Lead exposure in US worksites: A literature review and development of an occupational lead exposure database from the published literature.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the human and monetary costs of occupational injury and illness, occupational health care has focused more on treatment than prevention, and prevention is not part of many clinical occupational health practices. This represents a failure of occupational health care to meet the health care needs of th...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rudolph L,Deitchman S,Dervin K

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic acids and bases are among the most frequently used chemicals in the manufacturing industries. However, the toxicology of only a number of them has been fully characterized, and for fewer still have occupational exposure limits been established. This paper reviews the acute and chronic toxicity data of the orga...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Leung HW,Paustenbach DJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 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: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：: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：:Process and office workers at a Swedish paper mill (n = 274) and dairy workers (n = 45) were investigated with questionnaires regarding skin symptoms. In the second part of the study, subjects reporting skin symptoms and a random sample of subjects without symptoms were examined and investigated with patch testing. Pr...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Meding B,Torén K,Karlberg AT,Hagberg S,Wass K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin symptoms of "yusho" and their change thereafter are described. In the early stage, skin eruptions were the most prominent and impressive features of yusho. Acneiform eruptions and pigmentation were most conspicuous. With the passage of time, there is some improvement and most patients now have few eruptions, exce...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Urabe H,Asahi M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workers in foundry and pottery are exposed to a mixture of chemicals and silica, which is suspected to cause genetic alterations. METHODS:To investigate the potential hazard associated with the occupational exposure to silica, DNA damage in the peripheral lymphocytes of 30 foundry and 22 pottery workers wer...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Başaran N,Shubair M,Undeğer U,Kars A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:We used a population-based sample of 403 Parkinson's disease cases and 405 controls to examine risks by occupation. Results were compared to a previous clinic-based analysis. RESULTS:With censoring of jobs held within 10 years of diagnosis, the following had significantly or strongly increased risks: social sc...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Teschke K,Marion SA,Tsui JK,Shen H,Rugbjerg K,Harris MA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was performed in 17 female workers employed in a latex glove manufacturing plant. The mean age of these workers was 42 years and the mean duration of their employment was 19 years. The employees were primarily nonsmokers or light smokers. The presence of chronic respiratory symptoms and acute work-related symp...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zuskin E,Mustajbegovic J,Kanceljak B,Schachter EN,Macan J,Budak A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impairment of olfactory function in humans has been associated with occupational exposure to volatile chemicals. To investigate whether exposure to styrene was associated with olfactory impairment, olfactory function was examined in workers with a minimum of 4 years exposure to styrene in the reinforced-plas...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dalton P,Cowart B,Dilks D,Gould M,Lees PS,Stefaniak A,Emmett E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highway maintenance workers (HMWs) have been exposed to a broad range of potentially toxic substances, including diesel fuels and exhaust, asphalts and tars, herbicides, gasoline, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, and lead. The number of current and former state, county, and municipal HMWs in the United Stat...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bender AP,Parker DL,Johnson RA,Scharber WK,Williams AN,Marbury MC,Mandel JS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For truck drivers, distracted driving is a workplace behavior that increases occupational injury risk. We propose safety climate as an appropriate lens through which researchers can examine occupational distracted driving. METHODS:Using a mixed methods study design, we surveyed truck drivers using the Safet...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Swedler DI,Pollack KM,Agnew J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study estimates the annual cost of alcohol-related injuries to employers in 1998-2000. METHODS:Incidence was estimated with occupational injury data, motor vehicle crash data and health care data for 1998-2000. Employer costs were estimated from federal estimates of injury costs by source of payment us...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zaloshnja E,Miller TR,Hendrie D,Galvin D

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined data sources, including union administrative records and workers' compensation claims, were used to construct event histories for a dynamic cohort of union carpenters from Washington State during the period 1989-1992. Person-time at risk and the events of interest were stratified by age, sex, time in the unio...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lipscomb HJ,Dement JM,Loomis DP,Silverstein B,Kalat J

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Silicosis is a progressive lung disease resulting from the inhalation of respirable crystalline silica. Lung transplantation is the only treatment for end-stage silicosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the survival experience following lung transplantation among patients with silicosis. METHODS:We re...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rosengarten D,Fox BD,Fireman E,Blanc PD,Rusanov V,Fruchter O,Raviv Y,Shtraichman O,Saute M,Kramer MR

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occupational health problems among home-helpers have been reported in a series of studies, and the need for intervention has been pointed out. To facilitate decisions regarding interventions and to establish baseline values for future evaluation of preventive efforts, the present study aimed to elucidate the...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hannerz H,Tüchsen F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year prospective analysis tests the hypothesis that coal miners who have impaired respiratory health also experience greater numbers of disability days due to occupational injury. Occupational and respiratory health information collected for the period 1977 through 1981 by the National Institute for Occupational S...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ames RG,Trent RB

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can potentially cause silicosis, lung cancer, and renal failure. The current study estimates the percentages of workers potentially overexposed to concentrations of RCS dust and silicosis proportional mortality rates (PMRs) by industry. METHODS:Occupational Safety and Hea...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Doney BC,Miller WE,Hale JM,Syamlal G

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:To understand better the effects of noise levels associated with dairy farming, we randomly selected 49 full-time dairy farmers from an established cohort. Medical and occupational histories were taken and standard audiometric testing was done. Forty-six males (94%) and three females (6%) with a mean age of 43.5 (+/- ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： May JJ,Marvel M,Regan M,Marvel LH,Pratt DS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many authorities are concerned about the rising use and the potential overuse of opioid pain medications. A study of opioid prevalence and dosage in Ohio's workers' compensation (WC) system was conducted, with comparisons made to opioid use in other WC and non-WC settings. METHODS:Systematic literature revi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dembe A,Wickizer T,Sieck C,Partridge J,Balchick R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bassett Farm Safety and Health Project was started in 1980 when Drs. May and Pratt made clinical observations on respiratory illnesses in farmers. The initial work involved the investigation of clinical syndromes associated with dust exposures and, from there, environmental dust studies. The current scope of work ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pratt DS

更新日期：1990-01-01 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:Occupational exposures may be related to the development of brain cancer. The objective was to estimate occupational-specific risk of gliomas and meningiomas among Swedish men and women gainfully employed in 1970 over the period 1971-1989, and the influence of occupational exposure to chemical substances. M...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Navas-Acién A,Pollán M,Gustavsson P,Plato N

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unionization has been found to be related to higher filing of workers' compensation (WC) claims, but the extent of the relationship and the relationships to other variables have not been previously reported. METHODS:Telephone interviews were conducted with both a population-based and WC-based samples of mus...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Morse T,Punnett L,Warren N,Dillon C,Warren A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We applied the well-established, but rather under-utilized, indicator of Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) to estimate the global burden of mesothelioma and asbestosis. METHODS:We analyzed all deaths caused by mesothelioma and asbestosis that were reported by 82 and 55 countries, respectively, to the Worl...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Diandini R,Takahashi K,Park EK,Jiang Y,Movahed M,Le GV,Lee LJ,Delgermaa V,Kim R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Work-related asthma (WRA) is the most common work-associated respiratory disease in developed countries. METHOD:We report shark cartilage dust as a new potential cause of occupational asthma (OA) in the context of other fatal OA case reports. RESULTS:A 38-year-old white male worked for 8 years in a facilit...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ortega HG,Kreiss K,Schill DP,Weissman DN

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal studies show that antimony may cause lung cancer and heart and lung disease in rodents. In exposed humans, ECG abnormalities and heart and lung disease have been reported. This mortality study of 1,014 men employed between 1937 and 1971 in a Texas antimony smelter consisted primarily of workers of Spanish ances...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schnorr TM,Steenland K,Thun MJ,Rinsky RA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00