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The relevance of oral exposure in the workplace: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionThe inclusion of all relevant exposure routes in the exposure assessment is essential for the protection of workers. However, under European chemical regulations but also for workplace risk assessments according to occupational safety and ...
Marlene Dietz   +5 more
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Investigation of the occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens of staff at a third-class specialist hospital in 2015–2018: a retrospective study

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
To understand the current situation of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens in a women's and children's hospital and analyze the causes to provide a scientific basis for improving occupational exposure prevention and control measures.
Yuanyi Ji   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling Transport of SARS-CoV-2 Inside a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) Bus [PDF]

open access: yesFluids 2022, 7, 80, 2021
We present in this paper a model of the transport of human respiratory particles on a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) bus to examine the efficacy of interventions to limit exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The methods discussed here utilize a commercial Navier-Stokes flow solver, RavenCFD, run using a massively parallel ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Association of occupational noise exposure with hypertension: A cross‐sectional study

open access: yesThe Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2023
The effects of chronic occupational noise exposure on hypertension are debated. We aimed to investigate the association between occupational noise exposure and the prevalence of hypertension.
Jin Wang   +5 more
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Development of a Biomarker for Penconazole: A Human Oral Dosing Study and a Survey of UK Residents’ Exposure

open access: yesToxics, 2016
Penconazole is a widely used fungicide in the UK; however, to date, there have been no peer-reviewed publications reporting human metabolism, excretion or biological monitoring data.
Craig Sams   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

EXPOSED: An occupant exposure model for confined spaces to retrofit crowd models during a pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesSafety Science, 2020, 2020
Crowd models can be used for the simulation of people movement in the built environment. Crowd model outputs have been used for evaluating safety and comfort of pedestrians, inform crowd management and perform forensic investigations. Microscopic crowd models allow the representation of each person and the obtainment of information concerning their ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Interventions to Reduce Exposures in the Workplace: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies Over Six Decades, 1960–2019

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Reducing occupational ill-health from chemical and biological agents is realized primarily through the mitigation and elimination of hazardous exposures.
Johan Ohlander   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in Workplace Wearable Technologies and Connected-Worker Solutions for Next-Generation Occupational Safety, Health, and Productivity [PDF]

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems 2021, 2022
The workplace influences the safety, health, and productivity of workers at multiple levels. To protect and promote total worker health, smart hardware, and software tools have emerged for the identification, elimination, substitution, and control of occupational hazards.
arxiv   +1 more source

In vitro toxicological evaluation of surgical smoke from human tissue

open access: yesJournal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2018
Background Operating room personnel have the potential to be exposed to surgical smoke, the by-product of using electrocautery or laser surgical device, on a daily basis.
Jennifer D. Sisler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational exposure to radio frequencies in the development of head and neck cancer: a systematic review of cohort studies

open access: yesSenses and Sciences, 2014
This systematic review aimed to summarize published data on cohort studies investigating the association between the occupational exposure to radio frequencies and clinical outcome of head and neck cancers.We retrieved the relevant articles from PubMed ...
Alice Mannocci   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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