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Importance of Work-Related Psychosocial Factors in Exertion Perception Using the Borg Scale Among Workers Subjected to Heavy Physical Work

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Objective: This study aimed to analyse the role of several environmental and time variables, as well as individual and psychosocial factors, on the perception of exertion, expressed by using the Borg scale, on logistics workers performing heavy manual ...
Emma Sala   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bernardino Ramazzini, three hundred years after his death, Padua (Italy), October 18th, 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
open2noThe year 2014 has marked the tercentenary from the death of Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714), universally credited as the founder of Occupational Health (5, 9, 10, 11).
Riva, Michele Augusto, Zampieri, Fabio
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Pursuing More Sustainable Consumption by Analyzing Household Metabolism in European Countries and Cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Bringing about more sustainable consumption patterns is an important challenge for society and science. In this article the concept of household metabolism is applied to analyzing consumption patterns and to identifying possibilities for the development ...
Biesiot   +30 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

open access: yesطب 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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Framework for Continuous Assessment and Improvement of Occupational Health and Safety Issues in Construction Companies

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2014
Background: Construction industry is among the most hazardous industries, and needs a comprehensive and simple-to-administer tool to continuously assess and promote its health and safety performance. Methods: Through the study of various standard systems
Shahram Mahmoudi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a digital data gathering system to manage the first pandemic wave among healthcare workers in a main European coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tertiary-care hospital

open access: yesAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the information collected from workers infected with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or close contacts using a digital data gathering system (DDGS) developed at the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 ...
Emanuele Sansone   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gap Analysis of Environmental Health Research in Malawi : Report to the National Commission of Science and Technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The aim of this consultancy was to assess the current gaps in research for the environmental health sector in Malawi, and to recommend research priorities and an effective action plan to address these ...
Lungu, Kingsley   +2 more
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Increased Risks of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma in Male and Female Chinese Herbalists

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2011
It has been shown that herbs that contain aristolochic acid induce urological cancer. Chinese herbalists have easy access to such herbs. Our previous mortality study has shown a significantly increased risk of urological cancer in female but not male ...
Hsiao-Yu Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community Empowerment Program in Bojong Terong, Depok, West Java: Established a Healthy Catering Business that Takes into Account the Industrial Hygiene Aspects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Based on the baseline survey and observation that was conducted by the research team, the community empowerment program is really needed to be implemented in Bojong Pondok Terong.
Kartika R, G   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

La enfermedad oculta: una historia de las enfermedades profesionales en Colombia, el caso de la silicosis (1910-1950)

open access: yesHistoria Crítica, 2011
Silicosis (and other pneumoconioses), a chronic disease often associated with the appearance of tuberculosis in miners, posed a significant challenge for Colombia's nascent hygienic and industrial safety efforts.
Jorge Márquez Valderrama   +1 more
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