abstract：:This study assesses the causes of medical surveillance changes leading to specialist referral from one isocyanate-using company where 39 workers (about 20% of all employees) were referred to a hospital occupational clinic during a 5-year period for concerns regarding their surveillance respiratory questionnaire or spi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kraw M,Tarlo SM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the rarity of peritoneal mesothelioma, occupational risks associated with it have seldom been studied, particularly among women. In this respect, death certificates databases may provide numbers large enough for analysis, although the International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9) ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Cocco P,Dosemeci M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the determinants of susceptibility to the irritant effects of sodium borate in 18 responsive workers identified through repeated self-reports of nasal irritation. For each worker, susceptibility was characterized by two features; reactivity and sensitivity, as estimated from the slope and intercept...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Woskie SR,Eisen EE,Wegman DH,Hu X,Kriebel D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While blood lead concentration has been inversely associated with indicators of reproductive health in occupationally exposed male workers, the utility of lead concentration in semen as an indicator of lead exposure to the male reproductive system has not been fully explored. Blood and semen lead concentrations from 8...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Alexander BH,Checkoway H,Faustman EM,van Netten C,Muller CH,Ewers TG

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using both quantitative and qualitative data, this study examined teen workers' perceptions about their work environments and the ways in which teens believe workplaces can be made safer. METHODS:We conducted telephone interviews (n = 117) and six focus groups (n = 49) with two separate samples of North Car...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zakocs RC,Runyan CW,Schulman MD,Dunn KA,Evensen CT

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diesel exhaust is considered a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The epidemiologic evidence rests on studies of lung cancer among truck drivers, bus drivers, shipyard workers, and railroad workers. The general public is exposed to diesel exhaust in ambient a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Steenland K,Deddens J,Stayner L

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Denver International Airport construction project provided a rare opportunity to identify risk factors for injury on a large construction project for which 769 contractors were hired to complete 2,843 construction contracts. Workers' compensation claims and payroll data for individual contracts were reco...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lowery JT,Borgerding JA,Zhen B,Glazner JE,Bondy J,Kreiss K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over-exposure to lead was identified among developmentally disabled workers engage in furniture refinishing at two separate sites. The index case was identified at the first site by a public health nurse assigned to provide care to some of the workers. Referral to a regional occupational health clinic initiated an exp...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lax MB,Siwinski G

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attitudes of occupational health care professionals toward smoking and their activity to address smoking issues were investigated by a questionnaire survey. Data were also collected on employees' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and on smoking policies that existed in workplaces. Questionnaires were mailed to a...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Heloma A,Reijula K,Tikkanen J,Nykyri E

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:The cause-specific mortality (1940-1993) of 2,985 male workers employed in three oil refineries was examined using a proportionate mortality study design. Separate analyses were undertaken by race, refinery, employment status (active and retired), and time since entry into the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dement JM,Hensley L,Kieding S,Lipscomb H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of retroperitoneal fibrosis is unknown in 70% of the cases. The aim of our study was to examine the possible association between occupational asbestos exposure and retroperitoneal fibrosis; only two cases have been reported in the literature. We gathered all the cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis diagnosed...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Sauni R,Oksa P,Järvenpää R,Parker JE,Roto P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were 1) to summarize in a clinically meaningful way information on occupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), and 2) to test a questionnaire on risk factors that could be used by physicians with their patients. For the two objectives, a systematic literature review was per...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Rossignol M,Patry L,Sacks S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of aluminum on the pulmonary function of aluminum workers were investigated in this study. Serum aluminum levels and spirometry were measured in 55 male workers and 30 male controls. The mean serum aluminum level of workers (72.7 +/- 9.9 ng/ml) was significantly high compared to that of controls, indicatin...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： San LN,Uysal H,Gökbel H,Bediz CS,Sayal A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was performed in 17 female workers employed in a latex glove manufacturing plant. The mean age of these workers was 42 years and the mean duration of their employment was 19 years. The employees were primarily nonsmokers or light smokers. The presence of chronic respiratory symptoms and acute work-related symp...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zuskin E,Mustajbegovic J,Kanceljak B,Schachter EN,Macan J,Budak A

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:Combined data sources, including union administrative records and workers' compensation claims, were used to construct event histories for a dynamic cohort of union carpenters from Washington State during the period 1989-1992. Person-time at risk and the events of interest were stratified by age, sex, time in the unio...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lipscomb HJ,Dement JM,Loomis DP,Silverstein B,Kalat J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Swedish cohort of workers (n = 6,454) from seven aluminum foundries and three secondary aluminum (scrap) smelters there was no overall excess risk of cancer among male or female workers less than 85 years of age (males: 325 observed cases, standardized incidence ratio (SIR) 1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.91...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Seldén AI,Westberg HB,Axelson O

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adults, lead toxicity is most commonly caused by occupation in a lead industry. Whereas lead toxicity has been described in workers who are involved in bridge rehabilitation, as of this date there has been no systematic evaluation published regarding the conditions responsible for lead toxicity in ironworkers. This...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Forst L,Persky V,Freels S,Williams R,Conroy L

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigators must often rely on self-reported work history information collected with questionnaires. However, little is known about the agreement between self-reported estimates of exposure and records kept by companies. As part of a cross-sectional medical study of structural fumigation workers, self-reported work ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Calvert GM,Mueller CA,O'Neill VL,Fajen JM,Briggle T,Fleming LE

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the endocrine profiles of a group of male workers chronically exposed to trichloroethylene (TCE) in an electronics factory. A total of 124 workers participated in a preliminary study, for which 85 satisfied the selection criteria and were recruited to take part in a more deta...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Chia SE,Goh VH,Ong CN

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) present a significant health problem for musicians. To examine physiological, psychological, and behavioral risk factors of musicians' PRMDs, data for a case-control analysis were collected from classically-trained professional and unive...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Zaza C,Farewell VT

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents a mortality study among the 17,344 members of the Construction Workers' Health Insurance Society of Mie Prefecture in Japan. The study period was between 1973 and 1993. During this period, 480 members died. Age-specific mortality rates of Mie Prefecture were used as comparison standards. Significa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Sun J,Shibata E,Hisanaga N,Kamijima M,Ichihara G,Huang J,Toida M,Takeuchi Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the reanalysis of a cross-sectional study of asthma in a large cohort of autoworkers with exposure to metalworking fluids (MWF). There is strong evidence from case reports, clinical studies, and medical surveillance data that exposure to MWF can cause asthma, yet no association was found in the o...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Eisen EA,Holcroft CA,Greaves IA,Wegman DH,Woskie SR,Monson RR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupational histories of fathers were collected prospectively as part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC), and were used to investigate the association of paternal job title with a baby's birth weight and gestational age. The analysis cohort consisted of 4,795 singleton live-born ba...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Shea KM,Farrow A,Little R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a comparative study of pulmonary dysfunction among workers who were exposed to silica, asbestos, or coalmine dust. The results showed that all three groups of dust-exposed workers, even those without radiographic signs of pneumoconiosis, had decreased spirometric parameters and diffusing capacity (DLco) i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wang X,Yano E,Nonaka K,Wang M,Wang Z

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphate (OP)-related systemic illnesses reported to the Worker Health and Safety (WH&S) Branch, and restricted OP-related agricultural use data reported to the Information Services Branch at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) (now CAL-EPA) during 1984-1988 were used to assess factors asso...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Weinbaum Z,Schenker MB,Gold EB,Samuels SJ,O'Malley MA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to collect epidemiologic data include, among other means, self-administered questionnaires and personal and telephone interviews. In some studies, these data collection methods are used simultaneously. However, little is known about the comparability of the data obtained, thus, the validity of pooling data. A ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： van Ooijen M,Ivens UI,Johansen C,Skov T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards contain mandated medical service provisions. The German Berufsgenossenschaften Guidelines for Preventive Occupational Health Examinations currently comprise 38 guidelines, which contain mandated medical service provisions. Based on a prev...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Straif K,Silverstein M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifetime industrial and occupational histories of women with a medically-confirmed diagnosis of infertility (n = 281) were compared to a group of postpartum women (n = 216) for risks of infertility. Controlling for age of first pregnancy or self-report of infertility, date of outcome, cigarette use, and employment in ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Fuortes L,Clark MK,Kirchner HL,Smith EM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most daunting problem in community-based studies of occupational cancer is retrospective exposure assessment. To avoid the error involved in using job title as the exposure variable or self-report of exposure, our team developed an approach based on expert judgment applied to job descriptions obtained by interview...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Siemiatycki J,Fritschi L,Nadon L,Gérin M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O6-Alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) activity was assessed in peripheral blood lymphocytes among 23 mortuary science students before and after 9 weeks in a laboratory course in techniques of embalming. Formaldehyde exposure was established by environmental monitoring. The average air concentration of formaldehyd...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Hayes RB,Klein S,Suruda A,Schulte P,Boeniger M,Stewart P,Livingston GK,Oesch F

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to determine the exposure levels among workers who handle 2-ethoxyethylacetate (EGEEA) in the liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturing industry and to study the menstrual patterns among the exposed workers compared to a referent group of workers. A total of 52 female exposed workers...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Chia SE,Foo SC,Khoo NY,Jeyaratnam J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Response rates were examined in a prospective epidemiologic study of individuals, mostly farmers, from Iowa and North Carolina seeking a pesticide applicator license during the period from 1994 through 1996. In the first year of enrollment 16,535 farmers (representing 77% of eligible farmer applicators) enrolled in th...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Tarone RE,Alavanja MC,Zahm SH,Lubin JH,Sandler DP,McMaster SB,Rothman N,Blair A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present case-control study was conducted in an effort to determine if work in the chemical industry is related to excesses of certain hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms. Cases who died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and leukemia were matched by race, gender, age, year of death, and county of resi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Massoudi BL,Talbott EO,Day RD,Swerdlow SH,Marsh GM,Kuller LH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to estimate rates and identify risk factors for assaults on employees of a state psychiatric hospital, we examined workers' compensation claims, hospital-recorded incident reports, and data collected in a survey of ward staff. Results revealed 13.8 workers' compensation claims due to assault per 100 employees...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bensley L,Nelson N,Kaufman J,Silverstein B,Kalat J,Shields JW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In it's worker health and safety training program, the California-Arizona Consortium aims to promote worker action to improve health and safety conditions. To assess action on worker-identified health and safety problems, 278 trainees were interviewed 3-8 months after training. Associations with three outcomes were an...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Cole BL,Brown MP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos has been widely used in the refinery and petrochemical sector. Mesothelioma has occurred among maintenance employees, and it was hypothesized that mesothelioma is a marker for exposures which might increase lung cancer risk. A death certificate-based case-control study of mesothelioma and lung cancer from 198...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Finkelstein MM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) on farm tractors could significantly reduce the rate of fatal occupational injury on farms, but comparatively few tractors have them. Many of the policy discussions have focused on trying to identify the percentage of tractors that do not have ROPS, even though such a focus proba...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kelsey TW,May JJ,Jenkins PL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study genotoxic effects of exposure to low levels of benzene, single-strand breaks (SSB) in DNA of leukocytes and urinary levels of the oxidative DNA adduct 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8OHdG) were determined in 33 men occupationally exposed to benzene from gasoline and in 33 controls. The average exposure to benzene o...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Nilsson RI,Nordlinder RG,Tagesson C,Walles S,Järvholm BG

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00