Work-related psychosocial and mechanical risk factors for low back pain: a 3-year follow-up study of the general working population in Norway.

abstract：:The hypothesis that asphalt workers are at increased risk of mortality from industrial accidents and other external causes was tested. Mortality rates for external and violent causes of death in a cohort of asphalt industry employees from seven European countries and Israel were compared to that of the general populat...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Burstyn I,Boffetta P,Järvholm B,Partanen T,Svane O,Langård S,Kauppinen T,Stücker I,Shaham J,Heederik D,Ahrens W,Bergdahl I,Cenée S,Hooiveld M,Randem BG,Johansen C,Ferro G,Kromhout H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate excess mortality during heat waves and cold spells, and to identify vulnerable population groups by age and cause of death. METHODS:Daily mortality in Moscow, Russia from all non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory causes between January 2000 and February 2006 was analysed. Mortality and ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Revich B,Shaposhnikov D

更新日期：2008-10-01 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 examine the relation between congenital heart defects (CHDs) in offspring and estimated maternal occupational exposure to chlorinated solvents, aromatic solvents and Stoddard solvent during the period from 1 month before conception through the first trimester. METHODS:The study population included mothers...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Gilboa SM,Desrosiers TA,Lawson C,Lupo PJ,Riehle-Colarusso TJ,Stewart PA,van Wijngaarden E,Waters MA,Correa A,National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:More than 400,000 workers annually receive a measurable radiation dose and may be at increased risk of radiation-induced leukaemia. It is unclear whether leukaemia risk is elevated with protracted, low-dose exposure. OBJECTIVE:We conducted a meta-analysis examining the relationship between protracted low-dose ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Daniels RD,Schubauer-Berigan MK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four workers chronically exposed to elemental mental mercury in a lampsocket manufacturing factory were studied. The clinical manifestations were severe in one, mild in another, and suspicious in the remaining two. Correlation between severity of clinical features and increased urinary mercury concentrations was found...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yang YJ,Huang CC,Shih TS,Yang SS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community based case-control studies are an efficient means to study disease aetiologies, and may be the only practical means to investigate rare diseases. However, exposure assessment remains problematic. We review the literature on the validity and reliability of common case-control exposure assessment methods: occu...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Teschke K,Olshan AF,Daniels JL,De Roos AJ,Parks CG,Schulz M,Vaughan TL

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：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 occurrence of sick building syndrome in a tropical city, and its relation to indoor air quality and other factors. METHODS:2856 office workers in 56 randomly selected public and private sector buildings were surveyed. The study consisted of a self administered questionnaire assessing symp...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ooi PL,Goh KT,Phoon MH,Foo SC,Yap HM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Limited evidence suggests the association between severity of acute occupational pesticide poisoning and depressive symptoms in farmers. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between occupational pesticide exposure and depressive symptoms among male farmers in South Korea. METHODS:A natio...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kim J,Ko Y,Lee WJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the mortality experience of a cohort of employees in the UK silica sand industry exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS). METHODS:A retrospective cohort mortality study followed all workers to 2001 with at least one year's employment at one of seven UK silica sand producing quarries between 195...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brown TP,Rushton L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the mortality from non-respiratory cancers by work area among active and retired male workers of the German rubber industry. METHODS:A cohort of 11,633 male German workers was followed up for mortality from 1 January 1981 to 31 December 1991. Cohort members were active (n = 7536) or retired (n ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Straif K,Weiland SK,Werner B,Chambless L,Mundt KA,Keil U

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore whether the inhalation of coal mine dust increases the risk of premature death in miners, a survival analysis was conducted in a cohort of 2738 patients with simple pneumoconiosis in the Huai-Bei coal mine, in China. METHODS:Age specific mortalities were calculated by disease severity in terms of...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yi Q,Zhang Z

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relation between exposure to acid anhydrides and the risk of developing immediate skin prick test responses to acid anhydride human serum albumin (AA-HSA) conjugates or work related respiratory symptoms; to assess whether these relations are modified by atopy or smoking. METHODS:A cohort of 5...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Barker RD,van Tongeren MJ,Harris JM,Gardiner K,Venables KM,Newman Taylor AJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the hypothesis that long term exposure to excessive noise can increase the risk of ischaemic heart disease. METHODS:A case-control design, nested within a cohort of nuclear power workers employed at two sites in England over the period 1950-98, was used. Cases were men who died from ischaemic heart...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McNamee R,Burgess G,Dippnall WM,Cherry N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Animal evidence shows that N-nitrosamines and similar xenobiotic compounds are pancreatic carcinogens. We aimed to determine whether occupational exposure to N-nitrosamines or to pesticides increases risk of pancreatic cancer development. METHODS:Participants (504 cases, 643 controls) in a population-based ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Fritschi L,Benke G,Risch HA,Schulte A,Webb PM,Whiteman DC,Fawcett J,Neale RE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine if the occurrence of different cancers was increased among rubber workers, as the highest known exposures of humans to nitrosamines have occurred in the rubber industry. METHODS:A cohort of 8933 rubber workers (hired after 1 January 1950, still active or retired on 1 January 1981 and employed for...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Straif K,Weiland SK,Bungers M,Holthenrich D,Taeger D,Yi S,Keil U

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve interventions that aim to promote return to work (RTW) of workers with common mental disorders (CMD), insight into modifiable predictors of RTW is needed. This study tested the predictive value of self-efficacy change for RTW in addition to preintervention levels of self-efficacy. RTW self-efficacy was meas...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lagerveld SE,Brenninkmeijer V,Blonk RW,Twisk J,Schaufeli WB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy still exists about the breast carcinogenic properties in humans of environmental xenoestrogens (organochlorines), justifying new investigations. AIMS:To compare the blood levels of total dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in samples collected at the time of breast ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Charlier C,Albert A,Herman P,Hamoir E,Gaspard U,Meurisse M,Plomteux G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Animal studies suggest that exposure to pesticides may alter thyroid function; however, few epidemiologic studies have examined this association. We evaluated the relationship between individual pesticides and thyroid function in 679 men enrolled in a substudy of the Agricultural Health Study, a cohort of li...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lerro CC,Beane Freeman LE,DellaValle CT,Kibriya MG,Aschebrook-Kilfoy B,Jasmine F,Koutros S,Parks CG,Sandler DP,Alavanja MCR,Hofmann JN,Ward MH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether exposure to cobalt in cobalt plants has any measurable effect on the cardiovascular system. METHODS:Occupational, cross sectional study, using a self administered questionnaire, blood pressure measurement, electrocardiography, and laboratory tests in which 203 male workers with at least one...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Linna A,Oksa P,Groundstroem K,Halkosaari M,Palmroos P,Huikko S,Uitti J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to quantitatively synthesise available epidemiological evidence on the prevalence rates of workplace violence (WPV) by patients and visitors against healthcare workers. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase and Web of Science from their inception to October 2018, as well as the reference lists of all includ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Liu J,Gan Y,Jiang H,Li L,Dwyer R,Lu K,Yan S,Sampson O,Xu H,Wang C,Zhu Y,Chang Y,Yang Y,Yang T,Chen Y,Song F,Lu Z

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to assess whether contaminated personal clothing worn beneath a coverall (normal workwear) is a source of potentially significant dermal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coal liquefaction workers. METHODS:An intervention study was conducted over a two week peri...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Quinlan R,Kowalczyk G,Gardiner K,Calvert I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Occupational dust exposure has been associated with accelerated lung function decline, which in turn is associated with overall morbidity and mortality. In the current study, we assess potential benefits on lung function of hypothetical interventions that would reduce occupational exposure to fine particulate...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Neophytou AM,Costello S,Picciotto S,Noth EM,Liu S,Lutzker L,Balmes JR,Hammond K,Cullen MR,Eisen EA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prenatal occupational exposure to pesticides has been associated with male reproductive tract abnormalities. Little is known about the possible impact of non-occupational pesticide exposure on fetal and child development in the general population. Using data from a nationwide birth cohort, we aimed to assess...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cognez N,Warembourg C,Zaros C,Metten MA,Bouvier G,Garlantézec R,Charles MA,Béranger R,Chevrier C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the association between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and immunological measurements using blood samples from coke oven workers exposed to high and low PAH levels. METHODS:A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 2008-2009 with coke oven workers and stee...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jeng HA,Pan CH,Diawara N,Chang-Chien GP,Lin WY,Huang CT,Ho CK,Wu MT

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether employees in the automobile industry in Michigan are at elevated risk of urinary bladder cancer. METHODS:The authors conducted a population-based case-control study including 418 cases and 571 controls. History of employment within the automobile industry was coded according to the US C...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kobrosly RW,Meliker JR,Nriagu JO

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) had been shown to be a useful early marker of renal injury. In workers exposed to lead it seems to be the only early marker but the dose response and dose effect relations are weak. Furthermore, the significance and underlying mechanism of increased urinary NAG activity is...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Chia KS,Mutti A,Tan C,Ong HY,Jeyaratnam J,Ong CN,Lee E

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Inflammatory biomarkers are associated with negative health outcomes. In this study, we investigated the associations between airborne occupational exposures and levels and changes in inflammatory biomarkers. METHODS:We included 79 604 adults at baseline from the Lifelines cohort of which 48 403 (60.8%) s...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Faruque MO,Vonk JM,Bültmann U,Boezen HM

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00