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An epidemiological study of the role of chrysotile asbestos fibre dimensions in determining respiratory disease risk in exposed workers
Background: Evidence from toxicological studies indicates that the risk of respiratory diseases varies with asbestos fibre length and width. However, there is a total lack of epidemiological evidence ...
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Occupational exposure to crystalline silica and gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
1 The Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2 Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 7 Cardiovascular ...
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NIPSA: a new scale for measuring non-illness predictors of sickness absence
Objectives We describe the development and initial validation of a new scale for measuring non-illness factors that are important in predicting occupational outcomes, called the NIPSA (non-illness ...
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O3A.5 Environmental dust exposure from gold mine waste dumps and respiratory health effects in johannesburg, south africa
Background Thousands of people living in close proximity to gold mine waste dumps (GMWDs), are exposed to wind-swept, silica-rich dust. The effects on respiratory heath consequent on this exposure are ...
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Are new workers at elevated risk for work injury? A systematic review
Objective To identify, appraise and synthesise studies that have examined the degree to which new workers are at an elevated risk of work-related acute injuries and musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries.
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Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: results of the MED-PARTICLES Project
Correspondence to Dr Annunziata Faustini, Department of Epidemiology, Regional Health Service of Lazio, via Santa Costanza, 53, Rome 00198, Italy; a.faustini{at}deplazio.it. Background An association ...
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An observational study of shift length, crew familiarity, and occupational injury and illness in emergency medical services workers
2 Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, ...
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A prospective study of floor surface, shoes, floor cleaning and slipping in US limited-service restaurant workers
2 Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 Department of Family Medicine and ...
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Ambient air pollution and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study
Correspondence to Professor Hsien-Ho Lin, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, 17 Xu-Zhou Road, Rm706, Taipei 100, Taiwan; hsienho{at}ntu.edu.tw Objectives ...
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Vehicle accidents related to sleep: a review.
Falling asleep while driving accounts for a considerable proportion of vehicle accidents under monotonous driving conditions. Many of these accidents are related to work--for example, drivers of ...
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Fatigue among working people: validity of a questionnaire measure
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the validity of the checklist individual strength questionnaire (CIS) in the working population. This 20 item self reported questionnaire has often been used in patients with ...