Individual exposure to particulate air pollution and its relevance to thresholds for health effects: a study of traffic wardens.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess occupational exposure to inorganic germanium (Ge) in workers from a producing plant, and to assess the health of these workers, with a special focus on respiratory, kidney, and liver functions. METHODS:Cross sectional study of 75 workers exposed to Ge and 79 matched referents. Exposure was charact...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Swennen B,Mallants A,Roels HA,Buchet JP,Bernard A,Lauwerys RR,Lison D

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the efficacy of preventive measures in a graphite electrode plant aimed at reducing occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). METHODS:Electrode workers (n = 146) answered a questionnaire and provided an end of shift urine sample. Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-hpur), a...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： dell'Omo M,Muzi G,Marchionna G,Latini L,Carrieri P,Paolemili P,Abbritti G

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:Sex ratios in the offspring of those affected by dioxins or dioxin-like compounds have been reported from Seveso, Italy and Yucheng, Taiwan. The sex ratio of live births in Yusho, Japan after a similar accidental massive exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in 1968 are...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yoshimura T,Kaneko S,Hayabuchi H

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Controversy still exists about the breast carcinogenic properties in humans of environmental xenoestrogens (organochlorines), justifying new investigations. AIMS:To compare the blood levels of total dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in samples collected at the time of breast ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Charlier C,Albert A,Herman P,Hamoir E,Gaspard U,Meurisse M,Plomteux G

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Previous studies of the risk of heart disease after shift work reached different estimates and review authors disagree about the validity of some of the studies. A cross sectional study showed that shift workers had a higher prevalence of nearly every unfavourable work environment factor investigated. Confli...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tüchsen F,Hannerz H,Burr H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to examine the link between individual and ecological workplace social capital and the co-occurrence of adverse lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, heavy drinking, physical inactivity and overweight. METHODS:Data on 25 897 female and 5476 male public sector employees...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Väänänen A,Kouvonen A,Kivimäki M,Oksanen T,Elovainio M,Virtanen M,Pentti J,Vahtera J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Organic acid anhydrides are potential sensitisers and cause occupational airway diseases. In an intervention study the efficacy of measures of hygiene at the workplace and possible selection bias were investigated. METHODS:A first investigation with 110 workers exposed to hexahydrophthalic acid anhydride (H...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Drexler H,Schaller KH,Nielsen J,Weber A,Weihrauch M,Welinder H,Skerfving S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of cataract is influenced by a number of factors including oxidative stress. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) catalyses the nucleophilic addition of the thiol of GST to electrophilic acceptors. It is important for detoxification of xenobiotics in order to protect tissues from oxidative damage...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Saadat M,Farvardin-Jahromi M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the relation between the psychosocial work environment and the perceived indoor air problems measured by a questionnaire survey; and to discuss the role of a questionnaire as a means to enhance collaboration in the challenging multiprofessional process of solving indoor air problems. METHODS:The resear...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lahtinen M,Sundman-Digert C,Reijula K

更新日期：2004-02-01 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:Introduced in the UK in 2010, the fit note was designed to address the problem of long-term sickness absence. We explored (1) associations between demographic variables and fit note receipt, 'maybe fit' use and long-term conditions, (2) whether individuals with long-term conditions receive more fit notes and...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dorrington S,Carr E,Stevelink SAM,Dregan A,Whitney D,Durbaba S,Ashworth M,Mykletun A,Broadbent M,Madan I,Hatch S,Hotopf M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to review the literature on the content of interventions focusing on return to work, employment status, or work retention in patients with cancer. Furthermore, the effect of the interventions on return to work was assessed in studies reporting return to work. METHODS:A literatu...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tamminga SJ,de Boer AG,Verbeek JH,Frings-Dresen MH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community based case-control studies are an efficient means to study disease aetiologies, and may be the only practical means to investigate rare diseases. However, exposure assessment remains problematic. We review the literature on the validity and reliability of common case-control exposure assessment methods: occu...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Teschke K,Olshan AF,Daniels JL,De Roos AJ,Parks CG,Schulz M,Vaughan TL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Occupational dust exposure has been associated with accelerated lung function decline, which in turn is associated with overall morbidity and mortality. In the current study, we assess potential benefits on lung function of hypothetical interventions that would reduce occupational exposure to fine particulate...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Neophytou AM,Costello S,Picciotto S,Noth EM,Liu S,Lutzker L,Balmes JR,Hammond K,Cullen MR,Eisen EA

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：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 correlate the prevalence of respiratory tract symptoms and diseases with dust and fibre exposure in the soft tissue industry in Germany. METHODS:Ambient monitoring was performed for inhalable, respirable dust and fibres in seven soft tissue producing factories. In 441 workers (72 controls, 90 moderate, 279 hig...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kraus T,Pfahlberg A,Gefeller O,Raithel HJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 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:Dental instruments such as the right angle or straight handpiece, air turbine, and ultrasonic scaler have the ability to produce dental aerosols containing water, saliva, microorganisms, blood, tooth particles, lubricating oil, and restorative materials. The purpose of this study was to find out whether pers...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Allsopp J,Basu MK,Browne RM,Burge PS,Matthews JB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate allegations of an excess risk of leukaemia among children living near the Solway Firth coast of Dumfries and Galloway Health Board area in Scotland, UK. METHODS:Incident cases of childhood leukaemia (International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, C91-C95, patients aged 0-14 years) fo...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Stark JM,Black RJ,Brewster DH

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphohaematopoeitic cancer mortality was examined among 4417 workers at a chemical plant by cumulative and peak benzene exposure. There was little evidence of increasing risk with increasing cumulative exposure for all leukaemias or acute non-lymphocytic leukaemias (ANL), or the other lymphohaematopoeitic cancers wit...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Collins JJ,Ireland B,Buckley CF,Shepperly D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Animal evidence shows that N-nitrosamines and similar xenobiotic compounds are pancreatic carcinogens. We aimed to determine whether occupational exposure to N-nitrosamines or to pesticides increases risk of pancreatic cancer development. METHODS:Participants (504 cases, 643 controls) in a population-based ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Fritschi L,Benke G,Risch HA,Schulte A,Webb PM,Whiteman DC,Fawcett J,Neale RE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The current study examines and compares the relationship between both macroeconomic and industry-specific business cycle indicators, and work-related injuries among construction workers in Denmark using emergency department (ED) injury data and also officially reported injuries to the Danish Working Environm...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nielsen KJ,Lander F,Lauritsen JM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the concentration of urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) among electroplating workers in Taiwan. METHODS:Fifty workers were selected from five chromium (Cr) electroplating plants in central Taiwan. The 20 control subjects were office workers with no previous exposure to Cr. Urinary 8-OHdG conc...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kuo HW,Chang SF,Wu KY,Wu FY

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to assess whether contaminated personal clothing worn beneath a coverall (normal workwear) is a source of potentially significant dermal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coal liquefaction workers. METHODS:An intervention study was conducted over a two week peri...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Quinlan R,Kowalczyk G,Gardiner K,Calvert I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study examines the impact of work-related psychosocial and mechanical exposure on the development of low back pain (LBP) in the general working population. METHODS:A randomly drawn cohort from the general population in Norway aged 18-66 years was followed up for 3 years (n=12 550, response rate at baseline=6...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sterud T,Tynes T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of exposure assessment to metal working fluids (MWF) has almost exclusively focused on inhalation exposure. AIMS:To assess levels of, and factors affecting, dermal and inhalation exposure to semi-synthetic MWF, and to identify suitable dermal exposure grouping schemes among metal workers for an e...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： van Wendel de Joode B,Bierman EP,Brouwer DH,Spithoven J,Kromhout H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00