Musculoskeletal diseases in lumber and wood products workers as identified through hospital records surveillance.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We developed a systematic, data-driven approach to estimate metrics of occupational exposure to lead to aid in epidemiologic analyses in a case-control study of kidney cancer. METHODS:Probability of exposure to ten lead sources was assigned using decision rules developed from an extensive literature review ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Callahan CL,Locke SJ,Dopart PJ,Stewart PA,Schwartz K,Ruterbusch JJ,Graubard BI,Rothman N,Hofmann JN,Purdue MP,Friesen MC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss is a significant and unfortunately common occupational malady. Over the past several decades both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have initiated efforts to better understand and to limit the occurrence of occupa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： May JJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 8,502 deaths registered at the Salt River state mortuary, Cape Town (medical examiner records) for an 18-month period (1/1/90-6/30/91). When fatal occupational injuries located from this data source were matched with the records of the occupational safety inspectorate of the Department of Manpower, it was ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lerer LB,Myers JE

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of neurophysiological measures are useful in hospital settings for diagnostic and other clinical purposes. Previously, abnormal changes in various sensory evoked potentials (EPs), and heart rate variability (HRV) were observed in patients with acquired and fetal Minamata disease (MD; methylmercury ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Murata K,Grandjean P,Dakeishi M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between lead absorption and objective psychological performance tests in five groups with different levels of lead absorption was studied in the following groups: (1) a control, non-lead-exposed group; (2) cable splicers, (3) cable manufactures, and (4) secondary lead smelter workers. The following per...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Valciukas JA,Lilis R,Singer R,Fischbein A,Anderson HA,Glickman L

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality rates associated with total pneumoconiosis, including coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP), have remained elevated. METHODS:2003-2013 pneumoconiosis mortality data obtained from National Center for Health Statistics and 2011-2013 Kentucky death certificates were analyzed. RESULTS:Total pneumoconios...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Beggs JA,Slavova S,Bunn TL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was performed in 17 female workers employed in a latex glove manufacturing plant. The mean age of these workers was 42 years and the mean duration of their employment was 19 years. The employees were primarily nonsmokers or light smokers. The presence of chronic respiratory symptoms and acute work-related symp...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zuskin E,Mustajbegovic J,Kanceljak B,Schachter EN,Macan J,Budak A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conjunction with industrial hygiene surveys, mutagenicity studies were performed for the airborne contaminants in three polyurethane manufacturing plants. Airborne particles were collected on glass-fiber filters with Hi-Vol pumps from different locations in each plant. Gases were collected in multiple-sorbent cartr...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ong TM,Stewart J,Whong WZ,Boeniger M

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:This study updates information on mortality and cancer morbidity in a cohort of Norwegian talc workers. METHODS:Follow-up was extended with 24 years, covering 1953-2011. Comparisons were made with the general population and between subgroups within the cohort. RESULTS:Standardized mortality ratio for non-m...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wergeland E,Gjertsen F,Vos L,Grimsrud TK

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:A beryllium materials manufacturer is conducting a limited pilot program that offers testing for HLA-DP beta 1E69 with genetic counseling through a third party to applicants for employment. An important consideration in this regard is the prevalence of this marker in the general population, and its consequen...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weston A,Ensey J,Kreiss K,Keshava C,McCanlies E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Investigations of breast cancer among men may provide clues for environmental and occupational risk factors that may be difficult to study in women, because of confounding or effect modification from reproductive female characteristics. The objective was to estimate occupation-specific risks of male breast c...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pollán M,Gustavsson P,Floderus B

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：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：:Both subcutaneous and hepatic hemangiosarcomas were induced in mice exposed to vinyl chloride monomer, and for the first time, the ultrastructure of hemangiosarcomas related to vinyl chloride exposure has been described. The subcutaneous hemangiosarcoma developed in a mouse's ear 29 weeks after exposure to 10 ppm viny...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Suzuki Y

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were 1) to summarize in a clinically meaningful way information on occupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), and 2) to test a questionnaire on risk factors that could be used by physicians with their patients. For the two objectives, a systematic literature review was per...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rossignol M,Patry L,Sacks S

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:In 15 random autopsies, nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr) were determined quantitatively by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) in human lung tissue to evaluate norm values. None of the deceased persons had had an occupational exposure to Cr or Ni or their compounds. In all, 22 tissue samples were taken from each lung at...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Raithel HJ,Ebner G,Schaller KH,Schellmann B,Valentin H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most daunting problem in community-based studies of occupational cancer is retrospective exposure assessment. To avoid the error involved in using job title as the exposure variable or self-report of exposure, our team developed an approach based on expert judgment applied to job descriptions obtained by interview...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Siemiatycki J,Fritschi L,Nadon L,Gérin M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geographic analysis is now integral to public health surveillance, but has been underused for occupational injury/illness. METHODS:Mapping and spatial statistics are used to examine national county-level mean establishment Lost Workday Injury/Illness (LWDII) rates in the Occupational Safety and Health Admin...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Neff RA,Curriero FC,Burke TA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year total community study of lung cancer incidence by occupation revealed that 1) virtually all the cases occurred in smokers; 2) all major histologic types of lung cancer were strongly associated with smoking behavior; 3) in most high-risk occupations the significant elevations of risk were limited to one or ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Morton WE,Treyve EL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To confirm the relationship between exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles and bladder cancer among primary aluminum production workers, we carried out a case-control study among blue-collar workers who had worked more than 1 year between 1950-1979 in a major plant using mostly the Soderberg process in the Province of Q...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tremblay C,Armstrong B,Thériault G,Brodeur J

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acoustic neuroma is the intracranial tumor subtype showing the highest relative risk in relation to ionizing radiation but other environmental risk factors are largely unknown. This study was performed to investigate the effect of power frequency magnetic fields. METHOD:A total of 793 cases between 1987 and...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Forssén UM,Lönn S,Ahlbom A,Savitz DA,Feychting M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos has been widely used in the refinery and petrochemical sector. Mesothelioma has occurred among maintenance employees, and it was hypothesized that mesothelioma is a marker for exposures which might increase lung cancer risk. A death certificate-based case-control study of mesothelioma and lung cancer from 198...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Finkelstein MM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hispanic immigrant workers dominate California's hired farm workforce. Little is known about their health status; even less is known about those lacking employment authorization. METHODS:The California Agricultural Workers Health Survey (CAWHS) was a statewide cross-sectional household survey conducted in 1...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Villarejo D,McCurdy SA,Bade B,Samuels S,Lighthall D,Williams D 3rd

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies comparing different forms of asbestos are rare, and limited by the failure to compare results with unexposed populations. We compare autoimmune responses among former workers and residents of the crocidolite mining and milling town of Wittenoom, Western Australia, with an unexposed population. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Reid A,Franklin P,de Klerk N,Creaney J,Brims F,Musk B,Pfau J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Oak Ridge, Tennessee Y-12 plant has operated as a nuclear materials fabrication plant since the 1940s. Given the work environment, and prior findings that lung cancer mortality was elevated among white male Y-12 workers relative to US white males, we investigated whether lung cancer mortality was associa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Richardson DB,Wing S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The peripheral nerve conduction velocity (NCV), distribution of nerve conduction velocities (DCV), somatosensory, visual, and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (SEP, VEP, and BAEP, respectively), event-related potential (P300), computerized static posturography with spectral analysis (postural balance), a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Araki S,Sato H,Yokoyama K,Murata K

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses the National Mortality Followback Survey of 1986 to identify the top five Sentinel Health Events Occupational [SHE(O)s], the five leading causes of death, and to ascertain the primary occupations and industries associated with these. We found that, as expected, cardiovascular diseases were four of the ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Reviere R,Schneider S,Woolbright K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00