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Work Disability, Early Retirement, and Loss of a Loved One in the World Trade Center Health Registry Cohort

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Existing research on the economic outcomes of 9/11 remains limited and has primarily focused on early retirement. Little is known about the prevalence of work disability and loss of a loved one and whether they are associated with survey attrition.
Jennifer Brite, Matthew Di Vitto, Janna Metzler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severe Occupational Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: A Case Series of Four Patients Requiring Lung Transplantation

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immune‐mediated interstitial lung disease triggered by repeated inhalation of organic or chemical antigens. Occupational exposures account for approximately 19% of all cases. Early diagnosis, identification of the responsible antigen(s), and immediate avoidance of exposure are crucial to prevent ...
Ludwig Frei‐Stuber, Judith Mohren, Ester Mau, Bernhard Werner, Rudolf A. Hatz, Jürgen Barton, Dennis Nowak   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Association of Sleeping Duration and Sleep Problems With All‐Cause Mortality Among a Cohort of Industrial Workers Followed Up for 36 Years

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sleep duration is a well‐established factor associated with all‐cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. Poor sleep quality was also suggested to affect all‐cause mortality risk among adults. The Cardiovascular Occupational Risk Factor determination in Israel Study (CORDIS) is a prospective cohort study of industrial workers ...
Gil Harari, Anat Gesser‐Edelsburg
wiley   +1 more source

Movement behaviour and active play space standards: a review of early childhood education frameworks in the United Kingdom

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
Background Early childhood education (ECE) settings help shape young children's health behaviours. While the importance of healthy movement behaviours (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep) on early childhood development is well understood,
Sophie M. Phillips, Dan Jones, Kristy Howells, Farid Bardid, John J. Reilly, Patricia Tucker   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns of Psychosocial Work Environments and Their Association With Exercise Frequency and Self-Rated Health in 32,938 Swedish Employees: A Latent Profile Analysis

Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences
Purpose: Poor psychosocial work environments have been associated with adverse lifestyle factors, with a possible variation in the association for different patterns of work environments.
Linnea Eriksson, Daniel Väisänen, Magnus Lindwall, Therese Hellman, Victoria Blom, Elin Ekblom Bak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Criterion-Related Validity of the Children\u27s Occupational Performance Questionnaire [PDF]

, 2015
This study examined concurrent, criterion-related validity of a new measure of occupational performance for children, the Children’s Occupational Performance Questionnaire (COP-Q).
Zukowski, Kelsey
core   +1 more source

Street vending and waste picking in developing countries: a long-standing hazardous occupational activity of the urban poor

International journal of occupational and environmental health, 2016
A. Amegah, J. Jaakkola
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessment of Initial Stay Time and Work‐Rest Scheduling Over Consecutive Moderate‐Intensity Workdays in Hot Environments in Young and Older Males and Females

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Initial stay time (IST), the duration of continuous work before core temperature reaches 38.0°C, has been characterized in young and older adults but not across consecutive work periods or in conjunction with standard work‐rest cycles.
Glen P. Kenny, Katie E. Wagar, Roberto C. Harris‐Mostert, Kristina‐Marie T. Janetos, James J. McCormick, Kelli E. King, Leonidas G. Ioannou, Ronald J. Sigal, W. Shane Journeay, Fergus K. O'Connor   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

European Union Pension Directive [PDF]

, 2003
[Excerpt] This Directive thus represents a first step on the way to an internal market for occupational retirement provision organised on a European scale. By setting the ‘prudent person’ rule as the underlying principle for capital investment and making
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union
core   +1 more source

An Evaluation of Mortality Rates and Their Determinants in a Cohort of Former Asbestos Miners in South Africa

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background A causal association between occupational asbestos exposure and lung disease, including pneumoconiosis and mesothelioma, is well established. Elevated mortality among former asbestos miners is expected. However, large‐scale South African studies examining all‐cause mortality in this population are lacking.
Yumna Williams‐Mohamed, Rodney Ehrlich, Jim teWaterNaude, Shahieda Adams   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source