24-hour care: Work and sleep conditions of migrant Filipino live-in caregivers in Los Angeles.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to microbial agents in the composting industry may cause work related airway inflammation. Nasal lavage (NAL) has been proposed as a noninvasive method to assess such effects in population studies. METHODS:Pre- and post-shift NAL were performed in the workers of a compost plant visited in 1995 (n =...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Douwes J,Wouters I,Dubbeld H,van Zwieten L,Steerenberg P,Doekes G,Heederik D

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Construction workers move frequently from jobsite to jobsite, yet little is documented about length of stay on-site and associations with worker characteristics. METHOD:Using cross-sectional data, we investigated associations between worker characteristics (including trade and musculoskeletal pain) and leng...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Sparer EH,Okechukwu CA,Manjourides J,Herrick RF,Katz JN,Dennerlein JT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain and fatigue are commonly associated with work-related upper extremity disorders. Occasionally these symptoms persist beyond a reasonable healing period. One potential explanation for prolonged symptom expression is the concurrent development of a stress-mediated illness or CMI (Chronic Multi-Symptom Ill...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Clauw DJ,Williams DA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure evaluation for epidemiology has special requirements, which can be derived from the pharmacological processes that determine the exposure-effect relationship. Since environmental concentrations of toxic agents typically are highly variable over time, the tissue concentrations they produce will vary over time,...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Smith TJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methodological choices being made in current worker notification programs are influenced in both obvious and subtle ways by certain ground-breaking notifications carried out during the 1970s and 1980s. A lore has built up concerning these cases. Their names are heavy with implied meaning. As worker notification ga...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Needleman C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boatbuilding is a complex, chemically intensive industry which employs approximately 43,000 workers in the United States, 77% of them in shops with fewer than 20 workers. Boatbuilders and repairers are at high risk of occupational injury from falls, lacerations, low back trauma, repetitive motion, noise, burns, fires,...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Brigham CR,Landrigan PJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lead stabilizers (e.g., lead sulfate, lead stearate) are common additives in plastics used in electrical devices. In 1997, three plastics compounders at one California company were severely lead-poisoned. METHODS:The poisonings were investigated by interviewing the workers, employer, and treating physician ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Coyle P,Kosnett MJ,Hipkins K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of employees at an aircraft factory were accidentally exposed to hydrogen sulfide. Because of concern that this may have resulted in lung injury, forty-seven workers were referred for clinical and physiological evaluation. METHODS:Comprehensive pulmonary function tests were performed including spir...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Buick JB,Lowry RC,Magee TR

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the cardiotoxic effects of 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2- Trifluoroethane (fluorocarbon 113 or FC113) exposures among healthy workers cleaning rocket and ground support equipment for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) programs. Exposure and ambulatory electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Egeland GM,Bloom TF,Schnorr TM,Hornung RW,Suruda AJ,Wille KK

更新日期：1992-01-01 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:Working conditions in poultry slaughter/processing plants may expose workers to zoonotic pathogens. We explored exposure to pathogens among poultry slaughter/processing plant workers including job duties as risk factors. METHODS:We collected questionnaire data on job duties and nasal swabs from 110 workers ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： You Y,Leahy K,Resnick C,Howard T,Carroll KC,Silbergeld EK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adults, lead toxicity is most commonly caused by occupation in a lead industry. Whereas lead toxicity has been described in workers who are involved in bridge rehabilitation, as of this date there has been no systematic evaluation published regarding the conditions responsible for lead toxicity in ironworkers. This...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Forst L,Persky V,Freels S,Williams R,Conroy L

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a work refusal at a plant manufacturing ice cream novelties in Ontario, we were asked to document cases of cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in this workplace. There were 17 employees with possible hand and wrist problems identified from Workers Compensation Board (WCB) Form...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Liss GM,Armstrong C,Kusiak RA,Gailitis MM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:OSHA regulations require that workers receive medical clearance prior to respirator use, and recently, a detailed questionnaire has been provided to assist with this purpose. However, there are limited published data on the sensitivity and specificity of self-administered questionnaires for identifying indiv...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pappas GP,Takaro TK,Stover B,Beaudet N,Salazar M,Calcagni J,Shoop D,Barnhart S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality experience of 7,119 workers who were employed at a Beaumont, Texas, refinery for at least 1 year between 1945 and 1987 was investigated. Mortality analyses based on standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) showed overall mortality was significantly lower than expected co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Raabe GK,Collingwood KW,Wong O

更新日期：1998-01-01 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: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：:This Working Group was assembled to review and evaluate methods currently used to estimate work site exposures to biological agents and to present recommendations on suitable measurement strategies. The current state of exposure assessment was evaluated for environments with organic dust including agriculture, compost...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Thorne PS,Duchaine C,Douwes J,Eduard W,Górny R,Jacobs R,Reponen T,Schierl R,Szponar B

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 67 subjects in a small titanium oxide paint factory in Nigeria showed 50-54% frequency for airway symptoms, 20-40% for neurological symptoms, and 10-27% for other symptoms. The symptoms were well correlated with exposure (p less than .05) and pulmonary function tests (PFTs). The directly exposed subjects ha...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Oleru UG

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether unionization prevents deterioration in self-reported health and depressive symptoms in late career transitions. METHODS:Data come from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 6475). The change in self-perceived health (SPH) and depressive symptoms (CESD) between wave 11 and wave 12 is explaine...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wels J

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A death certificate mortality odds ratio study of seven cancer sites was conducted by using 1979-1984 data on Illinois deaths in white and black males. Cancer sites selected include stomach, pancreas, lung, prostate, bladder, brain, and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. This surveillance study was undertaken to detect occupati...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Mallin K,Rubin M,Joo E

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinesterase activity measurements for 542 California agricultural pesticide applicators under medical supervision during the first 9 months of 1985 were analyzed. Twenty-six workers, 4.8% of the sample, had cholinesterase values at or below the California threshold values for removal from continued exposure to chol...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ames RG,Brown SK,Mengle DC,Kahn E,Stratton JW,Jackson RJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are at risk for occupational illnesses from pesticide exposure, and the effectiveness of pesticide safety regulations has not been evaluated. It is important to learn from farmworker safety experiences to develop effective measures to improve agricultural workplace safety. M...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Arcury TA,Quandt SA,Cravey AJ,Elmore RC,Russell GB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Deepwater Horizon disaster cleanup effort provided an opportunity to examine the effects of ambient thermal conditions on exertional heat illness (EHI) and acute injury (AI). METHODS:The outcomes were daily person-based frequencies of EHI and AI. Exposures were maximum estimated WBGT (WBGTmax) and sever...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Garzon-Villalba XP,Mbah A,Wu Y,Hiles M,Moore H,Schwartz SW,Bernard TE

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad transdisciplinary field with roots in logic, statistics, cognitive psychology, decision theory, neuroscience, linguistics, cybernetics, and computer engineering. The modern field of AI began at a small summer workshop at Dartmouth College in 1956. Since then, AI applications mad...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Howard J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological investigation involving historical cohorts requires reconstruction of individual cohort member exposures during the period of study. However, past approaches to exposure assessment by industrial hygienists were characterized by different professional expectations for air sampling, and different orienta...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Corn M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computerized hospital discharge diagnoses are useful for occupational disease surveillance. One thousand one hundred twenty-six individuals with asbestosis and 268 individuals with silicosis were identified in New Jersey for the four-year period 1979-1982. Computer-generated maps help to dramatize the localization of ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rosenman KD

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Concern regarding functioning and effectiveness of joint health and safety committees (JHSCs) in Ontario hospitals was raised following the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in 2003. A subsequent literature review revealed a lack of studies focused within the healthcare sector. METHODS:A tool to me...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Nichol K,Kudla I,Robson L,Hon CY,Eriksson J,Holness DL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00