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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2023 Occupational skin diseases (OSDs) are one of the major problems in working life. Among occupational diseases, 30-45% are skin diseases. Contact dermatitis accounts for the greatest part (95%) of OSDs. It adversely affects the quality of life of workers.
Srinivas, Chakravarthi R. +1 more
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Allergy, 1998 Occupation Asthma is defined as an illness characterized by the existence of a variable limitation of one's air flow or a bronchial hyper-reactivity due to causes and conditions attributed to a determined labor medium and not to stimuli found outside one's work place.
S, Quirce, J, Sastre
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Thorax, 1980 Summary Occupational asthma is important both as a potentially curable and preventable cause of asthma and as a model of adult onset asthma. It is induced by sensitization to a specific agent inhaled at work; for many of its causes, including inhaled proteins and the low molecular weight chemicals acid anhydrides and reactive dyes, it is
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Environmental Health Perspectives, 1986 Many toxic compounds found in air emissions may induce bronchoconstriction. In the workplace, workers are exposed to these compounds, often in much higher concentrations. Some of these compounds act as sensitizers. Of these, some compounds induce asthma by producing specific IgE antibodies to the compound or its protein conjugate, while others induce ...
B T, Butcher, J E, Salvaggio
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Occupational Information in Occupational Medicine
Journal of UOEH, 1988 The International Classification of Diseases popularly referred to as 'ICD' has significantly improved accessibility to and promoted distribution of medical information. In the field of occupational health, the use of a standardized occupational classification system is also necessary for similar reasons.
K, Takahashi, T, Okubo
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Occupational Consciousness [PDF]
Journal of Occupational Science, 2015 Occupational consciousness refers to ongoing awareness of the dynamics of hegemony and recognition that dominant practices are sustained through what people do every day, with implications for personal and collective health. The emergence of the construct in post-apartheid South Africa signifies the country's ongoing struggle with negotiating long ...
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The Lancet, 1997 Occupational asthma is a common disorder that may be caused by several hundred agents and has a variety of pathogenetic mechanisms. Level of exposure is an important risk factor, and reduction of exposure is the only certain method of prevention. Atopy and smoking are further risk factors for IgE-mediated asthma but have not been found to increase risk
Venables, K, Chan-Yeung, M
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Allergologie select, 2021 Occupational rhinitis (OR) has so far received little attention even though it shares common pathophysiological features and trigger factors and is closely associated with occupational asthma (OA). Work-related exposure to certain substances, such as animal dander, is considered to be the main factor for the development of OR.
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Occupational stress, occupational structure and occupational morbidity
International Congress Series, 2002 Abstract Occupational stress poses a substantial problem in many countries. Its rates of occurrence and its origins are therefore the subject of substantial research. Competitiveness is an increasingly prominent characteristic of many occupational environments and is considered by some to be essential for occupational advancement and achievement ...
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Impact of Previous Occupational Exposure on Outcomes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]
, 2022 Youlim Kim +12 more
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