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The Global Landscape of Occupational Exposure Limits—Implementation of Harmonization Principles to Guide Limit Selection

open access: yesJournal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2015
Occupational exposure limits (OELs) serve as health-based benchmarks against which measured or estimated workplace exposures can be compared. In the years since the introduction of OELs to public health practice, both developed and developing countries ...
M. Deveau   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of Dust Concentrations in an Iranian Portland Cement Industry [PDF]

open access: yes
Long term exposure to high levels of cement dust is one of the most important environmental risk factor in cement industries that adversely affect employees' respiratory system.
حضرتی, صادق   +1 more
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Urinary levels of monohydroxyl PAH metabolites in portuguese firefighters: background levels and impact of tobacco smoke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Firefighting occupational exposure is classified as possible carcinogen to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [1,2].
Azevedo, Ana   +7 more
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Exposure Registries as a Prevention Tool for Occupational Cancers: Establishing a New Hazardous Drug Registry for Oncology Personnel

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public health registries collect and maintain demographic and health data on a cohort of people with a common disease or exposure. While disease registries have proliferated in recent decades, registries comprising persons with potentially hazardous exposures—known commonly as exposure registries—are rare.
Sammy Almashat   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is occupational noise associated with arthritis? Cross-sectional evidence from US population

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background The impact of occupational noise exposure on various diseases, including ear and cardiovascular diseases, has been studied extensively. Nevertheless, the connection between osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and occupational ...
Zhounan Wu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal Associations of Job Demand‐Control Characteristics With Objective and Subjective Cognitive Outcomes in Older Workers: The Health and Retirement Study

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The job demand‐control (JDC) psychosocial work model has demonstrated effects on objective cognitive performance, but its association with subjective memory is still poorly understood. We examined longitudinal associations of JDC characteristics with objective (general cognitive function/episodic memory) and subjective (perceived ...
Megan Guardiano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Normas ocupacionais do benzeno: uma abordagem sobre o risco e exposição nos postos de revenda de combustíveis

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional
Resumo Introdução: trabalhadores estão sujeitos a riscos decorrentes da exposição ambiental e ocupacional ao benzeno, situação ainda mais crítica quando associada a fatores como desigualdade social, múltipla exposição, suscetibilidade individual ...
Michele Mendes   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chromium vI induced cytoskeletal damage and cell death in isolated hepatocytes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Cr(VI) is a known human carcinogen. Although it has been investigated widely, the mechanism(s) of its action is/are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate Cr(VI)-induced damage to the cell cytoskeleton and the mode of cell death in ...
Grant, M.H., Gunaratnam, M.
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Sociodemographic, Industry and Health Factors Associated With Underutilization of Workers' Compensation Insurance

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Workers' compensation insurance is an important financial resource for workers, and a key source of occupational injury and illness surveillance and research data. Underutilization of workers compensation is an ongoing concern. Using statewide data for a general working population, we estimated the portion of workers whose work ...
Sara Wuellner, David Bonauto
wiley   +1 more source

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