbestos Program that aimed at reducing asbestos-related risks. It was a cooperative effort between government authorities, labor market organizations, and health care and labor protection personnel. MET...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Huuskonen MS,Rantanen J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive K-X-ray fluorescence (K-XRF) instrument was used to measure lead levels in the tibia and patella on a series of twelve subjects who had relatively well-documented histories of lead exposure and blood lead levels. For some subjects, K-XRF measurements were taken at multiple points in time, and before and af...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hu H,Pepper L,Goldman R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Construction is a hazardous occupation, with Latino (Hispanic) workers at a greater risk for death than other ethnicities/races. Latinos accounted for over half of construction injuries involving days away from work in Nevada in 2006. METHODS:This study recruited 30 Latino construction workers from three So...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Menzel NN,Gutierrez AP

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While blood lead concentration has been inversely associated with indicators of reproductive health in occupationally exposed male workers, the utility of lead concentration in semen as an indicator of lead exposure to the male reproductive system has not been fully explored. Blood and semen lead concentrations from 8...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Alexander BH,Checkoway H,Faustman EM,van Netten C,Muller CH,Ewers TG

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A beryllium materials manufacturer is conducting a limited pilot program that offers testing for HLA-DP beta 1E69 with genetic counseling through a third party to applicants for employment. An important consideration in this regard is the prevalence of this marker in the general population, and its consequen...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weston A,Ensey J,Kreiss K,Keshava C,McCanlies E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologists eligible for inclusion in the study were identified from the membership lists of the Royal College of Pathologists from 1974 to 1987, establishing a population of 4,512 members. Overall mortality was lower among the study group compared with the general population of England and Wales, although there were...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hall A,Harrington JM,Aw TC

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:This Working Group was assembled to review and evaluate methods currently used to estimate work site exposures to biological agents and to present recommendations on suitable measurement strategies. The current state of exposure assessment was evaluated for environments with organic dust including agriculture, compost...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Thorne PS,Duchaine C,Douwes J,Eduard W,Górny R,Jacobs R,Reponen T,Schierl R,Szponar B

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The roles of age, length of service and job in various work-related injury types are unknown and deserve investigations among female workers. This study assessed their roles in the occurrence of injury. METHODS:Three-year prospective study of all 22,952 permanently employed women at the French national rail...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Chau N,Dehaene D,Benamghar L,Bourgkard E,Mur JM,Touron C,Wild P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate indoor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in bars and restaurants and identify the main determinants of airborne PAH concentrations. METHODS:This study included 57 bars/restaurants in Santiago, Chile. PAH concentrations (ng/m(3) ) were measured using photoelectric aerosol sensor...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Muñoz C,Droppelmann A,Erazo M,Aceituno P,Orellana C,Parro J,Mesias S,Marchetti N,Navas-Acien A,Iglesias V

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geographic analysis is now integral to public health surveillance, but has been underused for occupational injury/illness. METHODS:Mapping and spatial statistics are used to examine national county-level mean establishment Lost Workday Injury/Illness (LWDII) rates in the Occupational Safety and Health Admin...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Neff RA,Curriero FC,Burke TA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several research projects on work-related respiratory diseases have been conducted in Finland. One of the largest, "Farmers' Occupational Health Programme," was conducted by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland during 1973-1983 in cooperation with Kuopio Regional Institute of Occupational Health and the Nationa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Terho EO

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cigarette smoke and asbestos are recognized causes of lung carcinoma and together promote carcinogenesis. Adenocarcinoma is currently the most common cause of lung cancer in the USA and it has been linked to both smoking and asbestos exposure. Mutations in the epidermal growth factor gene receptor (EGFR) occ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kradin RL,Iafrate J,Christiani DC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using occupational data for more than 500 patients with cancers of the biliary tract (CBT) diagnosed between 1980 and 1984 in Shanghai, and employment information from the 1982 census for the Shanghai population, the associations between CBT and occupational categories were examined by standardized incidence ratios (S...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Chow WH,Ji BT,Dosemeci M,McLaughlin JK,Gao YT,Fraumeni JF Jr

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence from animal studies indicates that organic extracts of diesel particulate are mutagenic and carcinogenic. Of four animal inhalation studies, two have been positive and two have been largely negative. The most recent data indicate that inhalation studies may be positive only with high doses of exhaust. Hum...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Steenland K

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess changes in work characteristics, socioeconomic status inequalities in changes in work characteristics, and whether US workplaces are becoming more stressful. METHODS:We analyzed data from 5361 employed participants from the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 NIOSH Quality of Work Life Surveys, based on re...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Myers S,Govindarajulu U,Joseph M,Landsbergis P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isasbest Ltd., an asbestos-cement factory in Israel, has established dust-preventive measures, maintained high ecological and medical standards, and assisted afflicted workers suffering from asbestos-related diseases. The problems of the handling of asbestos and its relationship to health should be approached accordin...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Sharon A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prerequisites necessary for attributing lung carcinoma to asbestos, represent a controversial issue. METHODS:Three parameters (occupational history, pleural plaques, and lung asbestos bodies) were investigated in 414 consecutive cases of lung carcinoma, examined at necropsy at the Hospital of Monfalcone...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bianchi C,Brollo A,Ramani L,Zuch C

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards contain mandated medical service provisions. The German Berufsgenossenschaften Guidelines for Preventive Occupational Health Examinations currently comprise 38 guidelines, which contain mandated medical service provisions. Based on a prev...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Straif K,Silverstein M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Total paper dust exposure has been associated with respiratory problems among workers in the soft tissue paper industry. However, a comprehensive job exposure matrix (JEM) has not been developed for application to this industry. Our study was intended to address this need and to support further studies of mo...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Neitzel RL,Andersson M,Lohman S,Sällsten G,Torén K,Andersson E

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tanning industry involves many occupational exposures. This study evaluates proportionate cancer mortality among workers employed in the Belarussian tanning plant in Minsk. METHODS:A total of 768 workers with seniority of not less than 6 months who were hired after January 1, 1953 and died before Decemb...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Veyalkin IV,Milyutin AA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical management of three individuals involved in an exposure incident to whole-body radiation at a nuclear generating plant of a Canadian electrical utility is described. The exposure incident resulted in the two highest whole-body radiation doses ever received in a single event by workers in a Canadian nuclear...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： House RA,Sax SE,Rumack ER,Holness DL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been shown that exposure in intense exposure in swine barn facilities is associated with increased respiratory symptoms and reduction in pulmonary functions. This study investigated if systemic response could be predicted by FEV(1) response following swine barn exposure. METHODS:Naïve males were test...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dosman JA,Fukushima Y,Senthilselvan A,Kirychuk SP,Lawson JA,Pahwa P,Cormier Y,Hurst T,Barber EM,Rhodes CS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few Canadian data sources allow the examination of disparities by ethnicity, language, or immigrant status in occupational exposures or health outcomes. However, it is possible to document the mechanisms that can create disparities, such as the over-representation of population groups in high-risk jobs. We e...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Premji S,Duguay P,Messing K,Lippel K

更新日期：2010-09-01 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:Rates of occupational injury among immigrant workers are widely believed to be underestimated. The goal of this study was to enhance understanding of the burden of occupational injury and the work organization factors underlying injury among immigrant Latino residential construction workers. METHODS:Prospec...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Grzywacz JG,Quandt SA,Marín A,Summers P,Lang W,Mills T,Evia C,Rushing J,Donadio K,Arcury TA

更新日期：2012-08-01 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: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