The effect of over-commitment and reward on trapezius muscle activity and shoulder, head, neck, and torso postures during computer use in the field.

abstract：METHODS:Union administrative records identified 20,642 union carpenters who worked in Washington State from 1989 to 2003. The Department of Labor and Industries provided records of workers' compensation claims and associated medical care. Work-related back claims (n = 4,241) were identified by ANSI codes (back, trunk, ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kucera KL,Lipscomb HJ,Silverstein B,Cameron W

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective measures of exposure furnished by dust monitoring are both costly and time consuming and require a sufficient level of technology. However, they are important in demonstrating exposure-response relationships, in furnishing information necessary to establish environmental control levels, and to assess if inte...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fonn S,Groeneveld HT,deBeer M,Becklake MR

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence regarding the unequal burden of occupational injuries between workers employed by temporary agencies and those in standard employment arrangements is unclear. Studies range from no significant differences in risk to substantial increased risk for temporary workers. The purpose of this study is to co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Smith CK,Silverstein BA,Bonauto DK,Adams D,Fan ZJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV incidence, mortality, and the progression of silicosis and lung function impairment are described over a 1-year period in migrant ex-gold miners from Lesotho. METHODS:Seven hundred seventy-nine Basotho miners were followed for 1 year starting 18 months after lay-off from a Sou...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Park HH,Girdler-Brown BV,Churchyard GJ,White NW,Ehrlich RI

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

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：:Surveillance of pregnancy loss as a way to detect hazardous exposures is attractive in principle. However, there are no established methods for monitoring pregnancy loss in humans. Surveillance is difficult because most loss occurs within the first 12 weeks of gestation, when pregnancy may not be documented or even re...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wilcox AJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UAB-ITREOH program has initiated a skill-based MPH program at Manipal University (MU), India, in 2009, to address the critical need for trained public health professionals and build institutional public health training capacity in the country. METHODS:Funds from Fogarty have supported the curriculum dev...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bhat HV,Kamath R,Arunkumar G,Delzell E,Tipre M,Upadhyay DK,Sathiakumar N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupational histories of fathers were collected prospectively as part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC), and were used to investigate the association of paternal job title with a baby's birth weight and gestational age. The analysis cohort consisted of 4,795 singleton live-born ba...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Shea KM,Farrow A,Little R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community Participatory Approach to Measuring Farmworker Pesticide Exposure, PACE3, used a longitudinal design to document pesticide biomarkers among farmworkers. This article presents an overview of PACE3 and provides a descriptive analysis of participant characteristics and one set of pesticide biomarkers,...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Arcury TA,Grzywacz JG,Chen H,Vallejos QM,Galván L,Whalley LE,Isom S,Barr DB,Quandt SA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a comparative study of pulmonary dysfunction among workers who were exposed to silica, asbestos, or coalmine dust. The results showed that all three groups of dust-exposed workers, even those without radiographic signs of pneumoconiosis, had decreased spirometric parameters and diffusing capacity (DLco) i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wang X,Yano E,Nonaka K,Wang M,Wang Z

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After cryptosporidiosis was reported in three workers caring for preweaned calves at an academic research laboratory, we sought to identify cases, determine risk factors, and implement control measures. METHODS:A cryptosporidiosis case was defined as diarrhea duration ≥72 hr, abdominal cramps, or vomiting i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hancock-Allen J,Alden NB,Cronquist AB

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An epidemic of asbestos-related diseases is ongoing worldwide. Mortality from malignant pleural neoplasms in Italy was analyzed, to estimate the health impact of asbestos at national and local level. METHODS:Mortality from ICD-9 code 163 was considered, in the time-window 1995-2002, using National Bureau of...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fazzo L,De Santis M,Minelli G,Bruno C,Zona A,Marinaccio A,Conti S,Comba P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acoustic neuroma is the intracranial tumor subtype showing the highest relative risk in relation to ionizing radiation but other environmental risk factors are largely unknown. This study was performed to investigate the effect of power frequency magnetic fields. METHOD:A total of 793 cases between 1987 and...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Forssén UM,Lönn S,Ahlbom A,Savitz DA,Feychting M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Farm operators experience exposure to high noise and high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss, but use of hearing protection in this worker group is low. The purpose of this study was to test a brief intervention to increase farm operators' use of hearing protection. METHODS:In this one-group pre- and ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： McCullagh MC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective exposure assessment study in the automotive parts industry conducted in conjunction with a cancer mortality and respiratory morbidity study [Kennedy et al. (1989): Am J Ind Med 15:627-641; Eisen et al. (1992): Am J Ind Med 22:809-824; Tolbert et al. (1992): Scand J Work Environ Health 18:351-360] descr...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hallock MF,Smith TJ,Woskie SR,Hammond SK

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients with a diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma participated in a semi-structured interview to evaluate asbestos exposure, acquisition of increased risk information, and retrospective reporting of cognitive and behavioral reactions (particularly smoking behavior) to risk information. Twenty-eight pati...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lebovits AH,Chahinian AP,Holland JC

更新日期：1983-01-01 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:Use of worker's compensation (WC) as payer underestimates work-related (WR) injuries. We evaluated three methods to identify WR injuries: WC as payer, ICD-9-CM work-status codes E000.0/E000.1, and other ICD-9-CM external cause codes. METHODS:We identified injury-related emergency department visits from Nort...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Harduar Morano L,Richardson D,Proescholdbell S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory health variables were studied cross-sectionally in 227 employees of a plastics molding facility where numerous complaints had been apparently associated with the use of azodicarbonamide foaming agent in injection molding. Pre- and postshift respiratory status measures and azodicarbonamide concentrations we...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Whitehead LW,Robins TG,Fine LJ,Hansen DJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality and cancer incidence was investigated among 2,807 workers, employed for at least one year before 1972, at 11 Swedish companies manufacturing prefabricated wooden houses. A total of 1,068 workers had been exposed to man-made mineral fibers (MMMF) used for insulation. Mortality was followed from 1969 to 1988 a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Gustavsson P,Plato N,Axelson O,Brage HN,Hogstedt C,Ringbäck G,Tornling G,Wingren G

更新日期：1992-01-01 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:Workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (AgFF) sector experience exposures directly related to the work itself, as well as the physical environment in which the work occurs. Health outcomes vary from immediate to delayed, and from acute to chronic. METHODS:We reviewed existing literature on the ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Quandt SA,Kucera KL,Haynes C,Klein BG,Langley R,Agnew M,Levin JL,Howard T,Nussbaum MA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A joint study on effects of formaldehyde exposure in industrial populations by the National Cancer Institute and the Formaldehyde Institute, Inc. (Blair et al. [1986]: J Natl Cancer Inst 76: 1071-1084; Blair and Stewart [1989]: J Occup Med 31: 881, Blair et al. [1990]: Am J Ind Med 17:683-700) reported no significant ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Sterling TD,Weinkam JJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compared floor laying using new working methods involving standing up, to the traditional methods involving working on one's knees. METHODS:The study group, 216 subjects, completed a training class in the use of the new floor-laying methods, and received free tools and advice in their use. The co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Jensen LK,Friche C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies on the mortality of chemists have revealed a lower overall mortality but an excess of deaths from certain diseases, in particular, cancers. This study determined the causes of mortality of 4,012 chemists among 14,884 members of The Royal Society of Chemistry who were followed for a period of 25 years. ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hunter WJ,Henman BA,Bartlett DM,Le Geyt IP

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies suggest metal and solvent exposure may damage hearing. This study evaluated the association between exposures classified as high for metals, solvents, and noise on permanent threshold shift (PTS) development. METHODS:A total of 1,546 personnel at an industrial shipyard were divided into five exposur...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schaal N,Slagley J,Zreiqat M,Paschold H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the various overlapping approaches used to define outcome in ergonomic-epidemiologic studies of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, the most widely used are clinical diagnostic entities, whose criteria derive either from clinical examination (consisting of clinical tests in conjunction with symptoms and clinica...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schierhout GH,Myers JE

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between dynamic thiol/disulphide homeostasis and occupational exposure to volatile anesthetic gases in operating theater personnel. Decreased blood thiol levels and raised blood disulphide levels serve as biomarkers of oxidative stress. METHODS:We...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kozanhan B,Inanlı I,Deniz CD,Iyisoy MS,Neselioğlu S,Sahin O,Akin F,Tutar MS,Eren I,Erel O

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiographic shadows of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) are commonly described as predominantly in the upper lung zones. METHODS:We evaluated the lung distribution of small opacities on surveillance chest radiographs (CXRs) taken between 1981 and 2010 among 2,467 underground US coal miners. All had evide...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Laney AS,Petsonk EL

更新日期：2012-09-01 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