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Smoking intensity and urinary nicotine metabolites by socioeconomic status in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Smoking intensity, which is generally based on self-reported average cigarettes per day (CPD), is a major behavioural risk factor and strongly related to socioeconomic status (SES).
Jan Hovanec, Tobias Weiß, Holger M. Koch, Beate Pesch, Thomas Behrens, Benjamin Kendzia, Marina Arendt, Nico Dragano, Susanne Moebus, Börge Schmidt, Thomas Brüning, Karl-Heinz Jöckel   +11 more
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Occupational health hazards of street cleaners – a literature review considering prevention practices at the workplace

International 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, Frank Hoffmeyer, Christoph Seifert, Thomas Brüning, Jürgen Bünger   +4 more
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Bus accident record;The return of accident proneness

, 2009
One of the assumptions of the theory of accident proneness is that drivers’ accident liability is stable over time which was tested in the present paper.
Dorn, Lisa, af Wåhlberg, Anders E.
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Calretinin as a blood-based biomarker for mesothelioma

BMC 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, Katarzyna Gawrych, Irina Raiko, Swaantje Casjens, Beate Pesch, Daniel G. Weber, Dirk Taeger, Martin Lehnert, Jens Kollmeier, Torsten Bauer, Arthur W. Musk, Bruce W. S. Robinson, Thomas Brüning, Jenette Creaney   +13 more
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Collision with opponents—but not foul play—dominates injury mechanism in professional men’s basketball

BMC 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, Christian Klein, Patrick Luig, Hendrik Bloch, Dominik Schneider, Kai Fehske   +5 more
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A study of road traffic accidents in Saudi Arabia

, 1988
In Saudi Arabia, with its rapid expansion of road construction and increase in the number of vehicles, road traffic accidents are becoming a serious public health problem.
A. Bener, BENER, Abdulbari, OFOSU, JB, ABOUAMMOH, AM, A.M. Abouammoh, J.B. Ofosu   +5 more
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Assessment of mRNA and microRNA Stabilization in Peripheral Human Blood for Multicenter Studies and Biobanks

Biomarker 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, Swaantje Casjens, Peter Rozynek, Martin Lehnert, Sandra Zilch-Schöneweis, Oleksandr Bryk, Dirk Taeger, Maria Gomolka, Michaela Kreuzer, Heinz Otten, Beate Pesch, Georg Johnen, Thomas Brüning   +12 more
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Jerky driving - An indicator of accident proneness?

, 2011
This study uses continuously logged driving data from 166 private cars to derive the level of jerks caused by the drivers during everyday driving. The number of critical jerks found in the data is analysed and compared with the self-reported accident ...
András Várhelyi, Bagdadi, Omar, Varhelyi, Andras, Omar Bagdadi, Bagdadi, Omar,, Várhelyi, András,   +5 more
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Probing Different Approaches in Ultraviolet Radiation Personal Dosimetry – Ball Sports and Visiting Parks

Frontiers 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, Claudine Strehl, Marc Wittlich   +2 more
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Information and Decision-making for Major Accident Prevention – A concept of information-based strategies for accident prevention [PDF]

, 2022
With wide application of sensors and digitalization for accident prevention and safety management of sociotechnical systems, distributed decision-makers rely on information supplied for their decision-making more than ever.
Zhu, Tiantian
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