abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO) is a biopersistent surfactant used in the manufacture of several types of fluoropolymers. Based on previous findings of increased serum lipid levels associated with exposure to APFO, we evaluated ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in a cohort of occupationally exposed ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sakr CJ,Symons JM,Kreckmann KH,Leonard RC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to examine the link between individual and ecological workplace social capital and the co-occurrence of adverse lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, heavy drinking, physical inactivity and overweight. METHODS:Data on 25 897 female and 5476 male public sector employees...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Väänänen A,Kouvonen A,Kivimäki M,Oksanen T,Elovainio M,Virtanen M,Pentti J,Vahtera J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chronic exposure to high levels of noise may be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. We therefore undertook a quantitative retrospective exposure assessment using predictive statistical modelling to estimate historical exposures to noise among a cohort of 27,499 sawmill workers as part o...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Davies HW,Teschke K,Kennedy SM,Hodgson MR,Demers PA

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:This paper systematically reviews the scientific literature on the effects of individual and work-related factors on the Work Ability Index (WAI). Studies on work ability published from 1985 to 2006 were identified through a structured search in PubMed, and Web of Science. Studies were included if the WAI was used as ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： van den Berg TI,Elders LA,de Zwart BC,Burdorf A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Self-reported exposure to vapours, gas, dust or fumes (VGDF) has been widely used as an occupational exposure metric in epidemiological studies of chronic lung diseases. Our objective was to characterise the performance of VGDF for repeatability, systematic misclassification, and sensitivity and specificity ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Quinlan PJ,Earnest G,Eisner MD,Yelin EH,Katz PP,Balmes JR,Blanc PD

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine the efficacy of a participatory ergonomics intervention in preventing musculoskeletal disorders among kitchen workers. Participatory ergonomics is commonly recommended to reduce musculoskeletal disorders, but evidence for its effectiveness is sparse. METHODS:A cluster randomised controlled trial ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Haukka E,Leino-Arjas P,Viikari-Juntura E,Takala EP,Malmivaara A,Hopsu L,Mutanen P,Ketola R,Virtanen T,Pehkonen I,Holtari-Leino M,Nykänen J,Stenholm S,Nykyri E,Riihimäki H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between occupations and specific occupational exposures and oesophageal cancer (OC) by histological type. METHODS:A multicentre hospital-based case-control study was conducted in two Mediterranean provinces of Spain. Occupational, sociodemographic and lifestyle information was col...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Santibañez M,Vioque J,Alguacil J,Barber X,García de la Hera M,Kauppinen T,PANESOES Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether hourly changes in fine particle (PM(2.5), diameter<2.5 microm) exposure or outdoor particle concentrations are associated with rapid ischaemic responses. METHODS:41 non-smoking elderly people with coronary heart disease were followed up with biweekly clinic visits in Helsinki, Finland. T...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lanki T,Hoek G,Timonen KL,Peters A,Tiittanen P,Vanninen E,Pekkanen J

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies into occupational risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in New Zealand have indicated that farmers and meat workers are at increased risk for these neoplasms. A new nationwide case-control study was conducted to assess whether previously observed associations persist and to identify ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： 't Mannetje A,Dryson E,Walls C,McLean D,McKenzie F,Maule M,Cheng S,Cunningham C,Kromhout H,Boffetta P,Blair A,Pearce N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Occupational workload has been associated with an increased risk of osteoarthritis. The objective was to further examine the association between workload and occurrence of osteoarthritis and in particular to study whether heavy workload has similar importance as a causative factor for osteoarthritis of the hi...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Järvholm B,From C,Lewold S,Malchau H,Vingård E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Both ambient ozone and temperature are associated with human health. However, few data are available on whether ozone modifies temperature effects. This study aims to explore whether ozone modified associations between maximum temperature and cardiovascular mortality in the USA. METHODS:The authors obtained...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ren C,Williams GM,Morawska L,Mengersen K,Tong S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effectiveness of a counselling and education programme on work ability and work disability pension for employees in the construction industry. METHODS:Employees with a high disability risk of 38% or more in the following four years were included. Employees in the intervention group were e...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： de Boer AG,Burdorf A,van Duivenbooden C,Frings-Dresen MH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mortality experience of 4702 (4413 men and 289 women) civilian workers in a US Coast Guard shipyard was evaluated. METHODS:All workers employed at the shipyard between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1964 were included in the study and were followed through 31 December 2001 for vital status. Detailed shi...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Krstev S,Stewart P,Rusiecki J,Blair A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the healthy worker survivor effect (HWSE) in a study of Vermont granite workers by distinguishing "prevalent" from "incident" hires based on date of hire before or after the start of follow-up. METHODS:Records of workers between 1950 and 1982 were obtained from a medical surveillance programme. Pr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Applebaum KM,Malloy EJ,Eisen EA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex and dynamic physiologic processes underlie the exposure-response relations that occupational and environmental epidemiologists study. Simple summary measures of exposure such as the average, cumulative exposure, or duration of exposure, can be applied suitably in exposure-response analyses in many instances. H...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kriebel D,Checkoway H,Pearce N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Apparent increases in human male reproductive disorders, including low sperm production, may have occurred because of increased chemical exposure. Various glycol ether-based solvents have pronounced adverse effects on sperm production and male fertility in laboratory animals. The authors investigated the eff...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Multigner L,Ben Brik E,Arnaud I,Haguenoer JM,Jouannet P,Auger J,Eustache F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, millions of office workers use a computer. Reports of adverse health effects due to computer use have received considerable media attention. This systematic review summarises the evidence for a relationship between the duration of work time spent using the computer and the incidence of hand-arm and neck-sho...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： IJmker S,Huysmans MA,Blatter BM,van der Beek AJ,van Mechelen W,Bongers PM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore attitudes to influenza immunisation and rates of uptake among staff working in acute hospitals in the UK. METHOD:A cross-sectional survey of 11,670 healthcare workers in six UK hospitals was carried out using a postal questionnaire. RESULTS:Among 6302 responders (54% of those mailed), 19% had taken up ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Smedley J,Poole J,Waclawski E,Stevens A,Harrison J,Watson J,Hayward A,Coggon D

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the occurrence of hand eczema in hairdressers in Sweden. METHODS:The occurrence of hand eczema was estimated in a Swedish longitudinal retrospective cohort study including all female graduates from vocational schools for hairdressers from 1970 to 1995. A stratified sample from the general populat...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lind ML,Albin M,Brisman J,Kronholm Diab K,Lillienberg L,Mikoczy Z,Nielsen J,Rylander L,Torén K,Meding B

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：AIMS:To investigate the hypothesis that long term exposure to excessive noise can increase the risk of ischaemic heart disease. METHODS:A case-control design, nested within a cohort of nuclear power workers employed at two sites in England over the period 1950-98, was used. Cases were men who died from ischaemic heart...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McNamee R,Burgess G,Dippnall WM,Cherry N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The chronic effects of urban air pollution are not well known. The authors' aim was to investigate the association between the prevalence and new onset of chronic bronchitis and urban air pollution. METHODS:Subjects from the general population randomly selected for the European Community Respiratory Health ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Sunyer J,Jarvis D,Gotschi T,Garcia-Esteban R,Jacquemin B,Aguilera I,Ackerman U,de Marco R,Forsberg B,Gislason T,Heinrich J,Norbäck D,Villani S,Künzli N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the risk of lymphoma among farmers in Spain. METHODS:This is a multicentre case control study conducted in Spain. Cases were subjects diagnosed with lymphoma according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification in four hospitals between 1998-2002. Hospital controls were frequency matc...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： van Balen E,Font R,Cavallé N,Font L,Garcia-Villanueva M,Benavente Y,Brennan P,de Sanjose S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conclusions that can be drawn from earlier studies on noise and children's blood pressure are limited due to inconsistent results, methodological problems, and the focus on school noise exposure. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of aircraft and road traffic noise exposure on children's blood pressure a...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： van Kempen E,van Kamp I,Fischer P,Davies H,Houthuijs D,Stellato R,Clark C,Stansfeld S

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether CFS-like caseness (meeting the criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)) predicts work status in the long term. METHODS:Prospective study in a sample of fatigued employees absent from work. Data were collected at baseline and four years later, and included CFS-like caseness and work stat...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Huibers MJ,Leone SS,Kant IJ,Knottnerus JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies of the risk of heart disease after shift work reached different estimates and review authors disagree about the validity of some of the studies. A cross sectional study showed that shift workers had a higher prevalence of nearly every unfavourable work environment factor investigated. Confli...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tüchsen F,Hannerz H,Burr H

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:The erection of mobile telephone base stations in inhabited areas has raised concerns about possible health effects caused by emitted microwaves. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study of randomly selected inhabitants living in urban and rural areas for more than one year near to 10 selected base stations, 365 ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hutter HP,Moshammer H,Wallner P,Kundi M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sick building syndrome (SBS) is described as a group of symptoms attributed to the physical environment of specific buildings. Isolating particular environmental features responsible for the symptoms has proved difficult. This study explores the role and significance of the physical and psychosocial work env...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Marmot AF,Eley J,Stafford M,Stansfeld SA,Warwick E,Marmot MG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the effect of silica exposure, in the absence of silicosis, on the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), which is epidemic among South African gold miners. METHODS:Cross-sectional study of 520 gold miners over 37 years of age. Length of service, and cumulative and average dust and quartz exposure...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： teWaternaude JM,Ehrlich RI,Churchyard GJ,Pemba L,Dekker K,Vermeis M,White NW,Thompson ML,Myers JE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Natural rubber latex allergy can cause skin and respiratory symptoms The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and incidence of latex related symptoms and sensitisation among a large group of healthcare workers in Trieste hospitals, followed for three years before and after the introduction of pow...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Filon FL,Radman G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the longitudinal relation between strenuous leisure time physical activity and psychological complaints (depression and emotional exhaustion) in a Dutch working population in order to find evidence for the preventive role of physical activity in the development of psychological complaints. METHODS:...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bernaards CM,Jans MP,van den Heuvel SG,Hendriksen IJ,Houtman IL,Bongers PM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic assessments of the effectiveness of interventions to prevent work related eye injuries are needed. AIM:To investigate the long term effectiveness of a multicomponent prevention campaign. METHODS:The campaign (conducted in collaboration with the local Employers' Association and Trade Unions) targ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Mancini G,Baldasseroni A,Laffi G,Curti S,Mattioli S,Violante FS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For the retrospective study of environment and health linkages biomarkers of exposure are required. Polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and furans (PCDD/F) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been useful markers in some settings. This is the first study of PCDD/F body burden in a population based sample fr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Pless-Mulloli T,Edwards R,Howel D,Wood R,Paepke O,Herrmann T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been speculated on theoretical grounds that biomarkers are superior surrogates for chemical exposures to air samples in epidemiology studies. METHODS AND RESULTS:Biomarkers were classified according to their position in the exposure-disease continuum-that is, parent compound, reactive intermediate, s...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lin YS,Kupper LL,Rappaport SM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the hypothesis that people with benign pleural disease or asbestosis have an increased risk of malignant mesothelioma beyond that attributable to their degree of asbestos exposure. METHODS:Former workers and residents of the crocidolite mining and milling town of Wittenoom are participating in a cancer...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Reid A,de Klerk N,Ambrosini G,Olsen N,Pang SC,Musk AW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00