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Development of a bioavailable Hg(II) sensing system based on MerR-regulated visual pigment biosynthesis

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Engineered microorganisms have proven to be a highly effective and robust tool to specifically detect heavy metals in the environment. In this study, a highly specific pigment-based whole-cell biosensor has been investigated for the detection of ...
Yan Guo   +4 more
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Detection of Bioavailable Cadmium by Double-Color Fluorescence Based on a Dual-Sensing Bioreporter System

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Cadmium (Cd) is carcinogenic to humans and can accumulate in the liver, kidneys, and bones. There is widespread presence of cadmium in the environment as a consequence of anthropogenic activities.
Chang-ye Hui   +7 more
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Serum Levels of Interleukin-8 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha in Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis: One-year Follow-up Study

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2010
Objectives: Various cytokines induced by inhalation of coal dust may mediate inflammation and lead to tissue damage or fibrosis, such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP).
Jong Seong Lee   +5 more
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Occupational Skin Disease [PDF]

open access: yesPostgraduate Medical Journal, 1989
It is opportune to discuss occupational skin disorders since recently a 'Save your Skin' Campaign has been undertaken in the United Kingdom by the Employment Advisory Service of the Health and Safety Executive to increase the awareness of employers and employees of the need to prevent skin problems in industry.' This was justified because skin ...
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Ergonomics as instrument for prevention against work injury or occupational diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Ergonomics as complex branch solves work of employee on concrete work place and follows up relationships between human, machine and work environment.
Bartlová, Ivana, Koutný, Petr
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Medical benefits for workmen under social insurance in Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 1971
Japan was the first Asian country to introduce social insurance measures and she has expanded them during the last few decades. The first social insurance law was passed in 1922 dealing with worker's health insurance in general.
Aoyama, Hideyasu   +4 more
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The role of occupational health services in cancer prevention – which factors determine the implementation of preventive measures?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2021
Objectives Epidemiological data on cancer diseases are alarming. The workplace has become an increasingly important site for disseminating health information and implementing health promotion activities.
Marta Wiszniewska   +4 more
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Granulomatous diseases of occupational etiology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A variety of diseases are encompassed in the didactic denomination of granulomatous diseases of probable occupational etiology. As well as presenting similar clinical aspects, such diseases are characterized by certain common traits: formation of ...
Afiune, Jorge Barros   +2 more
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Occupational lung disease

open access: yesJournal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2013
Occupational medicine represents the interface between work and health. As such, its breadth encompasses issues of clinical medicine, epidemiology, occupational hygiene, toxicology, ethics, and the law. The diagnosis of an occupational lung disease has implications not only for the health of the worker, but also in some circumstances for the health of
P A, Reid, P T, Reid
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Imaging in occupational lung diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This chapter consists of a review of the literature regarding radiographic and tomographic characteristics of the principal occupational respiratory diseases (silicosis and asbestosis).
Kavakama, Jorge Issamu   +2 more
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