解剖学和形态学
麻醉学
听力与言语-语言病理学
行为科学
心脏和心血管系统
细胞和组织工程学
临床神经病学
危重症监护医学
牙科,口腔外科和医学
皮肤病学
急诊医学
内分泌学和新陈代谢
肠胃学和肝脏学
老人病学和老年医学
卫生保健科学和服务
血液学
免疫学
传染病
综合和补充性医学
医学伦理学
医学信息学
医学实验室技术
医学,全科和内科
医学,法律
医学,研究和试验
神经系统科学
护理
营养学和饮食学
产科医学和妇科医学
肿瘤学
眼科学
整形外科学
耳鼻喉科学
病理学
儿科学
周围血管疾病
药理学和药剂学
生理学
基本医疗保健
精神病学
公共、环境和职业卫生
放射学,核医学和医学成像
康复学
生殖生物学
呼吸系统
风湿病学
运动科学
外科学
毒理学
热带医学
泌尿学和肾脏学
病毒学
老年医学
健康政策和服务
心理学,临床
abstract:BACKGROUND:Production of asbestos-cement products in Brazil started in the 1940s, peaked in the 60-70s and is still an active industry. This study was designed to assess the non-malignant effects of asbestos exposure in the asbestos-cement industry in Brazil. METHODS:A group of 828 former asbestos-cement workers enrol...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1095
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Despite the human and monetary costs of occupational injury and illness, occupational health care has focused more on treatment than prevention, and prevention is not part of many clinical occupational health practices. This represents a failure of occupational health care to meet the health care needs of th...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1105
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dusts containing crystalline silica are generated in mining, construction, glass, granite and concrete production industries. The association between exposure to low levels of concrete dust containing crystalline silica and reduction in lung function, was evaluated in a cross-sectional study. METHODS:The st...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1080
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Case reports have identified hydrofluoric acid (HF) as causing fatal work injury, and HF has both local and systemic toxicity. Surveillance for HF-related mortality is problematic because of the lack of unique coding for this acid in hospital records and vital statistics. METHODS:We identified HF-related fa...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1090
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:An investigation of a small private agate mill was prompted by an agate worker who presented with silicosis in Guangzhou, China, in December 1998. METHODS:The work processes and records of dust measurements of the mill were examined. The mean total dust concentrations ranged from 3.0 to 9.9 mg/m3; 86-88% of...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1074
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is considered to have a strong environmental component, but relatively few studies have investigated the potential association between occupation and the disease. METHODS:In a population-based case-control study, we collected comprehensive occupational histories from...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1055
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are at risk for occupational illnesses from pesticide exposure, and the effectiveness of pesticide safety regulations has not been evaluated. It is important to learn from farmworker safety experiences to develop effective measures to improve agricultural workplace safety. M...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1042
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Exposure to chemicals in polluted soil was studied during the remediation of four polluted sites. They are sawmill areas contaminated with chlorophenols and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furanes (PCDD/F), wood impregnating plants contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from creosote ...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1031
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Investigations of breast cancer among men may provide clues for environmental and occupational risk factors that may be difficult to study in women, because of confounding or effect modification from reproductive female characteristics. The objective was to estimate occupation-specific risks of male breast c...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200103)39:3<276::aid-ajim1015>3.
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Neck pain, which is assumed to be a multifactorial disease, is a major problem in modern society. METHODS:To identify the most important psychosocial risk factors for neck pain, a systematic review of the literature was carried out. The methodological quality of all studies in the review was assessed. Four ...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200102)39:2<180::aid-ajim1005>3.
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Polyvinyl chloride plastics (PVC), made flexible through the addition of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), are used in the production of a wide array of medical devices. From the late 1960s, leaching of DEHP from PVC medical devices and ultimate tissue deposition have been documented. METHODS:A critical rev...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200101)39:1<100::aid-ajim10>3.0.
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Correct identification of wayside signal colors is critical for safe operation of railway equipment. However, evaluating color discrimination using just a screening test may not be occupationally relevant. METHODS:A lantern test (CNLAN) was designed to provide a functional assessment of color discrimination...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200012)38:6<681::aid-ajim8>3.0.c
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Despite being preventable, work-related upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders (UECTDs) remain problematic. This study is unique in its focus on predictors of employer risk-reduction activities (ERRAs) in response to a UECTD case. METHODS:Workers' compensation claimants (N = 537) completed a telephone ...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200011)38:5<489::aid-ajim1>3.0.c
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The need to expand the use of evaluation to learn how education programs contribute to workers' occupational safety and health is well documented. Similarly recognized is the need to expand workers' involvement as primary stakeholders in program evaluation. METHODS:Articles for this review were identified t...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200011)38:5<584::aid-ajim11>3.0.
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The extent that cigarette smoking may confound the relationship between diesel exhaust exposure and lung cancer was assessed in a retrospective cohort study of 55,395 U.S. railroad workers followed from 1959 to 1976. METHODS:The relative risk (RR) of lung cancer due to diesel exhaust was indirectly adjusted...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200010)38:4<399::aid-ajim5>3.0.c
更新日期:2000-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200009)38:3<316::aid-ajim11>3.0.
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Worldwide, there is rigorous scientific activity concerning the further development of work safety regulations involving airway-sensitizing substances. Technical directives on hazardous substances are enforced in several countries and are being continuously updated. The European Union has established a code ...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200008)38:2<164::aid-ajim7>3.0.c
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Occupational bladder cancer mortality among minority racial/ethnic groups is not well described compared to occupational bladder cancer mortality among non-minority males in the United States. METHODS:Race/ethnicity- and sex-specific bladder cancer mortality (1985-1992) of workers employed in 21 states was ...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/1097-0274(200007)38:1<90::aid-ajim10>3.0.c
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The occupational lung cancer risk in manufacturing and repair of shoes was studied by pooling of two major case-control studies from Germany. METHODS:Some 4184 incident hospital-based cases of primary lung cancer and 4253 population controls, matched for sex, age, and region of residence were intensively in...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200006)37:6<575::aid-ajim1
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of airway hyperresponsiveness induced by methylene diphenyldiisocyanate (MDI) and toluene diisocyanate (TDI) at a petrochemical industry complex in Korea. METHODS:Questionnaires, allergic skin test, and nonspecific airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) ...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200006)37:6<663::aid-ajim1
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Exposure to microbial agents in the composting industry may cause work related airway inflammation. Nasal lavage (NAL) has been proposed as a noninvasive method to assess such effects in population studies. METHODS:Pre- and post-shift NAL were performed in the workers of a compost plant visited in 1995 (n =...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200005)37:5<459::aid-ajim2
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Previous studies of workers' compensation claims for low back pain (LBP) have revealed that the preponderance of disability is borne by a fraction of cases. However, less is known regarding the influence of occupational factors on these extreme conditions. METHODS:Workers' compensation claims (n=107,867) fo...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200005)37:5<558::aid-ajim1
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Farmers have been previously reported to have higher rates of depression and suicide compared to other occupations. Comparisons of depressive symptoms and risk factors for states should increase understanding of depression in farmers. METHODS:Representative samples of 385 Iowa and 470 Colorado male principa...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200004)37:4<382::aid-ajim8
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A number of employees at an aircraft factory were accidentally exposed to hydrogen sulfide. Because of concern that this may have resulted in lung injury, forty-seven workers were referred for clinical and physiological evaluation. METHODS:Comprehensive pulmonary function tests were performed including spir...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200003)37:3<296::aid-ajim8
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The peripheral nerve conduction velocity (NCV), distribution of nerve conduction velocities (DCV), somatosensory, visual, and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (SEP, VEP, and BAEP, respectively), event-related potential (P300), computerized static posturography with spectral analysis (postural balance), a...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200002)37:2<193::aid-ajim5
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hearing loss is a significant and unfortunately common occupational malady. Over the past several decades both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have initiated efforts to better understand and to limit the occurrence of occupa...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200001)37:1<112::aid-ajim9
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The oncogene product EGF-receptor (EGF-R), the tumor suppressor gene product p53, and anti-p53 antibodies are detectable in serum of certain cancer patients. Increased levels of some of these products were reported in lung cancer patients after occupational asbestos exposure, after exposure to polycyclic aro...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199912)36:6<602::aid-ajim2
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The National Research Council's report "Protecting Youth at Work" addresses the health and safety consequences of work by youth in the United States. The report finds that a higher proportion of U.S. youth work than in any other developed nation and that as much as 80% of youth will have worked during their high schoo...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199911)36:5<579::aid-ajim1
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:From 1970 through 1997, 17 intracranial neoplasms were identified among 6,800 employees of a petrochemical research facility. This investigation describes the case-series. METHODS:The intracranial neoplasms were identified by self reports and record linkages, and were confirmed by medical records and a path...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199910)36:4<450::aid-ajim6
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The prerequisites necessary for attributing lung carcinoma to asbestos, represent a controversial issue. METHODS:Three parameters (occupational history, pleural plaques, and lung asbestos bodies) were investigated in 414 consecutive cases of lung carcinoma, examined at necropsy at the Hospital of Monfalcone...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199909)36:3<360::aid-ajim3
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Editorial Board of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine strongly supports the "Call for an International Ban on Asbestos". We concur with the Collegium Ramazzini that a ban is necessary, overdue and essential for public health. To eliminate the burden of disease and death that is caused worldwide by exposur...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 指南,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare fatal and hospitalized nonfatal work-related traumatic injuries by occupation and cause. METHODS:Fatal and hospitalized nonfatal injuries occurring from 1991-1995 were identified from Washington State workers' compensation claims data. Nonfatal injuries were classified as severe if they had at lea...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199908)36:2<317::aid-ajim1
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In studies in men, risk estimates on occupation and bladder cancer are distorted by about 10% when not adjusting for smoking. We examined the degree to which occupational risk estimates for bladder cancer in women are confounded by smoking, and the degree of residual confounding by inadequate control of this...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199907)36:1<75::aid-ajim11
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The risk of breast cancer was investigated in a large dynamic population-based cohort of all 1.1 million economically active women in Norway with potential exposure to 50 Hz magnetic fields at the censuses of 1960, 1970, and 1980. METHODS:The follow-up period for the cohort was 1961-1992. For each woman, da...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199907)36:1<147::aid-ajim2
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Inhalational exposure to zinc oxide fumes is associated with metal fume fever, a self-limited but very uncomfortable condition closely resembling influenza. Very little is known regarding the toxicokinetics of inhaled zinc, making the interpretation of zinc measurements in serum and urine problematic. METHO...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199906)35:6<574::aid-ajim4
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Asthma has been found to be among the most common conditions in the working age population and is among the most common causes of work limitation, but we could find no longitudinal studies of employment among persons with this condition. METHODS:A panel of 601 persons with a diagnosis of asthma from random ...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199905)35:5<472::aid-ajim4
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:OSHA regulations require that workers receive medical clearance prior to respirator use, and recently, a detailed questionnaire has been provided to assist with this purpose. However, there are limited published data on the sensitivity and specificity of self-administered questionnaires for identifying indiv...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199904)35:4<395::aid-ajim1
更新日期:1999-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199904)35:4<343::aid-ajim4
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Standardized proportionate mortality ratio (SPMR) was found to be 2.2 (95% CI = 1.3-3.5) for esophageal cancer (EC) among workers exposed to refractory brick dust in a large iron-steel complex in China. METHODS:A nested case-control design within a cohort of industrial workers. One hundred and twenty-five E...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199903)35:3<272::aid-ajim7
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In this study, we describe the methodology used for historical estimation of exposure to fluoride and to PAH in vertical stud Søderberg (VSS) potrooms at two Norwegian aluminum smelters. The assessment was performed in order to develop exposure data for epidemiological studies of cause-specific mortality and...
journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199902)35:2<164::aid-ajim8
更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00