Bronchoalveolar cell differential count and the number of asbestos bodies correlate with survival in patients with asbestosis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine if the occurrence of different cancers was increased among rubber workers, as the highest known exposures of humans to nitrosamines have occurred in the rubber industry. METHODS:A cohort of 8933 rubber workers (hired after 1 January 1950, still active or retired on 1 January 1981 and employed for...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Straif K,Weiland SK,Bungers M,Holthenrich D,Taeger D,Yi S,Keil U

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interpretation of epidemiological studies on health effects from mobile phone use is hindered by uncertainties in the exposure assessment. We used a newly developed smartphone application (app) to validate self-reported mobile phone use and behaviour among adults. METHODS:107 participants (mean age 41.4 year...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Goedhart G,Kromhout H,Wiart J,Vermeulen R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between occupations and specific occupational exposures and oesophageal cancer (OC) by histological type. METHODS:A multicentre hospital-based case-control study was conducted in two Mediterranean provinces of Spain. Occupational, sociodemographic and lifestyle information was col...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Santibañez M,Vioque J,Alguacil J,Barber X,García de la Hera M,Kauppinen T,PANESOES Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the impact of workplace injury on opioid dependence, abuse and overdose (opioid-related morbidity) and if severity of injury increases the hazard of these health effects. METHODS:We used MarketScan databases to follow injured and propensity score matched non-injured workers, both without prior op...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Asfaw A,Boden LI

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To confirm or refute the hypothesis that organic farmers have higher sperm concentrations than traditional farmers. METHODS:Traditional and organic farmers were selected randomly from central registers, and 171 traditional farmers and 85 organic farmers delivered one semen sample before the start of the spr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Larsen SB,Spanò M,Giwercman A,Bonde JP

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate an epidemiological approach to a national noise hazard surveillance strategy, and report current exposure levels in the Danish workplace. METHODS:A study base of 840 companies in 10 selected high risk industries in the largest county in Denmark was identified from a national register. Noise exposure w...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kock S,Andersen T,Kolstad HA,Kofoed-Nielsen B,Wiesler F,Bonde JP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the exposure of Parisian taxi drivers to automobile air pollutants during their professional activity. METHODS:A cross sectional study was carried out from 27 January to 27 March 1997, with measurements performed in the vehicles of 29 randomly selected drivers. Carbon monoxide (CO) content was meas...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zagury E,Le Moullec Y,Momas I

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the methods used in the nuclear industry family study for which a comprehensive database has been assembled that links employment in the nuclear industry and dosimetry records to information on employees' reproductive health and the health of their children. To discuss the response rates and chara...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Maconochie N,Doyle P,Roman E,Davies G,Smith PG,Beral V

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to determine whether self-reported occupational exposure to cleaning/disinfecting agents in hospital workers is accurate, in comparison to expert assessment, taken to be the gold standard. METHODS:In the Epidemiological Study of the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA), partici...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Donnay C,Denis MA,Magis R,Fevotte J,Massin N,Dumas O,Pin I,Choudat D,Kauffmann F,Le Moual N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Professional judgment is necessary to assess occupational exposure in population-based case-control studies; however, the assessments lack transparency and are time-consuming to perform. To improve transparency and efficiency, we systematically applied decision rules to questionnaire responses to assess dies...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Pronk A,Stewart PA,Coble JB,Katki HA,Wheeler DC,Colt JS,Baris D,Schwenn M,Karagas MR,Johnson A,Waddell R,Verrill C,Cherala S,Silverman DT,Friesen MC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the possible interaction between occupational risk factors and genotype for glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 (GSTM1 and GSTT1) in renal cell cancer (RCC). METHODS:One hundred patients with RCC and 200 outpatient controls were enrolled at Parma University Hospital. The polymorphisms of glutathio...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Buzio L,De Palma G,Mozzoni P,Tondel M,Buzio C,Franchini I,Axelson O,Mutti A

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：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：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：:We aim to quantitatively synthesise available epidemiological evidence on the prevalence rates of workplace violence (WPV) by patients and visitors against healthcare workers. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase and Web of Science from their inception to October 2018, as well as the reference lists of all includ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Liu J,Gan Y,Jiang H,Li L,Dwyer R,Lu K,Yan S,Sampson O,Xu H,Wang C,Zhu Y,Chang Y,Yang Y,Yang T,Chen Y,Song F,Lu Z

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality data have been updated for a further 12 years for a cohort of workers in the reinforced plastics and composites industry with exposures to styrene monomer and other chemicals. The cohort consisted of 15,826 male and female employees who were exposed to styrene for at least six months between 1948 and 1977 at...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Wong O,Trent LS,Whorton MD

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, millions of office workers use a computer. Reports of adverse health effects due to computer use have received considerable media attention. This systematic review summarises the evidence for a relationship between the duration of work time spent using the computer and the incidence of hand-arm and neck-sho...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： IJmker S,Huysmans MA,Blatter BM,van der Beek AJ,van Mechelen W,Bongers PM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence and incidence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain (UEMP) and related disability among office workers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Spain. METHODS:Data from the multinational Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability (CUPID) study on 947 (93%) participants at baseline w...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Campos-Fumero A,Delclos GL,Douphrate DI,Felknor SA,Vargas-Prada S,Serra C,Coggon D,Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate quantitative levels of exposure to diesel exhaust expressed by elemental carbon (EC) in the contemporary mining industry and to describe the excess risk of lung cancer that may result from those levels. METHODS:EC exposure has been monitored in Western Australian miners since 2003. Mixed-effects...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Peters S,de Klerk N,Reid A,Fritschi L,Musk AB,Vermeulen R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Occupational workload has been associated with an increased risk of osteoarthritis. The objective was to further examine the association between workload and occurrence of osteoarthritis and in particular to study whether heavy workload has similar importance as a causative factor for osteoarthritis of the hi...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Järvholm B,From C,Lewold S,Malchau H,Vingård E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the factors that affect why some infants receive higher exposures relative to the mother's body burden than do others. METHODS:A total of 159 mother-infant pairs from a cohort of women receiving prenatal care at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA from 1992 to 1995 provided blood samples at deliv...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Harville EW,Hertz-Picciotto I,Schramm M,Watt-Morse M,Chantala K,Osterloh J,Parsons PJ,Rogan W

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relation between exposure to acid anhydrides and the risk of developing immediate skin prick test responses to acid anhydride human serum albumin (AA-HSA) conjugates or work related respiratory symptoms; to assess whether these relations are modified by atopy or smoking. METHODS:A cohort of 5...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Barker RD,van Tongeren MJ,Harris JM,Gardiner K,Venables KM,Newman Taylor AJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the impact of newly introduced point-of-sale glass bottle recycling on indoor air quality and employee health. METHODS:Airborne exposures and both chronic and acute respiratory and somatic symptoms were surveyed among 226 employees at 36 randomly selected liquor stores with bottle recycling and in-house...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kennedy SM,Copes R,Bartlett KH,Brauer M

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To explore the psychological consequences of improvised explosive device (IED) exposure as IEDs have been the greatest threat to UK military personnel in Afghanistan though the mental health consequences of IED exposure are largely unknown. METHOD:Deployed UK military personnel completed a survey while deplo...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jones N,Thandi G,Fear NT,Wessely S,Greenberg N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently, diesel motor exhaust (DME) has been classified as a known human carcinogen. We used data from epidemiological studies of diesel exposures to perform a quantitative risk assessment to calculate DME exposure levels, expressed as elemental carbon (EC), corresponding to acceptable risk (AR) and maximum...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Vermeulen R,Portengen L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous analyses of cataract in radiation-exposed populations have assessed relative risk; radiogenic excess additive risk (EAR), arguably of more public health importance, has not been estimated. Previous analysis of a large prospective cohort of US radiologic technologists (USRT) quantified excess relativ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Little MP,Cahoon EK,Kitahara CM,Simon SL,Hamada N,Linet MS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Violence from care recipients and family members, including both verbal and physical abuse, is a serious occupational hazard for healthcare and social assistance workers. Most workplace violence studies in this sector focus on hospitals and other institutional settings. This study examined verbal abuse in a l...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Karlsson ND,Markkanen PK,Kriebel D,Gore RJ,Galligan CJ,Sama SR,Quinn MM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim was to assess the association between occupational biomechanical exposure and the occurrence of radial nerve entrapment (RNE) in construction workers over a 13-year follow-up period. METHODS:A cohort of 229 707 male construction workers who participated in a national occupational health surveillance...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jackson JA,Olsson D,Burdorf A,Punnett L,Järvholm B,Wahlström J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify determinants of sickness absence in hospital physicians. METHODS:The Poisson regression analyses of short (1--3 days) and long (>3 days) recorded spells of sickness absence relating to potential determinants of sickness absence were based on a 2 year follow up period and cohorts of 447 (251 male...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kivimäki M,Sutinen R,Elovainio M,Vahtera J,Räsänen K,Töyry S,Ferrie JE,Firth-Cozens J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00