Decade of variable progress: trends in fatal injury in workers in New Zealand from a national observational study.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Although past studies of workplace exposures have contributed greatly to our understanding of carcinogens, significant knowledge gaps still exist with regard to the actual extent of exposure among current workers, with no routinely collected population-based data being available in most countr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Carey RN,Driscoll TR,Peters S,Glass DC,Reid A,Benke G,Fritschi L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Psychosocial work characteristics have been prospectively associated with depressive symptoms. However, methodological limitations have raised questions regarding causality. It is also unclear to what extent depressive symptoms affect the experience of the psychosocial work environment. We examined contempor...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Åhlin JK,LaMontagne AD,Magnusson Hanson LL

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To elucidate factors contributing to hard metal asthma, the entire workforce of a corporation producing hard metal tools (n = 703) was examined. METHODS:The variables evaluated were the atopy reflected by immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody against mite allergen, history of exposure to hard metal, smoking, conc...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kusaka Y,Iki M,Kumagai S,Goto S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vibration white finger (VWF) is characterised by arterial hyperresponsiveness and vasoconstriction following cold provocation. Several years after of removal from exposure, most subjects show improved finger systolic blood pressure (FSBP) under conditions of cold challenge, but continue to report cold hands ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cherniack M,Brammer A,Meyer J,Morse T,Peterson D,Fu R

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between occupational lifting during pregnancy and preterm birth. The risk of preterm birth was estimated for total burden lifted per day and number of medium and heavy loads lifted per day. METHODS:In a study population of 62 803 pregnant women enrolled to the Danish National Birt...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Runge SB,Pedersen JK,Svendsen SW,Juhl M,Bonde JP,Nybo Andersen AM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to test if targeting managers with an educational intervention reduces absence among pregnant employees. METHODS:The study was a non-blinded cluster randomised trial conducted in hospitals and daycare institutions from two administrative Danish Regions and two Danish municipalities. Clusters (wor...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Begtrup LM,Malmros P,Brauer C,Soegaard Toettenborg S,Flachs EM,Hammer PEC,Bonde JP

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate work experiences among teens enrolled in school-sponsored work (SSW) programs and compare the findings to other-working teens. This study, the first to assess work-related safety and health for teens in SSW programs, includes teens working one job and teens working multiple jobs. METHODS:A surve...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zierold KM,Appana S,Anderson HA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of a self-management intervention (including an eHealth module), compared with usual care, in employees with chronic non-specific complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder (persisting >3 months). METHODS:Participants were randomised into the self-management group (SG) or usual car...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hutting N,Staal JB,Engels JA,Heerkens YF,Detaille SI,Nijhuis-van der Sanden MW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the risk of childhood cancer in relation to parental occupation and related exposures. METHODS:Self reported occupational data from mothers and fathers of 3838 children with cancer and 7629 control children were analysed. Odds ratios were calculated for 31 "occupational groups" by parent, diagnostic grou...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McKinney PA,Fear NT,Stockton D,UK Childhood Cancer Study Investigators.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine obstacles for return-to-work in disability management of low back pain patients sicklisted for 3-4 months. METHODS:A cohort of 467 low back pain patients sicklisted for 3-4 months was recruited. A questionnaire was sent to their occupational physicians (OPs) concerning the medical management, obstacl...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Anema JR,Van Der Giezen AM,Buijs PC,Van Mechelen W

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Structural impairment of the renal proximal tubular epithelium induced by cadmium (Cd) was investigated by measuring the concentration of neutral endopeptidase 24.11 (NEP), an ectoenzyme of the apical brush border, in the urine of 106 male workers employed in a Cd smelter (among whom 52 were occupationally e...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nortier J,Bernard A,Roels H,Deschodt-Lanckman M,Gueuning C,Lauwerys R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main objective of this study was to investigate exposure-response relations between adverse musculoskeletal outcomes and ergonomic exposure variables. METHODS:A cross sectional analytical study was conducted in 11 factories from seven sectors of manufacturing industry in South Africa. Exposure to workpl...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Schierhout GH,Meyers JE,Bridger RS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effects of job strain and shift work on weight gain have not been studied jointly. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies on shift work and weight gain have reported different results. This study examines potential effect modification by job strain on the link between shift work and weight gain, and co...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Fujishiro K,Lividoti Hibert E,Schernhammer E,Rich-Edwards JW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To investigate the association between temperature and work-related injuries and (2) to identify groups of workers at high risk of work-related injuries in hot environments in Adelaide, South Australia. METHODS:Workers' compensation claims in Adelaide, South Australia for 2001-2010 were used. The relati...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Xiang J,Bi P,Pisaniello D,Hansen A,Sullivan T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Animal studies suggest that exposure to pesticides may alter thyroid function; however, few epidemiologic studies have examined this association. We evaluated the relationship between individual pesticides and thyroid function in 679 men enrolled in a substudy of the Agricultural Health Study, a cohort of li...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lerro CC,Beane Freeman LE,DellaValle CT,Kibriya MG,Aschebrook-Kilfoy B,Jasmine F,Koutros S,Parks CG,Sandler DP,Alavanja MCR,Hofmann JN,Ward MH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association of immune cell number and function with occupational exposure to substances contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). METHODS:A cross sectional medical survey. The exposed participants were employed at two chemical plants between 1951 and 1972 in the manufactur...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Halperin W,Vogt R,Sweeney MH,Shopp G,Fingerhut M,Petersen M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the risk of lung cancer in different subgroups of professional drivers in urban and rural areas of Sweden. METHODS:Information on occupation and geographical region was obtained from the Swedish census of 1970 and data on the incidence of lung cancer between 1971 and 1984 from the National Swedish ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jakobsson R,Gustavsson P,Lundberg I

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prenatal occupational exposure to pesticides has been associated with male reproductive tract abnormalities. Little is known about the possible impact of non-occupational pesticide exposure on fetal and child development in the general population. Using data from a nationwide birth cohort, we aimed to assess...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Cognez N,Warembourg C,Zaros C,Metten MA,Bouvier G,Garlantézec R,Charles MA,Béranger R,Chevrier C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO) is a biopersistent surfactant used in the manufacture of several types of fluoropolymers. Based on previous findings of increased serum lipid levels associated with exposure to APFO, we evaluated ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in a cohort of occupationally exposed ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sakr CJ,Symons JM,Kreckmann KH,Leonard RC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether kneeling or squatting for prolonged periods is sufficiently causally associated with an increased risk of injury or degenerative disease of the knee joint as to meet the classic criteria to be considered an occupational disease of coal miners for whom these are or have been routine working post...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McMillan G,Nichols L

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous research has produced conflicting evidence on the relative merits of advancing and delaying shift systems. The current study assessed the effects of the direction of shift rotation within 8 hour systems, upon a range of measures including sleep, on shift alertness, physical health, and psychological...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tucker P,Smith L,Macdonald I,Folkard S

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Male Wistar rats were exposed to two types of magnesium sulphate whiskers by inhalation for six hours a day, five days a week, for four weeks (sub-chronic study), or for one year (chronic study) to clarify the biological effects of the whiskers. There were few whiskers detected in the rat lungs even at one day after t...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hori H,Kasai T,Haratake J,Ishimatsu S,Oyabu T,Yamato H,Higashi T,Tanaka I

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation between pulmonary function and occupational exposure in aluminium pot operators. METHODS:2795 observations were obtained in 630 workers over six years of follow up. An autoregressive method of analysis was used. RESULTS:After adjustment for FEV1 in the three previous years, the ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Søyseth V,Boe J,Kongerud J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Both ambient ozone and temperature are associated with human health. However, few data are available on whether ozone modifies temperature effects. This study aims to explore whether ozone modified associations between maximum temperature and cardiovascular mortality in the USA. METHODS:The authors obtained...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ren C,Williams GM,Morawska L,Mengersen K,Tong S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between occupational exposure to airway irritants and the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and level of lung function, and whether these associations were modified by airway hyperresponsiveness, smoking, and a history of allergy were studied in 668 workers from synthetic fibre plants. Respira...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kremer AM,Pal TM,Boleij JS,Schouten JP,Rijcken B

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the effects of bleach use at home on the frequency of infections in 9102 school-age children participating in the HITEA project. METHODS:Parents of pupils aged 6-12 years from schools in Barcelona province (Spain), Utrecht province (the Netherlands) and Eastern and Central Finland were administered...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Casas L,Espinosa A,Borràs-Santos A,Jacobs J,Krop E,Heederik D,Nemery B,Pekkanen J,Hyvärinen A,Täubel M,Zock JP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified occupational exposure as a painter as 'carcinogenic to humans', largely based on increased risks of bladder and lung cancer. A meta-analysis, including more than 2900 incident cases or deaths from bladder cancer among painters reported in 41 cohort (n=2), ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Guha N,Steenland NK,Merletti F,Altieri A,Cogliano V,Straif K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the use of 99technetiumm-hexamethyl propylene amine oxime single photon computed tomography (HMPAO-SPECT) of the brain as a means of detecting nervous tissue damage in divers and to determine if there is any correlation between brain image and a diver's history of diving or decompression illness (...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Shields TG,Duff PM,Evans SA,Gemmell HG,Sharp PF,Smith FW,Staff RT,Wilcock SE

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00