Cancer incidence and specific occupational exposures in the Swedish leather tanning industry: a cohort based case-control study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the impact of workplace injury on opioid dependence, abuse and overdose (opioid-related morbidity) and if severity of injury increases the hazard of these health effects. METHODS:We used MarketScan databases to follow injured and propensity score matched non-injured workers, both without prior op...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Asfaw A,Boden LI

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Occupational pesticide exposure is associated with a wide range of diseases, including lung diseases, but it is largely unknown how pesticides influence airway disease pathogenesis. A potential mechanism might be through epigenetic mechanisms, like DNA methylation. Therefore, we assessed associations between...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： van der Plaat DA,de Jong K,de Vries M,van Diemen CC,Nedeljković I,Amin N,Kromhout H,Biobank-based Integrative Omics Study Consortium.,Vermeulen R,Postma DS,van Duijn CM,Boezen HM,Vonk JM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Examine trends and patterns of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among construction workers in the USA, with an emphasis on older workers. METHODS:WMSDs were identified from the 1992-2014 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), and employment was estimated from the Current Populat...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Wang X,Dong XS,Choi SD,Dement J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the current prevalence of exposure to workplace noise and ototoxic chemicals, including co-exposures. METHOD:A cross-sectional telephone survey of nearly 5000 Australian workers was conducted using the web-based application, OccIDEAS. Participants were asked about workplace tasks they performed ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lewkowski K,Heyworth JS,Li IW,Williams W,McCausland K,Gray C,Ytterstad E,Glass DC,Fuente A,Si S,Florath I,Fritschi L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the mortality experience of a cohort of employees in the UK silica sand industry exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS). METHODS:A retrospective cohort mortality study followed all workers to 2001 with at least one year's employment at one of seven UK silica sand producing quarries between 195...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brown TP,Rushton L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermal uptake of chemicals at the workplace may contribute considerably to the total internal exposure and so needs to be regulated. At present only qualitative warning signs--the "skin notations"--are available as instruments. An attempt was made to develop a quantitative dermal occupational exposure limit (DOEL) com...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bos PM,Brouwer DH,Stevenson H,Boogaard PJ,de Kort WL,van Hemmen JJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Analyses of secular trends in work-related fatal injury in New Zealand have previously only considered the total working population, potentially hiding trends for important subgroups of workers. This paper examines trends in work-related fatalities in worker subgroups between 2005 and 2014 to indicate wher...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lilley R,Maclennan B,Davie G,McNoe BM,Horsburgh S,Driscoll TR

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal corneal ulcers related to agriculture has been reported throughout the world, especially in tropical areas. Most of them were sporadic and had histories of ocular trauma or use of topical corticosteroids and topical antibiotics. Five onion harvesters had fungal corneal ulcers during the same harvest period in S...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lin SH,Lin CP,Wang HZ,Tsai RK,Ho CK

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently, diesel motor exhaust (DME) has been classified as a known human carcinogen. We used data from epidemiological studies of diesel exposures to perform a quantitative risk assessment to calculate DME exposure levels, expressed as elemental carbon (EC), corresponding to acceptable risk (AR) and maximum...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Vermeulen R,Portengen L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Professional judgment is necessary to assess occupational exposure in population-based case-control studies; however, the assessments lack transparency and are time-consuming to perform. To improve transparency and efficiency, we systematically applied decision rules to questionnaire responses to assess dies...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Pronk A,Stewart PA,Coble JB,Katki HA,Wheeler DC,Colt JS,Baris D,Schwenn M,Karagas MR,Johnson A,Waddell R,Verrill C,Cherala S,Silverman DT,Friesen MC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking cessation and examine the association between cessation and various factors among workers in a nationally representative sample of US adults. METHODS:Data were derived from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey. Prevalence rates were calculated for intere...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yong LC,Luckhaupt SE,Li J,Calvert GM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The association between shift work and cancer, which is thought to be mediated by effects on circulating melatonin levels, may be modified by chronotype (ie, the inherent preference for activity in the morning or the evening); however, few studies have examined the potential impact of chronotype on the carci...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bhatti P,Mirick DK,Davis S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Benzene is an established animal and human carcinogen. The mechanism of benzene toxicity, particularly its leukaemogenic effect, is not fully understood. The modified base 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) is a sensitive marker of the DNA damage due to hydroxyl radical attack at the C8 of guanine. This damag...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lagorio S,Tagesson C,Forastiere F,Iavarone I,Axelson O,Carere A

更新日期：1994-11-01 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:Night shift work has been associated with poor sleep, weight gain, metabolic syndrome, which are recognised risk factor for diabetes. However, only a few studies have examined the effect of shift work on diabetes risk. Here, we study the association between shift work and incidence of diabetes in Danish nurs...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hansen AB,Stayner L,Hansen J,Andersen ZJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Inflammatory biomarkers are associated with negative health outcomes. In this study, we investigated the associations between airborne occupational exposures and levels and changes in inflammatory biomarkers. METHODS:We included 79 604 adults at baseline from the Lifelines cohort of which 48 403 (60.8%) s...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Faruque MO,Vonk JM,Bültmann U,Boezen HM

更新日期：2020-08-07 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Apparent increases in human male reproductive disorders, including low sperm production, may have occurred because of increased chemical exposure. Various glycol ether-based solvents have pronounced adverse effects on sperm production and male fertility in laboratory animals. The authors investigated the eff...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Multigner L,Ben Brik E,Arnaud I,Haguenoer JM,Jouannet P,Auger J,Eustache F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a highly lipophilic organochlorine compound of widespread environmental occurrence, that accumulates in the biological system. It affects the porphyrine metabolism, thyroid hormones, and the liver function in animals. Although HCB is one of the most common organochlorine compound i...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sala M,Sunyer J,Herrero C,To-Figueras J,Grimalt J

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Crystalline silica is a widely used industrial material that is readily available worldwide, and is one of the most common types of particulate mineral pollutants. It has been classified as a group 1 human carcinogen of the respiratory system; however, whether it is linked to gastric cancer remains uncertain. We condu...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lee W,Ahn YS,Lee S,Song BM,Hong S,Yoon JH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Job exposure matrices (JEMs) can be constructed from expert-rated assessments, direct measurement and self-reports. This paper describes the construction of a general population JEM based on self-reported physical exposures, its ability to create homogeneous exposure groups (HEG) and the use of different exp...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Evanoff BA,Yung M,Buckner-Petty S,Andersen JH,Roquelaure Y,Descatha A,Dale AM

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Office computer workers are at increased risk for neck/upper extremity (UE) musculoskeletal pain. METHODS:A seven-month office ergonomic intervention study evaluated the effect of two engineering controls plus training on neck/UE pain and mechanical exposures in 113 computer workers, including a 3-month fol...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dropkin J,Kim H,Punnett L,Wegman DH,Warren N,Buchholz B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diazinon, a common organophosphate insecticide with genotoxic properties, was previously associated with lung cancer in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) cohort, but few other epidemiological studies have examined diazinon-associated cancer risk. We used updated diazinon exposure and cancer incidence inform...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jones RR,Barone-Adesi F,Koutros S,Lerro CC,Blair A,Lubin J,Heltshe SL,Hoppin JA,Alavanja MC,Beane Freeman LE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the risk of all cause mortality, cause specific mortality, and incident cancer in meatworkers. METHODS:In a retrospective cohort study, a list of members of a meatworkers union in Australia was matched with the national death and cancer registries. Standardised mortality ratios (SMR) and standardised...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Fritschi L,Fenwick S,Bulsara M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory capacity were studied in a group of 288 workers (259 women and 29 men) employed in a confectionery plant. A group of workers (96 women and 31 men) not exposed to confectionery manufacture were also studied as controls. The prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms was higher in ex...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zuskin E,Mustajbegovic J,Schachter EN,Kern J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the effects of smoking and personal hygienic behaviour on blood lead (BPb) and free erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels (FEP) in lead exposed workers. METHODS:Subjects were 105 lead exposed male workers in a battery recycling plant during the years 2000-03. BPb and FEP were measured as part of the on...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Karita K,Nakao M,Ohwaki K,Yamanouchi Y,Nishikitani M,Nomura K,Sato M,Yano E

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few studies have examined whether exposure to chlorinated solvents is associated with multiple myeloma. We evaluated associations between multiple myeloma and occupational exposure to six chlorinated solvents: 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene (TCE), methylene chloride (DCM), perchloroethylene, carbon...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Gold LS,Stewart PA,Milliken K,Purdue M,Severson R,Seixas N,Blair A,Hartge P,Davis S,De Roos AJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency, circumstances, and causes of occupational accidents aboard merchant ships in international trade, and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of occupational accidents as well as dangerous working situations where possible preventive measures may be initiated. METHODS:The s...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hansen HL,Nielsen D,Frydenberg M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00