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Artificial Intelligence Model Based on Grey Clustering to Access Quality of Industrial Hygiene: A Case Study in Peru

Computation, 2023
Industrial hygiene is a preventive technique that tries to avoid professional illnesses and damage to health caused by several possible toxic agents. The purpose of this study is to simultaneously analyze different risk factors (body vibration, lighting,
Alexi Delgado, Ruth Condori, Miluska Hernández, Enrique Lee Huamani, Laberiano Andrade-Arenas   +4 more
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Applications of the Photoionization Detector (PID) in Occupational Hygiene. Estimation of Air Changes per Hour in Premises with Natural Ventilation

Chemosensors, 2021
The importance of ventilation in closed workplaces increased after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. New methodologies for measuring the number of air changes per hour (ACH) in a premise where natural ventilation is applied are necessary.
María D. Maeso-García, Francesc A. Esteve-Turrillas, Jorge Verdú-Andrés   +2 more
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Using Smart Devices to Measure Intermittent Noise in the Workplace

Noise and Health, 2017
Purpose: To determine the accuracy of smart devices (iPods) to measure intermittent noise and integrate a noise dose in the workplace. Materials and Methods: In experiment 1, four iPods were each paired with a Larson Davis Spark dosimeter and exposed to ...
Benjamin Roberts, Richard Lee Neitzel
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Environmental and Occupational Health Response to SARS, Taiwan, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
The Taiwan Department of Health requested assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in controlling an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The CDC SARS response team included industrial hygiene specialists from
Eric J. Esswein, Max Kiefer, Ken Wallingford, Greg Burr, Lukas Jyhun-Hsiarn Lee, Jung-Der Wang, Shun Chih Wang, Ih-Jen Su   +7 more
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El derecho del trabajador al aire puro: contaminación atmosférica, salud y empresas en las cuencas de minerales no ferrosos (1800-1945)

Historia Crítica, 2020
Objective/context: Social conflicts caused by air pollution gave rise to an intense debate around health in the European and North American non-ferrous mineral basins during the 19th century. Contemporary scholars classified it as a public health problem,
Juan Diego Pérez-Cebada
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Water quality and risk assessment of copper content in drinking water stored in copper container

Applied Water Science, 2022
In most developing countries, drinking water is still a serious challenge. Many water purification methods exist, but they are costly and out of reach for many people. Copper is an ancient metal that has been used from several thousands of years. Because
Ravi Manne, Mohan Maruga Raja Muthu Kumaradoss, Raja Sekhara Reddy Iska, Agilandeswari Devarajan, Nageswararao Mekala   +4 more
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The opposite of Dante's hell? The transfer of ideas for social housing at international congresses in the 1850s–1860s [PDF]

, 2016
With the advent of industrialization, the question of developing adequate housing for the emergent working classes became more pressing than before.
Adam T., Bertrand L., Borghese A., Burggraeve A., Burggraeve A., Burggraeve A., Burggraeve A., Burggraeve A., Burnett J., Bède E., Cacheux E., Cassiers M., Chevallier F., De Royer de Dour H., Defuisseaux E. N. J., Denys L., Ducpétiaux E., d’Andrimont L., Flamand J. P., Guerrand R. H., Heclo H., Heller G., Heyman J., Houwaart E. S., Huberty C., Joos L., Kott S., Kott S., Latour B., Lebon F., Lepas A. J., Marcus S., Meerens L., Mehta J., Melling J., Penot A., Plunz R., Polasky J., Randeraad N., Rasmussen A., Rodger R., Rodgers D. T., Saunier P. Y., Shapiro A. L., Smets M., Smit C., Smit C., Steensels W., Stébé J. M., Tarn J. N., Tollebeek J., Tollebeek J., Tollet A., Van Causenbroeck B., Van Daele J., Van der Woud A., Verbruggen C., Walton J. K., Wohl A. S., Wolffram D. J., Wright G.   +60 more
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OVERVIEW OF WORKER CHARACTERISTICS, USE OF PPE, HYGIENE OF INDIVIDUALS, AND CONTACT DERMATITIS ON METAL COATING HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRY WORKERS

The Indonesian Journal of Public Health, 2020
The use of personal protective equipment and personal hygiene is a factor that affects the occurrence of contact dermatitis. The aim of this study is to describe characteristics of workers, use of PPE, personal hygiene, and contact dermatitis in workers.
Renticabella Praharanie Edytya, Lilis Sulistyorini   +1 more
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Fall-Protection Harness Training: Donning Skill Improves with Up to Four Repetitions

Safety, 2021
Injuries and fatalities from falling remain a major occupational safety concern. Among the multiple tactics for preventing fatal falls is the use of personal fall protection involving wearing a harness connected to a secure anchor point.
Zachary Bunney, Roger C. Jensen, Daniel Autenrieth   +2 more
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The Survey of Incidence and Trend of Occupational Accidents and Related Factors in Economically Active Population of Marvdasht and Suburb between 2005- 2010 [PDF]

طب کار, 2011
Background: This study was designed as an epidemiologic survey on occupational accidents in Marvdasht, Arsanjan and Passargad in a 6 year period. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which was conducted on occupational accidents occurred between ...
E Dortaj Raberi, P Bagheri
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