abstract：OBJECTIVES:To appraise epidemiological evidence of the purported association between residential exposure to power frequency magnetic fields and adult cancers. METHODS:Literature review and epidemiological evaluation. RESULTS:Seven epidemiological studies have been conducted on the risk of cancer among adults in rela...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Li CY,Thériault G,Lin RS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32 year old male research physician accidentally received a minor wound from a needle which had been previously used on rabbit tissue. Within 15 minutes serious anaphylactic reactions started and he was taken to hospital where his condition stabilised within five hours. Serum immunoglobulin E antibodies to rabbit ep...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Watt AD,McSharry CP

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect on the incidence of cancer of exposure to chemicals handled in the leather tanning industry. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A case-control study was performed within a cohort of 2487 workers employed for at least six months during the period 1900-89 in three Swedish leather tanneries. 68 cancer ca...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Mikoczy Z,Schütz A,Strömberg U,Hagmar L

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation between shift work and death from ischaemic heart disease (IHD). METHODS:A nested case-control approach was used. The cohort comprised male manual workers who joined an industrial company aged 50 years or under between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1992 and worked there for at l...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： McNamee R,Binks K,Jones S,Faulkner D,Slovak A,Cherry NM

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Agricultural workers are known to have occupational skin diseases. The prevalence and pattern of skin diseases are unknown in Taiwanese fruit farmers. The objective of this study is to determine the work exposure, prevalence of skin diseases, and sensitivity to common skin allergens and agricultural chemical...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Guo YL,Wang BJ,Lee CC,Wang JD

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To carry out a comprehensive field investigation to evaluate various conventional and recently developed biomarkers for exposure to low concentrations of benzene. METHODS:Analyses were carried out on environmental air, unmetabolised benzene in blood and urine, urinary trans, transmuconic acid, and three majo...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ong CN,Kok PW,Ong HY,Shi CY,Lee BL,Phoon WH,Tan KT

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present case-referent study was to investigate the incidence of myocardial infarction among male professional drivers, taking the type of vehicles and area of residence into account. METHODS:The study base comprised all men aged 30-74 in five counties in middle Sweden during 1976-81 or 1976-8...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Gustavsson P,Alfredsson L,Brunnberg H,Hammar N,Jakobsson R,Reuterwall C,Ostlin P

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To elucidate factors contributing to hard metal asthma, the entire workforce of a corporation producing hard metal tools (n = 703) was examined. METHODS:The variables evaluated were the atopy reflected by immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody against mite allergen, history of exposure to hard metal, smoking, conc...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kusaka Y,Iki M,Kumagai S,Goto S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore whether the inhalation of coal mine dust increases the risk of premature death in miners, a survival analysis was conducted in a cohort of 2738 patients with simple pneumoconiosis in the Huai-Bei coal mine, in China. METHODS:Age specific mortalities were calculated by disease severity in terms of...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yi Q,Zhang Z

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A hospital based case-control study was conducted between 1992 and 1993 in the province of Brescia, a highly industrialised area in northern Italy, to evaluate occupational risk factors of bladder cancer. METHODS:The study evaluated 355 histologically confirmed cases of bladder cancer (275 men, 80 women) an...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Porru S,Aulenti V,Donato F,Boffetta P,Fazioli R,Cosciani Cunico S,Alessio L

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the differences between measurements of personal exposure to particulate air pollution and static area measurements in a group of people working close to traffic and to determine whether such differences might obscure any threshold for health effects in epidemiological studies. METHODS:Persona...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Watt M,Godden D,Cherrie J,Seaton A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of indoor temperature control on summer and winter ambulatory blood pressure levels at work was studied. METHOD:Ambulatory systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were monitored once in summer and once in winter in 101 healthy normotensive subjects aged 28-63 years, engage...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kristal-Boneh E,Harari G,Green MS,Ribak J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the increased risk of disease related to asbestos in occupations from the construction and engineering industries applies equally to pleural cancer, peritoneal cancer, and asbestosis. METHODS:Analysis was based on deaths among men aged 20-74 in England and Wales during 1979-80 and 1982-90. ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Coggon D,Inskip H,Winter P,Pannett B

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the nationwide occurrence of work related musculoskeletal injuries among all home care service workers in Sweden, and to identify relative risks and risk factors of the injuries. METHODS:The study was based on work related injuries reported to the Swedish occupational injury information system i...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Ono Y,Lagerström M,Hagberg M,Lindén A,Malker B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to assess whether contaminated personal clothing worn beneath a coverall (normal workwear) is a source of potentially significant dermal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coal liquefaction workers. METHODS:An intervention study was conducted over a two week peri...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Quinlan R,Kowalczyk G,Gardiner K,Calvert I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To obtain knowledge about the use and distribution of hazardous chemicals in Danish industry. This knowledge is used to regulate the occupational environment and prevent hazardous exposure. METHODS:A national survey on the use of chemicals was carried out in 1989 in a stratified sample of 1448 Danish busine...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Brandorff NP,Flyvholm MA,Beck ID,Skov T,Bach E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effects of chronic exposure to lead on the peripheral nervous system in lead workers. METHODS:Nerve conduction velocity and electromyographic studies were performed on 31 lead workers of a battery recycling factory and 31 sex and age matched controls. 25 cases with mild distal extensor weakn...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yeh JH,Chang YC,Wang JD

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internationally, the debate on aims for occupational health policy is expanding its horizons. Included among the issues are not only concerns about safety for workers, but also for their progeny. Equality among the sexes is also assuming a prominent position. In several countries, existing and proposed legislation alr...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Stijkel A,van Dijk FJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between cancer incidence and exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles, asbestos, pot emissions (fluorides, sulphur dioxide), heat stress, and magnetic fields in workers from a Norwegian aluminium smelter that operated from 1914 to 1975. METHODS:Cancer incidence between 1953 and 1991 w...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Rønneberg A,Andersen A

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the significance of the increase in urinary excretion of the lysosomal enzyme beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) at low exposures to cadmium (Cd) that is frequently found in the absence of any other sign of renal dysfunction. METHODS:The activity was measured of the two main isoenzymes of NAG (NA...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Bernard A,Thielemans N,Roels H,Lauwerys R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review and summarise the epidemiological evidence on the carcinogenicity of occupational exposure to inorganic lead. METHODS:Case-control and cohort studies were reviewed and combined for meta-analysis. Fixed and random effect methods were used to estimate the summary effects. RESULTS:The combined resul...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Fu H,Boffetta P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main objective of this study was to investigate exposure-response relations between adverse musculoskeletal outcomes and ergonomic exposure variables. METHODS:A cross sectional analytical study was conducted in 11 factories from seven sectors of manufacturing industry in South Africa. Exposure to workpl...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Schierhout GH,Meyers JE,Bridger RS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Benzene is an established animal and human carcinogen. The mechanism of benzene toxicity, particularly its leukaemogenic effect, is not fully understood. The modified base 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) is a sensitive marker of the DNA damage due to hydroxyl radical attack at the C8 of guanine. This damag...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lagorio S,Tagesson C,Forastiere F,Iavarone I,Axelson O,Carere A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Molecular epidemiological techniques, capable of detecting damage to DNA, were used to see if such damage occurred in the lymphocytes of a group of workers exposed to chromium. The two aims of this pilot study were to see if these new techniques might make useful biological monitoring tools for workers expos...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Gao M,Levy LS,Faux SP,Aw TC,Braithwaite RA,Brown SS

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an epidemiological study rat urinary aeroallergen (RUA) and total dust concentrations were measured at three research establishments. Personal RUA measurements in nine exposure groups over a workshift showed highest exposure for animal technicians (geometric mean (GM) = 32.4 micrograms/m3) and lowest for wo...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Nieuwenhuijsen MJ,Gordon S,Tee RD,Venables KM,McDonald JC,Newman Taylor AJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out on respiratory symptoms and skin prick test response to common allergens (atopy), storage mites, and occupational allergens among 226 bakers and pastry makers from 105 small businesses in northern Italy. Atopy was present in 54 workers (23.4%); 40 workers (17.7%) were skin positive to at least...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： De Zotti R,Larese F,Bovenzi M,Negro C,Molinari S

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory capacity were studied in a group of 288 workers (259 women and 29 men) employed in a confectionery plant. A group of workers (96 women and 31 men) not exposed to confectionery manufacture were also studied as controls. The prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms was higher in ex...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Zuskin E,Mustajbegovic J,Schachter EN,Kern J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Wistar rats were exposed to two types of magnesium sulphate whiskers by inhalation for six hours a day, five days a week, for four weeks (sub-chronic study), or for one year (chronic study) to clarify the biological effects of the whiskers. There were few whiskers detected in the rat lungs even at one day after t...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Hori H,Kasai T,Haratake J,Ishimatsu S,Oyabu T,Yamato H,Higashi T,Tanaka I

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality data have been updated for a further 12 years for a cohort of workers in the reinforced plastics and composites industry with exposures to styrene monomer and other chemicals. The cohort consisted of 15,826 male and female employees who were exposed to styrene for at least six months between 1948 and 1977 at...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Wong O,Trent LS,Whorton MD

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 4320 uranium miners in West Bohemia who started work at the mines during 1948 to 1959 and worked there for at least four years were followed up to the end of 1990 to determine cause specific mortality risks in relation to exposures in the mines. The miners had experienced high radon exposures, on average 2...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Tomásek L,Swerdlow AJ,Darby SC,Placek V,Kunz E

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four workers chronically exposed to elemental mental mercury in a lampsocket manufacturing factory were studied. The clinical manifestations were severe in one, mild in another, and suspicious in the remaining two. Correlation between severity of clinical features and increased urinary mercury concentrations was found...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Yang YJ,Huang CC,Shih TS,Yang SS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of amosite cored asbestos bodies isolated from human lungs to catalyse damage to phi X174 RFI DNA in vitro was measured and compared with that of uncoated amosite fibres with a similar distribution of length. Asbestos bodies (5000 bodies) suspended for 30 minutes in 50 mM NaCl containing 0.5 micrograms phi...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Lund LG,Williams MG,Dodson RF,Aust AE

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) had been shown to be a useful early marker of renal injury. In workers exposed to lead it seems to be the only early marker but the dose response and dose effect relations are weak. Furthermore, the significance and underlying mechanism of increased urinary NAG activity is...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Chia KS,Mutti A,Tan C,Ong HY,Jeyaratnam J,Ong CN,Lee E

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate associations between exposure to mineral fibres and dust, and cancer in subsites within the large bowel. DESIGN:Pooled retrospective cohort studies. SUBJECTS AND SETTINGS:Blue collar workers, employed for at least one year in different trades; asbestos cement or cement workers (n ...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Jakobsson K,Albin M,Hagmar L

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between occupational exposure to airway irritants and the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and level of lung function, and whether these associations were modified by airway hyperresponsiveness, smoking, and a history of allergy were studied in 668 workers from synthetic fibre plants. Respira...

journal_title：Occupational and environmental medicine

authors： Kremer AM,Pal TM,Boleij JS,Schouten JP,Rijcken B

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00