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Occupational health hazards of street cleaners – a literature review considering prevention practices at the workplace

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020
Street cleaning is an integral part of the solid waste management system. There are different ways to achieve clean streets depending on the availability of equipment, the type and magnitude of dirt, the surface conditions encountered or traffic ...
Vera van Kampen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Calretinin as a blood-based biomarker for mesothelioma

open access: yesBMC Cancer, 2017
Background Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a deadly cancer mainly caused by previous exposure to asbestos. With a latency period up to 50 years the incidence of MM is still increasing, even in countries that banned asbestos.
Georg Johnen   +13 more
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Collision with opponents—but not foul play—dominates injury mechanism in professional men’s basketball

open access: yesBMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2021
Background To identify injury patterns and mechanisms in professional men’s basketball by means of video match analysis. Methods In Germany, injuries are registered with the statutory accident insurance for professional athletes (VBG) by clubs or club ...
Leonard Achenbach   +5 more
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The Fukushima accident was preventable [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2015
The 11 March 2011 tsunami was probably the fourth largest in the past 100 years and killed over 15 000 people. The magnitude of the design tsunami triggering earthquake affecting this region of Japan had been grossly underestimated, and the tsunami hit the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (NPP), causing the third most severe accident in an NPP ...
Costas Synolakis, Utku Kânoğlu
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Assessment of mRNA and microRNA Stabilization in Peripheral Human Blood for Multicenter Studies and Biobanks

open access: yesBiomarker Insights, 2010
In this study we evaluate the suitability of two methods of RNA conservation in blood samples, PAXgene and RNAlater, in combination with variable shipping conditions for their application in multicenter studies and biobanking.
Daniel Gilbert Weber   +12 more
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Probing Different Approaches in Ultraviolet Radiation Personal Dosimetry – Ball Sports and Visiting Parks

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) continues to be a decisive influencing factor for skin health. Besides acute damage (e.g. erythema), chronic light damage is of particular relevance. Skin cancer can develop on the basis of this light damage.
Timo Heepenstrick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accident Prevention in Maryland [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health Reports (1896-1970), 1965
THE IMPORTANCE of accidents as a cause of mortality has been highlighted by the continued drolp in the percentage of deaths from other causes, particularly the communicable diseases. Among children over 1 year of age and adolescents, accidents now rank as the leading cause of death, primarily because preventive medicine has succeeded in lowering the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Diastereoselective metabolism of homomenthyl salicylate (homosalate): Identification of relevant human exposure biomarkers

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2022
Homosalate (HMS) is a salicylate UV filter broadly used in sunscreens and personal care products. The aim of this study was the collection of human toxicokinetic data on HMS as a tool for risk assessment.
Katharina E. Ebert   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human biomonitoring of neonicotinoid exposures: case studies after the use of a spray-agent to ornamental plants and a topical medication to pets

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
Acetamiprid (ACE) and imidacloprid (IMI) are insecticides of global importance and are used as spray and watering agents for ornamental plants to control biting and sucking insects or as topical medications on pets to remove and control fleas.
Sonja A. Wrobel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing exposure to the UV filters octocrylene and 2-ethylhexyl salicylate in Germany from 1996 to 2020: Human biomonitoring in 24-h urine samples of the German Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB)

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2023
The UV filters octocrylene (OC) and 2-ethylhexyl salicylate (EHS) are commonly used in sunscreens and frequently detected in environmental media. However, knowledge on human exposures is scarce.In this human biomonitoring (HBM) study, we analyzed ...
Daniel Bury   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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