abstract：:The present study examined degrees of job-related stress factors as well as mental and physical symptoms among Japanese hospital nurses in various departments, and clarified associations of departments and job-related stress factors with those symptoms. A self-administered anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 1,...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Kawano Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study prospectively examined the association between perceived noise exposure at work and cerebrovascular diseases among Japanese male workers. A baseline survey was conducted between 1988 and 1990, which involved 110,792 inhabitants (age range: 40-79 yr) from 45 areas throughout Japan. Subsequent causes of death...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Fujino Y,Iso H,Tamakoshi A,JACC study group.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the main hazard in cement processing is dust and respiratory tract disorders are the most important group of occupational diseases in this industry, evidence for associations between exposure to cement dust and either respiratory symptoms or functional impairment has not been conclusive. This study was, there...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Neghab M,Choobineh A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of heart rate variability (HRV) and urinary catecholamines (CA) as objective indices of heat stress effect. We examined physiological responses, subjective symptoms, HRV and urinary CA to evaluate the effect of heat exposure on the autonomic nervous system. Six h...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Yamamoto S,Iwamoto M,Inoue M,Harada N

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, consultations concerning child abuse cases are increasing rapidly, and the mental health of child-counseling office workers, who must deal with them, has emerged as an issue. To measure the state of mental health of these workers, and to clarify the characteristics of their job-related stress, we sent a ques...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Morita N,Wada I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) is a condition characterized by sleep-disordered breathing resulting in health impairment and sleep problems. From the viewpoints of the prevention of health impairment, accidents at work and traffic accidents, active implementation of screening for SAS in workplaces is necessary. Using a po...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Niijima K,Enta K,Hori H,Sashihara S,Mizoue T,Morimoto Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare workers (HCWs) are exposed daily to the risk of injury by needlesticks and other medical instruments. However, the psychiatric impacts of such injuries have not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mental health status of HCWs with experiences of needlestick and sharps injuries. A cross...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Sohn JW,Kim BG,Kim SH,Han C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to explore long-term changes in the perception of job characteristics--based on the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)--in view of the changing labor market in Western societies. A total number of 2,821 workers from nine companies were involved in the longitudinal Belstress-project. Data were gathered on two ...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Clays E,De Bacquer D,Leynen F,Kornitzer M,Kittel F,De Backer G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To find the possible association of gene methylation of p16(INK4a) and O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase (O(6)-MGMT) with occupational exposure to radon, 91 male miners from a uranium mine in China were divided into 4 groups according to the cumulative doses of radon exposure from 2 to 425 WLM (working-level mo...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Su S,Jin Y,Zhang W,Yang L,Shen Y,Cao Y,Tong J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many dental health workers suffer from musculoskeletal disorders in the upper extremities. In addition to ergonomic factors, psychosocial work characteristics have been linked to musculoskeletal disorders. The present cross-sectional study aimed at investigating how musculoskeletal disorders in the upper extremities (...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Lindfors P,von Thiele U,Lundberg U

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the effects of tanshin funin, a posting without family, on the health of married male workers. A prospective study using the pair-matched method was performed. One hundred and twenty-nine married male tanshin funin workers in their 40s and 50s and as many matched workers living with their famil...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Nakadaira H,Yamamoto M,Matsubara T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using workplaces as a unit for randomization, a randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine the effects of web-based supervisor training on the subject of worksite mental health on job stressors, supervisor support and psychological distress among subordinate workers. A total of eight workplaces of a sales ...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Kawakami N,Takao S,Kobayashi Y,Tsutsumi A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study on a random sample of 1,500 ambulance personnel investigated the relationships between self-reported work-related physical and psychosocial factors, worry about work conditions, and musculoskeletal disorders among female and male ambulance personnel. Three different outcomes, complaints, act...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Aasa U,Barnekow-Bergkvist M,Angquist KA,Brulin C

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of job stress on cellular immune function, such as NK cell activity and NK cell subsets. The participants were 61 female nurses aged 23-59, who worked in a public psychiatric hospital in Ishikawa, Japan. Each subject completed the Nursing Job Stressor Scale (NJSS) and their N...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Morikawa Y,Kitaoka-Higashiguchi K,Tanimoto C,Hayashi M,Oketani R,Miura K,Nishijo M,Nakagawa H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slovenia is a small, fast developing country in the EU with approximately 2,000,000 inhabitants and 700,000 employed. Occupational medicine has been present in Slovenia for as long as 500 yr. Today, 130 specialists of occupational medicine are in charge of health protection of the employed (including transport workers...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Bilban M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A voluntary compliance program for occupational health and safety management, Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), was implemented with a strategy of cooperation and encouragement in Taiwan. Due to limitations on increasing the human forces of inspection, a regulatory-based guideline addressing the essence of Occupati...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Su TS,Tsai WY,Yu YC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed at understanding the relationship among menstrual pattern, dysmenorrhea, life style and working conditions in nurses. The nurses were randomly selected from a medical center in Northern Taiwan. Each subject completed daily records including life and working conditions during the study period. The ...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Chung FF,Yao CC,Wan GH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of biological monitoring (BM) has gained the special interest of individual scientists and international organizations. Today, when analytical problems have almost ceased due to new laboratory techniques and quality assurance systems, the methods for interpretation of results have become the most important...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Jakubowski M,Trzcinka-Ochocka M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the relationship of age, poor perception of working condition, poor safety environment, poor management and supervision, risk-taking behavior, emotional instability, negative job involvement, job dissatisfaction, job stress, and poor safety performance of workers to occupational injuries. This case...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Ghosh AK,Bhattacherjee A,Chau N

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of working hours on health were examined taking psychological job strain into account. White-collar workers employed at the main office of a Japanese manufacturing company provided data for analysis done in 1997. The eligible subjects were 286 workers aged 20-39. Causal relationships between working hours,...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Tarumi K,Hagihara A,Morimoto K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the results of an investigation of respiratory symptoms, pulmonary function and chest X-ray examinations, and analysis of antibodies to fungi of 197 tussah silk-processing workers and 40 control workers. An industrial hygiene survey and environmental mycological studies were also conducted. The dus...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Chen J,Shi J,Wang S,Yang S,Lou J,Liu Z

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the effects of shift work on the lifestyles of female factory workers. As an indicator of healthy lifestyle habits, we used a scoring system (referred to below as the 'health score') based on Lester Breslow's health habits. The 'health score' of the women was higher than that of the men, but the sh...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Kaneko SY,Maeda T,Sasaki A,Sato A,Tanaka K,Kobayashi T,Tanaka M,Fukushima T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are synthetic surfactants used in Japan. An epidemiological study of workers exposed to PFOA revealed a significant increase in prostate cancer mortality. A cross-sectional study of PFOA-exposed workers showed that PFOA perturbs sex hormone homeostasis. We...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Saito N,Harada K,Inoue K,Sasaki K,Yoshinaga T,Koizumi A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioglycolic acid (TGA) is the active ingredient of permanent-waving solution (PWS). TGA has been shown to be a chemical of high toxicity, which can be absorbed through intact skin and cause damage to organs or systems in animals. This study evaluated the effect of TGA-containing PWS on the health of a human populatio...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Gan HF,Meng XS,Song CH,Li BX

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between alcohol consumption, serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) levels, and the prevalence of major coronary risk factors were analyzed cross-sectionally in 2,399 male and 1,402 female middle-aged workers, to clarify the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on the development of the metabolic s...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Yamada Y,Noborisaka Y,Suzuki H,Ishizaki M,Yamada S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic effects of p, p'-DDE (1, 1-dichloro-2, 2 bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene; DDE) on immature male rats were investigated in pubertal Wistar rats after oral administration of DDE. Special rat chow containing 125 ppm DDE (approximately 10 mg/kg DDE) had been administered daily for 42 d since 6 wk of age and its eff...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Makita Y,Matsuura T,Ogata R,Romero Y,Omura M,Tanaka A,Hirata M,Inoue N

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted on a thermal exposure chamber designed for assessing workers' thermal hazard. In order to assess the efficacy of the studied chamber, three environmental conditions were selected to simulate high, middle and low thermal impact situations, with air temperatures (Ta) of 43.12, 36.23 and 25.77 ma...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Tsai PJ,Lo CL,Sun YM,Juang YJ,Liu HH,Chen WY,Yeh WY

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrared Spectrophotometry (IR) is now widely used to determine crystalline silica in industrial dust samples. Though the IR method has many advantages when dealing with respirable dust samples, some serious analytical errors are often caused by interference minerals contamination. These minerals have a characteristic...

journal_title：Journal of occupational health

authors： Ojima J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00