Increased risk of lung cancer among male professional drivers in urban but not rural areas of Sweden.

abstract：:Although the neurological and cardiovascular effects of Freons have been extensively described, the respiratory effects have been less well documented. We report four cases of occupational asthma following accidental exposure to bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon 1211) due to release of the contents of a fire extinguis...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Matrat M,Laurence MF,Iwatsubo Y,Hubert C,Joly N,Legrand-Cattan K,L'Huillier JP,Villemain C,Pairon JC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To confirm or refute the hypothesis that organic farmers have higher sperm concentrations than traditional farmers. METHODS:Traditional and organic farmers were selected randomly from central registers, and 171 traditional farmers and 85 organic farmers delivered one semen sample before the start of the spr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Larsen SB,Spanò M,Giwercman A,Bonde JP

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：PURPOSE:While large cotton industry plants producing for the foreign market have undergone improvements of occupational hygiene lately, working conditions in power looms producing mainly for the local market are still poor. The respiratory health in workers of power looms has not been studied so far. METHODS:In a cros...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Khan AW,Kundi M,Moshammer H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of occupation on respiratory symptoms in a randomly selected adult population aged 20-44 years. METHODS:It is based on the phase II sampling of the New Zealand part of the European Community respiratory health survey. 1609 people (63.9% response rate) completed a detailed respiratory q...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Fishwick D,Pearce N,D'Souza W,Lewis S,Town I,Armstrong R,Kogevinas M,Crane J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified occupational exposure as a painter as 'carcinogenic to humans', largely based on increased risks of bladder and lung cancer. A meta-analysis, including more than 2900 incident cases or deaths from bladder cancer among painters reported in 41 cohort (n=2), ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Guha N,Steenland NK,Merletti F,Altieri A,Cogliano V,Straif K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rates of surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among blue- and white-collar workers and housewives in the general population were compared. METHODS:Surgically treated cases of idiopathic CTS were investigated among 25-59-year-old residents of Tuscany, Italy, during 1997-2000, based on obligatory d...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Mattioli S,Baldasseroni A,Curti S,Cooke RM,Mandes A,Zanardi F,Farioli A,Buiatti E,Campo G,Violante FS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of a self-management intervention (including an eHealth module), compared with usual care, in employees with chronic non-specific complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder (persisting >3 months). METHODS:Participants were randomised into the self-management group (SG) or usual car...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hutting N,Staal JB,Engels JA,Heerkens YF,Detaille SI,Nijhuis-van der Sanden MW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To obtain knowledge about the use and distribution of hazardous chemicals in Danish industry. This knowledge is used to regulate the occupational environment and prevent hazardous exposure. METHODS:A national survey on the use of chemicals was carried out in 1989 in a stratified sample of 1448 Danish busine...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brandorff NP,Flyvholm MA,Beck ID,Skov T,Bach E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Compare rates of medical insurance claims for musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) between workers in a construction trade and a general worker population to determine if higher physical exposures in construction lead to higher rates of claims on personal medical insurance. METHODS:Health insurance claims betwee...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Dale AM,Ryan D,Welch L,Olsen MA,Buchholz B,Evanoff B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:(1) To develop a transparent and broadly applicable method for assessing occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes or management systems; (2) to assess OSH programmes in a sample of manufacturing worksites; and (3) to determine whether a management focused occupational health intervention results in greater ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： LaMontagne AD,Barbeau E,Youngstrom RA,Lewiton M,Stoddard AM,McLellan D,Wallace LM,Sorensen G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between cancer incidence and exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles, asbestos, pot emissions (fluorides, sulphur dioxide), heat stress, and magnetic fields in workers from a Norwegian aluminium smelter that operated from 1914 to 1975. METHODS:Cancer incidence between 1953 and 1991 w...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Rønneberg A,Andersen A

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate associations between exposure to mineral fibres and dust, and cancer in subsites within the large bowel. DESIGN:Pooled retrospective cohort studies. SUBJECTS AND SETTINGS:Blue collar workers, employed for at least one year in different trades; asbestos cement or cement workers (n ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jakobsson K,Albin M,Hagmar L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study investigated the utility of unmetabolised naphthalene (Nap) and phenanthrene (Phe) in urine as surrogates for exposures to mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). METHODS:The report included workers exposed to diesel exhausts (low PAH exposure level, n = 39) as well as those exposed t...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sobus JR,Waidyanatha S,McClean MD,Herrick RF,Smith TJ,Garshick E,Laden F,Hart JE,Zheng Y,Rappaport SM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the impact of newly introduced point-of-sale glass bottle recycling on indoor air quality and employee health. METHODS:Airborne exposures and both chronic and acute respiratory and somatic symptoms were surveyed among 226 employees at 36 randomly selected liquor stores with bottle recycling and in-house...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kennedy SM,Copes R,Bartlett KH,Brauer M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine an association between specific IgE to methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA) and exposure time, atopic history, smoking habits, and total IgE concentrations. METHODS:A cross sectional survey was carried out on a population of 148 workers from two condenser plants using epoxy resin with MTHPA...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yokota K,Johyama Y,Yamaguchi K,Fujiki Y,Takeshita T,Morimoto K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated cancer risks in carbon black workers and the findings were inconclusive. METHODS:The current study explores the mortality of a cohort of 1535 male German blue-collar workers employed at a carbon black manufacturing plant for at least one year between 1960 and 1998. Vital status...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Wellmann J,Weiland SK,Neiteler G,Klein G,Straif K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether results from questionnaires, exposure measurements, and laboratory tests, commonly used in occupational health practice, can predict the presence or absence of sensitisation in workers exposed to high molecular weight (HMW) allergens. The study aims to develop and validate a diagnostic r...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Meijer E,Grobbee DE,Heederik D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the differences between measurements of personal exposure to particulate air pollution and static area measurements in a group of people working close to traffic and to determine whether such differences might obscure any threshold for health effects in epidemiological studies. METHODS:Persona...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Watt M,Godden D,Cherrie J,Seaton A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Work related asthma (WRA) is one of the most frequently reported occupational lung diseases in a number of industrialised countries. A better understanding of work aggravated asthma (WAA), as well as work related new onset asthma (NOA), is needed to aid in prevention efforts. METHODS:WAA and NOA in...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Goe SK,Henneberger PK,Reilly MJ,Rosenman KD,Schill DP,Valiante D,Flattery J,Harrison R,Reinisch F,Tumpowsky C,Filios MS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Psychosocial work characteristics have been prospectively associated with depressive symptoms. However, methodological limitations have raised questions regarding causality. It is also unclear to what extent depressive symptoms affect the experience of the psychosocial work environment. We examined contempor...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Åhlin JK,LaMontagne AD,Magnusson Hanson LL

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serious delayed neuropsychological sequelae may complicate carbon monoxide intoxication. The existence of minor manifestations, especially memory disturbances, is not well documented. AIMS:To study several memory functions after carbon monoxide intoxication. METHODS:In a prospective study, 32 poisoned pati...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Deschamps D,Géraud C,Julien H,Baud FJ,Dally S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volatile anaesthetics are chemically related to organic solvents used in industry. Exposure to industrial solvents may increase the incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS). AIM:To examine the risk among nurse anaesthetists of contracting MS. METHODS:Nurses with MS were identified by an appeal in the monthly m...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Flodin U,Landtblom AM,Axelson O

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate further whether inorganic lead is a carcinogen among adults, or associated with increased blood pressure and kidney damage, via a large mortality study. METHODS:We conducted internal analyses via Cox regression of mortality in three cohorts of lead-exposed workers with blood lead (BL) data (U...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Steenland K,Barry V,Anttila A,Sallmén M,McElvenny D,Todd AC,Straif K

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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: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:To estimate excess mortality during heat waves and cold spells, and to identify vulnerable population groups by age and cause of death. METHODS:Daily mortality in Moscow, Russia from all non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory causes between January 2000 and February 2006 was analysed. Mortality and ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Revich B,Shaposhnikov D

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Meatpacking remains a hazardous and largely unexamined industry. Despite prevention efforts, laceration injuries, among others, remain high. We estimated the magnitude of associations between transient exposures such as equipment malfunction, performing an unusual work task, rushing, and occurrence of lacera...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lander L,Sorock GS,Stentz TL,Eisen EA,Mittleman M,Hauser R,Perry MJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00