Assessment and management of occupational risks in the Nordic (Scandinavian) countries.

abstract：:Although OSHA promulgates standards for chemical exposures on the basis of workers' relative risk of acquiring chronic disease, it interprets the limits as absolute levels never to be exceeded. This poses a dilemma to the gathering of useful information which can be used to assess and reduce exposures, because employe...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rappaport SM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Case reports have identified hydrofluoric acid (HF) as causing fatal work injury, and HF has both local and systemic toxicity. Surveillance for HF-related mortality is problematic because of the lack of unique coding for this acid in hospital records and vital statistics. METHODS:We identified HF-related fa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Blodgett DW,Suruda AJ,Crouch BI

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Persistent and growing occupation-based disparities related to tobacco pose a serious public health challenge. Tobacco exacts a disproportionate toll on individuals employed in working class occupations, due to higher prevalence of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke among these workers compared to othe...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Barbeau EM,McLellan D,Levenstein C,DeLaurier GF,Kelder G,Sorensen G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between exposure to occupational hazards and pregnancy outcomes using data from a case-control study conducted in 29 hospitals in Shanghai, China. The sample included 1,875 perinatal deaths and newborns with birth defects and the same number of controls. Information on mother's expo...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zhang J,Cai WW,Lee DJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to disinfectants among healthcare workers has been associated with respiratory health effects, in particular, asthma. However, most studies are cross-sectional and the role of disinfectant exposures in asthma development requires longitudinal studies. We investigated the association between occupati...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dumas O,Boggs KM,Quinot C,Varraso R,Zock JP,Henneberger PK,Speizer FE,Le Moual N,Camargo CA Jr

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphate (OP)-related systemic illnesses reported to the Worker Health and Safety (WH&S) Branch, and restricted OP-related agricultural use data reported to the Information Services Branch at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) (now CAL-EPA) during 1984-1988 were used to assess factors asso...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weinbaum Z,Schenker MB,Gold EB,Samuels SJ,O'Malley MA

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that older farmers and farm workers have been identified at high risk for farm fatalities, most notably involving tractor overturns. Older farmers also incur more severe non-fatal injuries. METHODS:Data from two national surveillance systems are presented to describe fatal and no...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Myers JR,Layne LA,Marsh SM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Home healthcare workers (HHWs) provide medical and nonmedical services to home-bound patients. They are at great risk of experiencing violence perpetrated by patients (type II violence). Establishing the reliable prevalence of such violence and identifying vulnerable subgroups are essential in enhancing HHWs...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Byon HD,Lee M,Choi M,Sagherian K,Crandall M,Lipscomb J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cohort mortality and nested case-control studies were conducted involving 2,901 men employed 1 year or more between 1940 and 1986 at any of four California facilities of a major chemical company. Employees experienced fewer deaths from each of the major causes than were expected based on U.S., California, and local co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Burchfiel CM,Cartmill JB,Axe FD,Bond GG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Death certificates contain a box labeled "Injury at Work" which is to be marked "Yes" for all fatal occupational injuries. The accuracy of this box in Michigan is not fully characterized. METHODS:The accuracy of the Injury at Work box on the Michigan death certificate was compared to deaths identified from ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Oliveri AN,Wang L,Rosenman KD

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scholarly understanding of the nature of the science around silicosis has been strongly influenced, in recent years, by the idea that the mine doctors were responsible for hiding an epidemic, on the mines and in the countryside. In this paper, I try to show that the opposite was in fact the case, and that the science ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Breckenridge KD

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Construction industry workers are exposed to many hazards leading to fatal and nonfatal injuries. Information for nonfatal work-related injury surveillance may be vague and come from a variety of sources. METHODS:The Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR) is used as an injury surveillance tool to focus on hospitalize...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Husberg BJ,Fosbroke DE,Conway GA,Mode NA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the causes of medical surveillance changes leading to specialist referral from one isocyanate-using company where 39 workers (about 20% of all employees) were referred to a hospital occupational clinic during a 5-year period for concerns regarding their surveillance respiratory questionnaire or spi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kraw M,Tarlo SM

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Formaldehyde is commonly accepted to be an allergen and irritant. However, specifically diagnosed occupational respiratory diseases caused by formaldehyde are relatively rare. Occupational laryngitis was diagnosed in a 47-year-old dairy foreman. He had been exposed for 9 years to formaldehyde emitted from a milk-packi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Roto P,Sala E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyvinyl chloride plastics (PVC), made flexible through the addition of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), are used in the production of a wide array of medical devices. From the late 1960s, leaching of DEHP from PVC medical devices and ultimate tissue deposition have been documented. METHODS:A critical rev...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tickner JA,Schettler T,Guidotti T,McCally M,Rossi M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The need to expand the use of evaluation to learn how education programs contribute to workers' occupational safety and health is well documented. Similarly recognized is the need to expand workers' involvement as primary stakeholders in program evaluation. METHODS:Articles for this review were identified t...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： McQuiston TH

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although increased attention has been focused on the relationship between occupational health and productivity, solid scientific data on this topic are sparse. The purpose of the present case study was to assess the relationship between productivity and work environment in a storage building. MATERIALS AND ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Niemelä R,Rautio S,Hannula M,Reijula K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Response rates were examined in a prospective epidemiologic study of individuals, mostly farmers, from Iowa and North Carolina seeking a pesticide applicator license during the period from 1994 through 1996. In the first year of enrollment 16,535 farmers (representing 77% of eligible farmer applicators) enrolled in th...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tarone RE,Alavanja MC,Zahm SH,Lubin JH,Sandler DP,McMaster SB,Rothman N,Blair A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Live-in formal caregivers spend consecutive days in patients' homes, raising questions about their ability to secure adequate sleep while on duty. Few studies have examined sleeping conditions and outcomes for this growing workforce. METHODS:We collected weeklong sleep logs and interview data from 32 Fili...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Riley K,Nazareno J,Malish S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma has been found to be among the most common conditions in the working age population and is among the most common causes of work limitation, but we could find no longitudinal studies of employment among persons with this condition. METHODS:A panel of 601 persons with a diagnosis of asthma from random ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Yelin E,Henke J,Katz PP,Eisner MD,Blanc PD

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A series of illnesses occurred in Earlimart, CA on November 13, 1999 following a metam-sodium sprinkler application to a potato field on the southern edge of the town. METHODS:Case information was obtained from direct interviews, from illness complaints filed with state or county agencies, or from illness r...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： O'Malley M,Barry T,Verder-Carlos M,Rubin A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an epidemiologic study of 6,359 oil shale workers, 1,664 (46.7%) of 3,566 survivors were investigated. No excess of skin disease (as reported in response to a questionnaire) was found in men exposed to oil or dust, whether compared to men who were not exposed to oil or dust or to coalminers. A low prevalence of sim...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Seaton A,Louw SJ,Cowie HA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat stress is a recognized occupational hazard in aluminum smelter pot rooms. This is the report of an unusual and complex case of heat-related illness in an aluminum smelter worker. The 34-year-old male US worker developed life-threatening heat-related illness in August 2018, on his first day back at work after a 7-...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wesdock JC,Donoghue AM

更新日期：2019-12-01 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:Thoroughbred horse farm workers self-report a high frequency of work-related injuries and pain. However, an analysis of Thoroughbred horse farm workers' compensation injury claims is absent from the literature, yet may benefit worker safety. METHODS:We analyzed workers' compensation insurance firm data cont...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Flunker JC,Clouser JM,Swanberg JE

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Media work is characterized by information flow, deadlines, and 24/7 alertness. Good recovery prevents stress-related disorders. METHODS:The standardized questionnaire included items about health, health habits, sleep, work conditions, and work stress. Recordings of 24-hr heart rate variability (HRV) and fo...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lindholm H,Sinisalo J,Ahlberg J,Hirvonen A,Hublin C,Partinen M,Savolainen A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00