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Exposure to Lead Compounds in an Industrial Setting and the Effects on the Thyroid Gland: A Pilot Cohort Study

Hygiene
Background: Lead compounds are chemicals of high toxicological concern and are suspected to interact with the thyroid axis. Method: A cohort study was carried out involving 70 workers from a petrochemical company exposed to inorganic lead compounds.
Lidia Caporossi, Simona Di Renzi, Mariangela De Rosa, Silvia Capanna, Elisa Partenzi, Iacopo D’Alessandro, Bruno Papaleo   +6 more
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Workplace Biological Risk Assessment: Review of Existing and Description of a Comprehensive Approach

Atmosphere, 2020
Biological risks potentially affect workers in multiple occupational sectors through their exposure to pathogenic agents. These risks must be carefully assessed to prevent adverse health effects. This article identifies and critically analyzes approaches
Sarah Burzoni, Philippe Duquenne, Gautier Mater, Luc Ferrari   +3 more
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Occupational Accident and Injury on Industrial Workers in Jakarta Pulo Gadung Industrial Estate

Makara Journal of Health Research, 2010
Occupational accidents are stil high. There were 17 workers death each workday. Human factor is main caused risk factor of occupational accident. The objective of study to determine type of accidents and injuries related with accident at workplace in ...
Woro Riyadina
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Ultrafine Particles in Residential Indoors and Doses Deposited in the Human Respiratory System

Atmosphere, 2015
Indoor aerosol sources may significantly contribute to the daily dose of particles deposited into the human respiratory system. Therefore, it is important to characterize the aerosols deriving from the operations currently performed in an indoor ...
Maurizio Manigrasso, Ettore Guerriero, Pasquale Avino   +2 more
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Assessing low-back loading during lifting using personalized electromyography-driven trunk models and NIOSH-based risk levels

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Workplace injury risk due to physically demanding tasks (e.g., repeated lifting) is currently assessed using ergonomic guidelines. The Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation (RNLE) is a commonly used approach that assesses risk of low-back loading during ...
Mohamed Irfan Refai, Tiwana Varrecchia, Giorgia Chini, Alberto Ranavolo, Massimo Sartori   +4 more
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Eardrum reflectance in healthy subjects exposed to noise and/or hand-arm vibration

Safety and Health at Work, 2022
Teresa Botti, Luigi Cerini, Arturo Moleti, Filippo Sanjust, Raoul Di Giovanni, Angelo Tirabasso, Enrico Marchetti, Renata Sisto   +7 more
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Evaluation the Emergency Response Program of Emergency Operations Command Center of the Alborz University of Medical Sciences in Response to Kermanshah Earthquake in November 2017

Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly, 2019
Background: Among the various components of disaster management during unexpected accidents, health care systems, especially hospitals, play the most important role in providing primary care services in the initial phase of the disaster.
Farzaneh Ahmadzadeh, Neda Mohammadi, Mehrdad Babaie   +2 more
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A real-time biphasic Kalman filter-based model for estimating human core temperature from heart rate measurements for application in the occupational field

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionEarly identification of hypothermia or hyperthermia is of vital importance, and real-time monitoring of core temperature (CT) of the workers exposed to thermal environments is an extremely valuable tool.
Tiziana Falcone, Simona Del Ferraro, Vincenzo Molinaro, Loredana Zollo, Paolo Lenzuni   +4 more
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FAMÍLIA COM CRIANÇA VÍTIMA DE AGRAVOS POR CAUSAS EXTERNAS

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2005
Neste trabalho apresentam-se as percepções das famílias com crianças vitimadas por agravos externos, obtidas mediante entrevistas com pais de crianças internadas na pediatria de um hospital referência regional no Vale do Rio Pardo no Rio Grande do ...
Fernanda Beatriz Muller, Leni Dias Weigelt   +1 more
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Road traffic accidents and injuries through the analysis of the Italian hospital discharge records: preliminary results

Safety and Health at Work, 2022
Agnese Martini, Emma Pietrafesa, Alessandro Marinaccio, Michela Bonafede   +3 more
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