The impact of chronotype on melatonin levels among shift workers.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effects of job strain and shift work on weight gain have not been studied jointly. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies on shift work and weight gain have reported different results. This study examines potential effect modification by job strain on the link between shift work and weight gain, and co...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Fujishiro K,Lividoti Hibert E,Schernhammer E,Rich-Edwards JW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assessment of level of exposure to platinum and platinum concentration in urine from platinum industry workers to evaluate internal exposures and excretion kinetics. METHODS:Platinum concentrations in urine samples from 34 workers were measured by adsorptive voltammetry after UV-photolysis. Morning and even...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Schierl R,Fries HG,van de Weyer C,Fruhmann G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is growing evidence of an association between low-dose external γ-radiation and circulatory system diseases (CSDs), yet sparse data exist about an association with chronic internal uranium exposure and the role of non-radiation risk factors. We conducted a nested case-control study of French AREVA NC P...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zhivin S,Guseva Canu I,Davesne E,Blanchardon E,Garsi JP,Samson E,Niogret C,Zablotska LB,Laurier D

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the nationwide occurrence of work related musculoskeletal injuries among all home care service workers in Sweden, and to identify relative risks and risk factors of the injuries. METHODS:The study was based on work related injuries reported to the Swedish occupational injury information system i...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ono Y,Lagerström M,Hagberg M,Lindén A,Malker B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermal uptake of chemicals at the workplace may contribute considerably to the total internal exposure and so needs to be regulated. At present only qualitative warning signs--the "skin notations"--are available as instruments. An attempt was made to develop a quantitative dermal occupational exposure limit (DOEL) com...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bos PM,Brouwer DH,Stevenson H,Boogaard PJ,de Kort WL,van Hemmen JJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine whether asthma induced by exposure to aluminium potroom emissions (potroom asthma) is associated with inflammatory changes in the airways. METHODS:Bronchial biopsy specimens from 20 asthmatic workers (8 non-smokers and 12 smokers), 15 healthy workers (8 non-smokers and 7 smokers), and 10 non-exposed co...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sjåheim T,Halstensen TS,Lund MB,Bjørtuft Ø,Drabløs PA,Malterud D,Kongerud J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 2001 and 2010, six research groups conducted coordinated multiyear, prospective studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence in US workers from various industries and collected detailed subject-level exposure information with follow-up symptom, physical examination, electrophysiological measures...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Harris-Adamson C,Eisen EA,Dale AM,Evanoff B,Hegmann KT,Thiese MS,Kapellusch JM,Garg A,Burt S,Bao S,Silverstein B,Gerr F,Merlino L,Rempel D

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to examine the link between individual and ecological workplace social capital and the co-occurrence of adverse lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, heavy drinking, physical inactivity and overweight. METHODS:Data on 25 897 female and 5476 male public sector employees...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Väänänen A,Kouvonen A,Kivimäki M,Oksanen T,Elovainio M,Virtanen M,Pentti J,Vahtera J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the effect of silica exposure, in the absence of silicosis, on the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), which is epidemic among South African gold miners. METHODS:Cross-sectional study of 520 gold miners over 37 years of age. Length of service, and cumulative and average dust and quartz exposure...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： teWaternaude JM,Ehrlich RI,Churchyard GJ,Pemba L,Dekker K,Vermeis M,White NW,Thompson ML,Myers JE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the acute systemic inflammatory response to welding fume exposure. METHODS:Twenty four welders (42% smokers) and 13 non-exposed controls (23% smokers) were monitored at a welding school. Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) was assessed using cyclone samplers. Markers of systemic inflammatio...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kim JY,Chen JC,Boyce PD,Christiani DC

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:A 32 year old male research physician accidentally received a minor wound from a needle which had been previously used on rabbit tissue. Within 15 minutes serious anaphylactic reactions started and he was taken to hospital where his condition stabilised within five hours. Serum immunoglobulin E antibodies to rabbit ep...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Watt AD,McSharry CP

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated the determinants of high fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO; >50 ppb) and serial changes in FeNO over a 24-hour period in spice mill workers at risk of work-related allergic respiratory disease and asthma. METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 150 workers used European Community Respira...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Van der Walt A,Baatjies R,Singh T,Jeebhay MF

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerosol sampling has evolved with changes in technology and our understanding of the importance of assessing the biologically relevant fractions of the total aerosol. During the past decade there has been international agreement on the definitions for the inhalable, thoracic, and respirable fractions and instruments h...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cherrie JW,Aitken RJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk of cancer associated with exposure to air pollution among bus drivers and tramway employees. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of 18,174 bus drivers or tramway employees in Copenhagen in the period 1900-94. Data on employment were obtained from company files. Information on cancer ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Soll-Johanning H,Bach E,Olsen JH,Tüchsen F

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies into occupational risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in New Zealand have indicated that farmers and meat workers are at increased risk for these neoplasms. A new nationwide case-control study was conducted to assess whether previously observed associations persist and to identify ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： 't Mannetje A,Dryson E,Walls C,McLean D,McKenzie F,Maule M,Cheng S,Cunningham C,Kromhout H,Boffetta P,Blair A,Pearce N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conclusions that can be drawn from earlier studies on noise and children's blood pressure are limited due to inconsistent results, methodological problems, and the focus on school noise exposure. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of aircraft and road traffic noise exposure on children's blood pressure a...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： van Kempen E,van Kamp I,Fischer P,Davies H,Houthuijs D,Stellato R,Clark C,Stansfeld S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Occupational exposure to agents in plastics and rubber manufacturing has been associated with elevated risk of certain cancers. We sought to evaluate cancer risk among workers employed in occupations and industries with these exposures as part of an ongoing surveillance programme in Ontario, Canada. METHODS:...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： DeBono NL,Logar-Henderson C,Warden H,Shakik S,Dakouo M,MacLeod J,Demers PA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The erection of mobile telephone base stations in inhabited areas has raised concerns about possible health effects caused by emitted microwaves. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study of randomly selected inhabitants living in urban and rural areas for more than one year near to 10 selected base stations, 365 ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hutter HP,Moshammer H,Wallner P,Kundi M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The number of nuclear medicine procedures has increased substantially over the past several decades, with uncertain health risks to the medical workers who perform them. We estimated risks of incidence and mortality from cancer and circulatory disease associated with performing procedures involving the use o...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kitahara CM,Linet MS,Drozdovitch V,Alexander BH,Preston DL,Simon SL,Freedman DM,Brill AB,Miller JS,Little MP,Rajaraman P,Doody MM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the fraction of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) that is attributable to work in the total adult population of the island of Montreal. METHODS:The population consisted of 1.1 million people 20-64 years of age, with 73.2% of men and 60.6% of women employed. The rates of first surgery for CTS were comp...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Rossignol M,Stock S,Patry L,Armstrong B

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Benzene is an established animal and human carcinogen. The mechanism of benzene toxicity, particularly its leukaemogenic effect, is not fully understood. The modified base 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) is a sensitive marker of the DNA damage due to hydroxyl radical attack at the C8 of guanine. This damag...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lagorio S,Tagesson C,Forastiere F,Iavarone I,Axelson O,Carere A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking cessation and examine the association between cessation and various factors among workers in a nationally representative sample of US adults. METHODS:Data were derived from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey. Prevalence rates were calculated for intere...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yong LC,Luckhaupt SE,Li J,Calvert GM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the use of 99technetiumm-hexamethyl propylene amine oxime single photon computed tomography (HMPAO-SPECT) of the brain as a means of detecting nervous tissue damage in divers and to determine if there is any correlation between brain image and a diver's history of diving or decompression illness (...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Shields TG,Duff PM,Evans SA,Gemmell HG,Sharp PF,Smith FW,Staff RT,Wilcock SE

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A prospective cohort study was designed to clarify the relations between occupational exposure to carbon disulphide (CS2) and its effects on arteriosclerosis in workers in 11 Japanese rayon manufacturing factories. This report is a cross sectional baseline observation in the first study year. METHODS:Study s...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Omae K,Takebayashi T,Nomiyama T,Ishizuka C,Nakashima H,Uemura T,Tanaka S,Yamauchi T,O'Uchi T,Horichi Y,Sakurai H

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Internationally, the debate on aims for occupational health policy is expanding its horizons. Included among the issues are not only concerns about safety for workers, but also for their progeny. Equality among the sexes is also assuming a prominent position. In several countries, existing and proposed legislation alr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Stijkel A,van Dijk FJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 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