Identification of formaldehyde releasers and occurrence of formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers in registered chemical products.

abstract：:Several studies on the mortality of chemists have revealed a lower overall mortality but an excess of deaths from certain diseases, in particular, cancers. This study determined the causes of mortality of 4,012 chemists among 14,884 members of The Royal Society of Chemistry who were followed for a period of 25 years. ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hunter WJ,Henman BA,Bartlett DM,Le Geyt IP

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Engineering or administrative methods are often insufficient or impractical to control exposure to chemicals in anatomy laboratories. This study explored the feasibility of wearing one or a combination of respirators and goggles used as personal protective equipment (PPE) to control exposure in one such labo...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Akbar-Khanzadeh F,Pulido EV

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the sustainability of the agricultural workforce has been threatened by the high prevalence of back pain, developing effective interventions to reduce its burden within farming will contribute to the long-term health and productivity of workers. Passive back-support exoskeletons are being explored as an i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Thamsuwan O,Milosavljevic S,Srinivasan D,Trask C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several research projects on work-related respiratory diseases have been conducted in Finland. One of the largest, "Farmers' Occupational Health Programme," was conducted by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland during 1973-1983 in cooperation with Kuopio Regional Institute of Occupational Health and the Nationa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Terho EO

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occupational exposure to vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) has been established as a cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver angiosarcoma (ASL). However, some controversy remains due to conflicting results on liver cirrhosis, and to evidence on HCC based on few confirmed cases. The aim of the study is t...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fedeli U,Girardi P,Gardiman G,Zara D,Scoizzato L,Ballarin MN,Baccini M,Pirastu R,Comba P,Mastrangelo G

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:This case-referent study assesses occupational risk factors associated with lung cancer, utilizing colon and rectum cancer referents. Complete occupational and tobacco use histories were obtained by telephone interview for 5,935 incident lung cancer cases and 3,956 incident colon and rectum cancer referents. The analy...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Burns PB,Swanson GM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory health variables were studied cross-sectionally in 227 employees of a plastics molding facility where numerous complaints had been apparently associated with the use of azodicarbonamide foaming agent in injection molding. Pre- and postshift respiratory status measures and azodicarbonamide concentrations we...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Whitehead LW,Robins TG,Fine LJ,Hansen DJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occupational exposure to lead and solvents has declined steadily over the past 20 years, however, construction workers continue to be exposed to these neurotoxicants. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cognitive effects of chronic occupational exposure to lead and solvents. METHOD:Based on K-X...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fiedler N,Weisel C,Lynch R,Kelly-McNeil K,Wedeen R,Jones K,Udasin I,Ohman-Strickland P,Gochfeld M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sensitivity to beryllium was investigated among workers at an aluminum smelter in Norway as a consequence of the findings in an occupational exposure survey. METHODS:Three hundred and sixty-two employees and 31 reference persons were tested for sensitization to beryllium with the beryllium lymphocyte prolif...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Nilsen AM,Vik R,Behrens C,Drabløs PA,Espevik T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since direct measures of individual exposure seldom exist for the entire period of an occupational mortality study, retrospective exposure estimates are necessary. This is often done in a subjective manner involving a consensus of opinion from a panel of epidemiologists and industrial hygienists. An alternative method...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hornung RW,Greife AL,Stayner LT,Steenland NK,Herrick RF,Elliott LJ,Ringenburg VL,Morawetz J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoroughbred horse farm workers self-report a high frequency of work-related injuries and pain. However, an analysis of Thoroughbred horse farm workers' compensation injury claims is absent from the literature, yet may benefit worker safety. METHODS:We analyzed workers' compensation insurance firm data cont...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Flunker JC,Clouser JM,Swanberg JE

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhalational exposure to zinc oxide fumes is associated with metal fume fever, a self-limited but very uncomfortable condition closely resembling influenza. Very little is known regarding the toxicokinetics of inhaled zinc, making the interpretation of zinc measurements in serum and urine problematic. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Martin CJ,Le XC,Guidotti TL,Yalcin S,Chum E,Audette RJ,Liang C,Yuan B,Zhang X,Wu J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few epidemiologic studies have addressed the exposure-response relationships between work activities and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA). This analysis used data from a national survey and ergonomists' ratings to address this issue. METHODS:Interview and knee X-ray data were obtained from the Third Nat...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： D'Souza JC,Werner RA,Keyserling WM,Gillespie B,Rabourn R,Ulin S,Franzblau A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological investigation was undertaken to determine the relationship between silicosis in hardrock miners in Ontario and cumulative exposure to silica (crystalline silica--alpha quartz) dust. This first report describes the cohort, the method of classifying the radiographs, and the identification of a case of...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Muir DC,Shannon HS,Julian JA,Verma DK,Sebestyen A,Bernholz CD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most commonly reported nerve entrapment syndrome. The prevalence of CTS among 652 active workers in jobs with specific hand force and repetitiveness characteristics was estimated. The prevalence of CTS ranged from 0.6% among workers in low force-low repetitive jobs to 5.6% among wor...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Silverstein BA,Fine LJ,Armstrong TJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unionization has been found to be related to higher filing of workers' compensation (WC) claims, but the extent of the relationship and the relationships to other variables have not been previously reported. METHODS:Telephone interviews were conducted with both a population-based and WC-based samples of mus...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Morse T,Punnett L,Warren N,Dillon C,Warren A

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Occupational cancer monitoring is important for cancer prevention and public health protection. A surveillance system for identifying occupational cancer risks and cancer cases in Italy that are likely to be of occupational origin using information available in the Italian Social Security archives was create...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Crosignani P,Massari S,Audisio R,Amendola P,Cavuto S,Scaburri A,Zambon P,Nedoclan G,Stracci F,Pannelli F,Vercelli M,Miligi L,Imbriani M,Berrino F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:From 1970 through 1997, 17 intracranial neoplasms were identified among 6,800 employees of a petrochemical research facility. This investigation describes the case-series. METHODS:The intracranial neoplasms were identified by self reports and record linkages, and were confirmed by medical records and a path...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Delzell E,Beall C,Rodu B,Lees PS,Breysse PN,Cole P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study estimates the annual cost of alcohol-related injuries to employers in 1998-2000. METHODS:Incidence was estimated with occupational injury data, motor vehicle crash data and health care data for 1998-2000. Employer costs were estimated from federal estimates of injury costs by source of payment us...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zaloshnja E,Miller TR,Hendrie D,Galvin D

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevalence of violence to first responders is reported in ranges of approximately 40% to 90%. Pennsylvania has a felonious assault statute to address such violence, but the prosecutorial process has been noted to cause first-responder dissatisfaction. METHODS:An exploratory qualitative study using ind...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wright JY,Davis AL,Brandt-Rauf S,Taylor JA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence from animal studies indicates that organic extracts of diesel particulate are mutagenic and carcinogenic. Of four animal inhalation studies, two have been positive and two have been largely negative. The most recent data indicate that inhalation studies may be positive only with high doses of exhaust. Hum...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Steenland K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1979, a pilot survey defined respiratory status and unmet health care needs of retired and former male asbestos workers in Hawaii. Of 1,401 identified subjects, 741 were contacted and 411 were interviewed. Forty-five subjects were between 39 and 54 years of age; 208, between 55 and 64; and 158, age 65 or more. They...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fournier-Massey G,Wong G,Hall TC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Job-exposure matrices (JEM) are used for exposure assessment in occupational studies, but they can involve errors. We assessed agreement between the Nordic Occupational Cancer Studies JEM (NOCCA-JEM) and aggregate and individual dose estimates for cosmic radiation exposure among Finnish airline personnel. M...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Talibov M,Salmelin R,Lehtinen-Jacks S,Auvinen A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to dichloromethane (DCM or methylene chloride - CH₂ Cl₂ ) in paint strippers continues to be an avoidable source of morbidity and mortality. DCM has been under regulatory scrutiny by occupational and consumer product agencies since the identification of its carcinogenicity in the mid-1980s. METHODS...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Macisaac J,Harrison R,Krishnaswami J,McNary J,Suchard J,Boysen-Osborn M,Cierpich H,Styles L,Shusterman D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While low dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung cancer is recommended for high-risk smokers, ages 55-74 years, information about asbestos exposure may not be routinely elicited. Asbestos exposure is associated with declining respiratory function over time; however, the effect of a history of asb...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lopatin S,Tsay JC,Addrizzo-Harris D,Munger JS,Pass H,Rom WN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of hand paresthesias (HP) and their relationship with pruning activities. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 537 workers pruning grapevines in the region of Champagne. All workers completed a questionnaire about nocturnal HP and musculoskele...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Roquelaure Y,Gabignon Y,Gillant JC,Delalieux P,Ferrari C,Méa M,Fanello S,Penneau-Fontbonne D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metal fabrication workers experience high rates of traumatic occupational injuries. Machine operators in particular face high risks, often stemming from the absence or improper use of machine safeguarding or the failure to implement lockout procedures. METHODS:The National Machine Guarding Program (NMGP) wa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Parker DL,Yamin SC,Brosseau LM,Xi M,Gordon R,Most IG,Stanley R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are relatively few studies of large national databases that contain information on working hours and health. The current study involved an analysis of data from a quality of work life (QWL) module developed for the 2002 General Social Survey. This module collected work and health data from a representa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Grosch JW,Caruso CC,Rosa RR,Sauter SL

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00