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Mortality study update of acrylamide workers
Objective: The authors examined the long-term health effects of occupational exposure to acrylamide among production and polymerisation workers. Methods: An earlier study of 371 acrylamide workers was ...
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Measurement quality and validity of the “need for recovery scale”
The “need for recovery scale” is suggested as an operationalisation for the measurement of (early symptoms of) fatigue at work. Definition of and background on the concept of need for recovery are ...
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Mortality from cardiovascular diseases and exposure to inorganic mercury
OBJECTIVE To study the mortality from cardiovascular and other chronic non-neoplastic diseases after long term exposure to inorganic mercury. Limited information is available on the effect of chronic ...
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Job strain, social support in the workplace, and haemoglobin A1c in Japanese men
Dr N Kawakami, Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japannorito{at}med.okayama-u.ac.jp OBJECTIVES To examine the ...
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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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Association of physical workload and leisure time physical activity with incident mobility limitations: a follow-up study
5 The Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 6 National Research Centre for the Working ...
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Night shift work at specific age ranges and chronic disease risk factors
3 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Objectives We examined the association of night shift work history and age when night shift work was performed with ...
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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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Can work make you mentally ill? A systematic meta-review of work-related risk factors for common mental health problems
1 School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 Black Dog Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, ...
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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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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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Welding fumes and lung cancer: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies
Background An estimated 110 million workers are exposed to welding fumes worldwide. Welding fumes are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as carcinogenic to humans (group 1), ...