Can the birth certificate yield clues to parental occupational exposures?

abstract：:To study their socioeconomic and health status, 1,770 workers in the organized electronics industry in India were surveyed. Mean age of the workers employed in this industry was 32.5 +/- 6.01 years. The average per capita income/month was Rupees 333, indicating a higher socioeconomic status, compared with the status o...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Mathur N,Gupta BN,Rastogi SK,Mahendra PN,Pangtey BS,Husain T,Bharti RS

更新日期：1993-02-01 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:Inhalational exposure to zinc oxide fumes is associated with metal fume fever, a self-limited but very uncomfortable condition closely resembling influenza. Very little is known regarding the toxicokinetics of inhaled zinc, making the interpretation of zinc measurements in serum and urine problematic. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Martin CJ,Le XC,Guidotti TL,Yalcin S,Chum E,Audette RJ,Liang C,Yuan B,Zhang X,Wu J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertility among men working in semiconductor manufacturing during 1984-89 was assessed in a 1990-91 cross-sectional study of eight companies. Men working in wafer fabrication rooms (fabs) (n = 241, 165 births) were compared to men in nonfabrication (nonfab) jobs (n = 447, 300 births). Results showed that 17% of fab me...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Samuels SJ,McCurdy SA,Pocekay D,Hammond SK,Missell L,Schenker MB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report completes a previous study made on three chloralkali plants that was presented at the 8th International Conference on Occupational Health in the Chemical Industry, Tokyo, 1980, with the final results from five plants located in various regions of Italy. A total of 14,339 measurements of mercury in a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Mattiussi R,Armeli G,Bareggi V

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Longitudinal assessment of lower respiratory symptoms (LRS) in community members with World Trade Center (WTC) exposures. METHODS:Adult members of a treatment program with complete standardized visits were evaluated (n = 798). Association of demographic characteristics, mental health symptoms and lung functi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Caplan-Shaw C,Kazeros A,Pradhan D,Berger K,Goldring R,Zhao S,Liu M,Shao Y,Fernandez-Beros ME,Marmor M,Levy-Carrick N,Rosen R,Ferri L,Reibman J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison was made of the occupational data reported on the death certificates of 586 men with their employment history obtained by interviews. Agreement was assessed for 19 occupational and 14 industrial categories of usual employment, with the highest levels of concordance (greater than or equal to 80%) found for...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： McLaughlin JK,Mehl ES

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Latino residential construction workers experience high rates of occupational fatality and injury. Work safety climate is an especially important consideration for improving the safety of these immigrant workers. This analysis describes work safety climate among Latino residential construction workers, delin...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Arcury TA,Mills T,Marín AJ,Summers P,Quandt SA,Rushing J,Lang W,Grzywacz JG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifetime industrial and occupational histories of women with a medically-confirmed diagnosis of infertility (n = 281) were compared to a group of postpartum women (n = 216) for risks of infertility. Controlling for age of first pregnancy or self-report of infertility, date of outcome, cigarette use, and employment in ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fuortes L,Clark MK,Kirchner HL,Smith EM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major French chlorine chemical plant (chlor-alkali process with diaphragm cell and manufacturing of organochlorine chemicals) has used or produced known or suspected carcinogenic compounds. METHODS:A cohort study, based on the plant occupational health service and the regional cancer registry, analyzed th...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bonneterre V,Mathern G,Pelen O,Balthazard AL,Delafosse P,Mitton N,Colonna M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Potential confounding or effect modification by employment status is frequently overlooked in pregnancy outcome studies. METHODS:To characterize how employed and non-employed women differ, we compared demographics, behaviors, and reproductive histories by maternal employment status for 8,343 mothers of cont...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rocheleau CM,Bertke SJ,Lawson CC,Romitti PA,Desrosiers TA,Agopian AJ,Bell E,Gilboa SM,National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the possible actual exposure to benzene in the shoe industry from industrially used solvents, glues, and paints containing benzene as a nondeclared constituent, phenol in urine and benzene in blood, as indices of internal exposure to benzene, were measured in workers (N = 33). Since toluene, in c...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Karacić V,Skender L,Prpić-Majić D

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors developed a union sponsored 2-day human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) "train the trainer" program for healthcare workers in the San Francisco Bay Area. The program incorporated the "education for action" approach in an effort to respond to the inadequacies in many tra...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Askari E,Mehring J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effects of styrene exposure on peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous system functions in man, we measured the distribution of nerve conduction velocities (DCV), short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), and variability in electrocardiographic R-R interval (CVRR) as well as conventio...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Murata K,Araki S,Yokoyama K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of surrogate responders often needs to be considered in case-control studies with a high case fatality. METHODS:Agreement between 98 colon cancer patients and their closest relative was expressed as a percentage of the exact agreement and by Kappa coefficients and intra-class correlation coefficients. ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kaerlev L,Lynge E,Sabroe S,Olsen J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the health effects of exposure mainly to 1-bromopropane, which is an alternative to ozone-depleting solvents, and to establish biomarkers for assessing 1-bromopropane exposure. METHODS:Twenty-four female and 13 male workers of a 1-bromopropane-factory were interviewed, ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ichihara G,Li W,Ding X,Peng S,Yu X,Shibata E,Yamada T,Wang H,Itohara S,Kanno S,Sakai K,Ito H,Kanefusa K,Takeuchi Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare fatal and hospitalized nonfatal work-related traumatic injuries by occupation and cause. METHODS:Fatal and hospitalized nonfatal injuries occurring from 1991-1995 were identified from Washington State workers' compensation claims data. Nonfatal injuries were classified as severe if they had at lea...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Alexander BH,Franklin GM,Fulton-Kehoe D

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure from the vinyl chloride (VC) industry on researchers involved in industry-sponsored studies and on regulatory agencies has been documented since 1970s. This commentary describes the influence of a lawsuit pursued by workers of an Italian VC plant on the recent scientific debate on VC exposure and risk of hepa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fedeli U,Mastroangelo G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workers in poultry processing and pork meatpacking have high rates of acute injuries and chronic disease among. The presence of zoonotic pathogens in these workplaces may interact with injury. METHODS:We investigated incidence of worker injuries, lacerations, and infections reported by 10 companies from 200...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kyeremateng-Amoah E,Nowell J,Lutty A,Lees PS,Silbergeld EK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six car painters and 115 control persons participated in a follow-up investigation 6 years after the initial study, including measurement of lung function (dynamic spirometry and nitrogen washout test) and estimation of exposure to diisocyanates based on individual working routines, use of respiratory protectio...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tornling G,Alexandersson R,Hedenstierna G,Plato N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sensitivity to beryllium was investigated among workers at an aluminum smelter in Norway as a consequence of the findings in an occupational exposure survey. METHODS:Three hundred and sixty-two employees and 31 reference persons were tested for sensitization to beryllium with the beryllium lymphocyte prolif...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Nilsen AM,Vik R,Behrens C,Drabløs PA,Espevik T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Construction is a hazardous occupation, with Latino (Hispanic) workers at a greater risk for death than other ethnicities/races. Latinos accounted for over half of construction injuries involving days away from work in Nevada in 2006. METHODS:This study recruited 30 Latino construction workers from three So...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Menzel NN,Gutierrez AP

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupational injury experience of the U.S. and Australian construction industries for 1988-1991 was compared to identify similarities and differences in risk and to share information vital for planning strategies for prevention. There were 4,158 deaths in the U.S. and 264 in the Australian construction industries....

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ore T,Stout NA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations on an increased spontaneous abortion rate initiated a study among personnel working at a laboratory for diagnostic virology. Personnel at a bacteriological laboratory and at another virological laboratory served as controls. Seventy-seven female employees at the laboratory for virology were interviewed, a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Axelsson G,Jeansson S,Rylander R,Unander M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung tissue of a worker in an abrasive manufacturing plant, whose duration of dust exposure was about 10 years, was analyzed by means of bulk analysis and in situ analytical electron microanalysis. The content of the total dust in the lung was 120 mg/g of the dried lung tissue. This value is close to the average conce...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hayashi H,Kajita A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study explored perspectives of Northeast commercial lobstermen regarding the use of personal flotation devices (PFDs). Researchers sought to identify factors contributing to low PFD use, and motivators that could lead to increased use of PFDs. METHODS:This qualitative research (n = 72) included 25 comm...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weil R,Pinto K,Lincoln J,Hall-Arber M,Sorensen J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional occupational mortality analysis, using underlying cause of death coding, underestimates the contribution of those chronic diseases which are mentioned on the death certificate but which usually do not appear as underlying cause of death. Proportionate occupational mortality analysis, using all the mention...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Milham S Jr

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：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：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