Surveillance of pregnancy loss in human populations.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickness benefit claims are an important economic burden to society. This study aims to determine the incidence of sickness benefit claims in Brazil in 2008, exploring the role of economic activity. METHODS:Population-based study on sickness claims lasting longer than 15 days of sickness absence granted to ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Barbosa-Branco A,Souza WR,Steenstra IA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many professional emergency responders (ERs) who belong to the Korean National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have been cross-trained and serve multiple roles. As such, firefighters and other ERs in Korea are exposed to similar occupational hazards. This study was conducted to estimate cancer morbidity i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ahn YS,Jeong KS,Kim KS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Farmers have been previously reported to have higher rates of depression and suicide compared to other occupations. Comparisons of depressive symptoms and risk factors for states should increase understanding of depression in farmers. METHODS:Representative samples of 385 Iowa and 470 Colorado male principa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Scarth RD,Stallones L,Zwerling C,Burmeister LF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing research suggests that workplace injuries can have significant economic and social consequences for workers; but there are no quantitative studies on complete populations. METHODS:The British Columbia Linked Health Database (BCLHD) was used to examine 1994 injured workers who lost work time due to ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Brown JA,Shannon HS,Mustard CA,McDonough P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiphasic health testing was provided to 744 rubber workers at a tire manufacturing plant. Sixty-two white males from this population had worked longest in the curing department. Personal exposure to respirable particulates was measured for curing press operators. Outcome on screening tests for curing workers was co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weeks JL,Peters JM,Monson RR

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term earnings losses borne by injured workers, beyond those covered by workers' compensation insurance, are rarely estimated. The post-claim earnings of a cohort of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) claimants are tracked over a period of 6 years and compared to the earnings of claimants with either upper...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Foley M,Silverstein B,Polissar N

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biomass cooking fuel is the main source of indoor air pollution in the majority of households in the developing world. Sri Lanka is an island of about 20 million population with urban, rural, and estate population of 14.6%, 80.0%, and 5.4%, respectively. This study describes biomass fuel use for cooking in S...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Nandasena S,Wickremasinghe AR,Sathiakumar N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess changes in work characteristics, socioeconomic status inequalities in changes in work characteristics, and whether US workplaces are becoming more stressful. METHODS:We analyzed data from 5361 employed participants from the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 NIOSH Quality of Work Life Surveys, based on re...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Myers S,Govindarajulu U,Joseph M,Landsbergis P

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Occupational health studies of agricultural workers have generally excluded migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and this population experiences a high degree of health risk from agricultural exposures. A survey of dermatologic disorders among migrant and seasonal farmworkers will be used to illustrate this point. Data f...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schenker MB,McCurdy SA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate cancer incidence in the membership a largely Hispanic farmworker labor union in California, the United Farmworkers of America (UFW) and to examine cancer-site specific distributions as well as histology and stage of cancer at diagnosis in this group. METHODS:An elec...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Mills PK,Kwong S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Swedish cohort of workers (n = 6,454) from seven aluminum foundries and three secondary aluminum (scrap) smelters there was no overall excess risk of cancer among male or female workers less than 85 years of age (males: 325 observed cases, standardized incidence ratio (SIR) 1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.91...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Seldén AI,Westberg HB,Axelson O

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standardized proportionate mortality ratio (SPMR) was found to be 2.2 (95% CI = 1.3-3.5) for esophageal cancer (EC) among workers exposed to refractory brick dust in a large iron-steel complex in China. METHODS:A nested case-control design within a cohort of industrial workers. One hundred and twenty-five E...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pan G,Takahashi K,Feng Y,Liu L,Liu T,Zhang S,Liu N,Okubo T,Goldsmith DF

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002, a voluntary registry of occupational respiratory diseases was initiated in the test phase in Asturias, Catalonia, and Navarre (Spain). Based on data from the fully implemented voluntary registry, we assessed the differences in the incidence and characteristics of the diseases reported in the three r...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Orriols R,Isidro I,Abu-Shams K,Costa R,Boldu J,Rego G,Zock JP,other Members of the Enfermedades Respiratorias Ocupacionales y Medioambientales (EROM) Group.

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the time-weighted average intensity of exposure to toluene and o-cresol concentration in shift-end urine was investigated in nearly 500 factory workers of both sexes in China, together with a similar number of nonexposed control subjects. Toluene concentration (25 ppm as geometric mean and 550...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Inoue O,Seiji K,Watanabe T,Chen Z,Huang MY,Xu XP,Qiao X,Ikeda M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using both quantitative and qualitative data, this study examined teen workers' perceptions about their work environments and the ways in which teens believe workplaces can be made safer. METHODS:We conducted telephone interviews (n = 117) and six focus groups (n = 49) with two separate samples of North Car...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zakocs RC,Runyan CW,Schulman MD,Dunn KA,Evensen CT

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) proposes to issue citations for non-compliance with the exposure limit for respirable coal mine dust when measured exposure exceeds the exposure limit with a "high degree of confidence." This criterion threshold value (CTV) is derived from the sampling and ana...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weeks JL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fish processing is a common economic activity in Southern Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and host determinants of allergic symptoms, allergic sensitization, bronchial hyper-responsiveness and asthma among workers processing saltwater fish. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was c...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Jeebhay MF,Robins TG,Miller ME,Bateman E,Smuts M,Baatjies R,Lopata AL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined data sources, including union administrative records and workers' compensation claims, were used to construct event histories for a dynamic cohort of union carpenters from Washington State during the period 1989-1992. Person-time at risk and the events of interest were stratified by age, sex, time in the unio...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lipscomb HJ,Dement JM,Loomis DP,Silverstein B,Kalat J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Work-related mortality is a relatively new concept which aims to widen occupational health and safety; to take into account not only recognized fatal occupational accidents and diseases but also other work-related deaths. Few countries in the world have a register for work-related diseases. METHODS:Estimate...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hämäläinen P,Takala J,Saarela KL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen articles published between 1980 and 1986 were reviewed to determine the prognosis for returning to previous employment following back surgery. Seventy-seven percent of the cases reviewed returned to their previous level of employment. Nearly 11% of cases had additional back surgery during the period of follow...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Taylor ME

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No information exists on the differences between teenagers with work permits and teenagers without work permits in regards to workplace injury, near-miss incidents, and safety training. METHODS:In May 2003, an anonymous questionnaire was administered to 7,506 teens attending high school throughout the five ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zierold KM,Anderson H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oncogene product EGF-receptor (EGF-R), the tumor suppressor gene product p53, and anti-p53 antibodies are detectable in serum of certain cancer patients. Increased levels of some of these products were reported in lung cancer patients after occupational asbestos exposure, after exposure to polycyclic aro...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schneider J,Presek P,Braun A,Woitowitz HJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) present a significant health problem for musicians. To examine physiological, psychological, and behavioral risk factors of musicians' PRMDs, data for a case-control analysis were collected from classically-trained professional and unive...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zaza C,Farewell VT

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:In August, 1990, a regional transit authority began removing paint on two overhead bridges on a commuter railroad line running through a residential neighborhood of Lynn, Massachusetts, an industrial city north of Boston. The contracted work involved the sandblasting of existing bridge paint to prepare the surface for...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Prenney B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As part of community-based participatory research (CBPR) examining precarious employment and community health, academic, and community researchers used concept mapping to explore how residents in two high hardship neighborhoods perceive the impact of work on health. METHODS:Between January and May 2017, 292 ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Velonis AJ,Hebert-Beirne J,Conroy LM,Hernandez M,Castaneda D,Forst L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30 year-old male polyurethane worker was exposed to an accidental spill of 4,4'-methylene-bis-2-chloroaniline (MBOCA) at a plant producing MBOCA-cured plastic products. Exposure to MBOCA is significant in that this compound is a known animal carcinogen and a suspected human carcinogen. The employee was sprayed over ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Osorio AM,Clapp D,Ward E,Wilson HK,Cocker J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For truck drivers, distracted driving is a workplace behavior that increases occupational injury risk. We propose safety climate as an appropriate lens through which researchers can examine occupational distracted driving. METHODS:Using a mixed methods study design, we surveyed truck drivers using the Safet...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Swedler DI,Pollack KM,Agnew J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey of chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow obstruction of a rural population aged 20-65 years, the effects of both farming and, in particular, the exposure to grain dust on the respiratory health of the people was examined. Of the 1,892 subjects (82% of the eligible population) studied, 924 were males and...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Manfreda J,Cheang M,Warren CP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00