Exposure to PAH and fluoride in aluminum reduction plants in Norway: historical estimation of exposure using process parameters and industrial hygiene measurements.

abstract：:To clarify the effects of lead on autonomic and central nervous system functions, electrocardiographic R-R interval variability (CVRR) as well as visual and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (VEP and BAEP) were measured in 36 female workers exposed to lead (exposed group) and in 15 female textile workers (unexposed...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Murata K,Araki S,Yokoyama K,Nomiyama K,Nomiyama H,Tao YX,Liu SJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Opioid use is rising in the US and may cause special problems in workers compensation cases, including addiction and preventing a return to work after an injury. OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates a physician-level intervention to curb opioid usage. An insurer identified patients with out-of-guideline opioid ut...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Buttorff C,Trujillo AJ,Castillo R,Vecino-Ortiz AI,Anderson GF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated particulate matter in combined induced sputum (IS) and oxidation in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) to test whether underlying inflammatory changes are present in asymptomatic welders. METHODS:Thirty welders from the Israel Defense Forces exposed to aluminum/iron (Group 1) or to cadmium/chromiu...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fireman E,Lerman Y,Stark M,Schwartz Y,Ganor E,Grinberg N,Frimer R,Landau DA,Zilberberg M,Barenboim E,Jacovovitz R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Live-in formal caregivers spend consecutive days in patients' homes, raising questions about their ability to secure adequate sleep while on duty. Few studies have examined sleeping conditions and outcomes for this growing workforce. METHODS:We collected weeklong sleep logs and interview data from 32 Fili...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Riley K,Nazareno J,Malish S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The healthy survivor effect is a selection process whereby healthy workers are selectively retained in the work force while unhealthy workers are removed. Understanding this phenomenon is integral to the accurate assessment of exposure effects in occupational cohorts. To date, scarce information has been pub...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Baillargeon J,Wilkinson GS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impairment of olfactory function in humans has been associated with occupational exposure to volatile chemicals. To investigate whether exposure to styrene was associated with olfactory impairment, olfactory function was examined in workers with a minimum of 4 years exposure to styrene in the reinforced-plas...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dalton P,Cowart B,Dilks D,Gould M,Lees PS,Stefaniak A,Emmett E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A study of occupational asthma among workers exposed to 4,4'-Diphenylmethane Diisocyanate (MDI). OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate if serum concentrations of MDI-specific IgG or IgE are sensitive biological markers of disease or of MDI exposure. METHODS:The study group consisted of nine MDI-exposed workers and nine...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lushniak BD,Reh CM,Bernstein DI,Gallagher JS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many newly constructed green buildings (GB) are certified using the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for new construction and major renovation which focuses on architectural and mechanical design to conserve energy, reduce environ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Omar MS,Quinn MM,Buchholz B,Geiser K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality experience of 7,119 workers who were employed at a Beaumont, Texas, refinery for at least 1 year between 1945 and 1987 was investigated. Mortality analyses based on standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) showed overall mortality was significantly lower than expected co...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Raabe GK,Collingwood KW,Wong O

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the epidemiologic evidence of cancer risks among workers in aluminum reduction plants with emphasis on associations with specific work areas and exposures. Studies of workers manufacturing carbon products outside the aluminum industry were also reviewed since the work environment is similar to that ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rönneberg A,Langmark F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silica is not generally considered to be a carcinogen, however, occupations characterized by high exposure to crystalline silica have excessive rates of lung cancer mortality. Respiratory cancer excesses have been reported from North America and from Europe for the following dusty trades in which exposure to silica is...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Goldsmith DF,Guidotti TL,Johnston DR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August, 1990, a regional transit authority began removing paint on two overhead bridges on a commuter railroad line running through a residential neighborhood of Lynn, Massachusetts, an industrial city north of Boston. The contracted work involved the sandblasting of existing bridge paint to prepare the surface for...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Prenney B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boatbuilding is a complex, chemically intensive industry which employs approximately 43,000 workers in the United States, 77% of them in shops with fewer than 20 workers. Boatbuilders and repairers are at high risk of occupational injury from falls, lacerations, low back trauma, repetitive motion, noise, burns, fires,...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Brigham CR,Landrigan PJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective exposure assessment study in the automotive parts industry conducted in conjunction with a cancer mortality and respiratory morbidity study [Kennedy et al. (1989): Am J Ind Med 15:627-641; Eisen et al. (1992): Am J Ind Med 22:809-824; Tolbert et al. (1992): Scand J Work Environ Health 18:351-360] descr...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hallock MF,Smith TJ,Woskie SR,Hammond SK

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that older farmers and farm workers have been identified at high risk for farm fatalities, most notably involving tractor overturns. Older farmers also incur more severe non-fatal injuries. METHODS:Data from two national surveillance systems are presented to describe fatal and no...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Myers JR,Layne LA,Marsh SM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the findings of a case-control study of lung cancer among workers at a rubber manufacturing plant. Detailed work histories of 40 lung cancer deaths, which occurred during 1977 and 1978, were compared with those of 146 controls who were individually matched to cases on age, sex, and race; 66 of the...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Andjelkovich DA,Abdelghany N,Mathew RM,Blum S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The amount of information about hazardous agents in the workplace exceeds the capacity of human memory. There is a need to accurately represent or map this scientific knowledge for digital storage and retrieval. METHODS:A relational database of hazardous chemicals and occupational diseases was constructed b...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Brown JA

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：: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:Many professional emergency responders (ERs) who belong to the Korean National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have been cross-trained and serve multiple roles. As such, firefighters and other ERs in Korea are exposed to similar occupational hazards. This study was conducted to estimate cancer morbidity i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ahn YS,Jeong KS,Kim KS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silicosis is a progressive lung disease resulting from the inhalation of respirable crystalline silica. Lung transplantation is the only treatment for end-stage silicosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the survival experience following lung transplantation among patients with silicosis. METHODS:We re...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rosengarten D,Fox BD,Fireman E,Blanc PD,Rusanov V,Fruchter O,Raviv Y,Shtraichman O,Saute M,Kramer MR

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Fact-finding surveys of workers occupationally exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the production of silk thread or of paint were carried out. Some of the workers showed higher PCB levels in the plasma than typical yusho patients. Gas chromatographic patterns of their PCBs were shown to match the pattern of...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Takamatsu M,Oki M,Maeda K,Inoue Y,Hirayama H,Yoshizuka K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been reported even years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11). METHODS:We used screening tools to assess the prevalence of probable PTSD in 9/11-exposed firefighters at two time points, within 6 months of 9/11 (baseline) and 3-4 year...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Berninger A,Webber MP,Niles JK,Gustave J,Lee R,Cohen HW,Kelly K,Corrigan M,Prezant DJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the effect of low level lead (Pb) exposure on somatic and autonomic peripheral nerve functions in ceramic painters, 58 males and 70 females, aged 29-75 years (mean 53.3 years), with lead concentrations in blood (Pb-B) ranging from 2.1 to 69.5 micrograms/dl (geometric mean 13.3 micrograms/dl), were examine...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Ishida M,Ishizaki M,Yamada Y

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological and experimental work confirms that inorganic lead compounds are associated with increased risks of tumorigenesis. In animals, these risks can be induced at doses that are not associated with organ toxicity and in mice that do not produce alpha-2 urinary globulin in the kidney. Thus the mechanis...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Silbergeld EK,Waalkes M,Rice JM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occupational safety and health (OSH) programs are a strategy for protecting workers' health, yet there are few peer-reviewed reports on methods for assessing them, or on the prevalent characteristics of OSH programs, especially in small businesses. METHODS:We adapted an occupational safety and health admini...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Barbeau E,Roelofs C,Youngstrom R,Sorensen G,Stoddard A,LaMontagne AD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formaldehyde is commonly accepted to be an allergen and irritant. However, specifically diagnosed occupational respiratory diseases caused by formaldehyde are relatively rare. Occupational laryngitis was diagnosed in a 47-year-old dairy foreman. He had been exposed for 9 years to formaldehyde emitted from a milk-packi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Roto P,Sala E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated how night shift duration and sleep problems were jointly associated with disabling low back pain (LBP) among workers in different occupations. METHODS:An online-survey was conducted regarding work schedules, disabling LBP, sleep problems, and other relevant factors in 5,008 workers who were ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Takahashi M,Matsudaira K,Shimazu A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00