Women’s occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of breast cancer
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018 Objective To estimate the association between occupational polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure and female breast cancer. Methods Lifetime work histories for 1130 cases and 1169 controls from British Columbia and Ontario (Canada) were assessed ...
Derrick G. Lee +6 more
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Gamma radiation exposure of MCT diode arrays [PDF]
Semicond.Sci.Tehnol. vol.21, No.3, p.358-363 (2006), 2006 Investigations of electrical properties of long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) arrays exposed to gamma-radiation have been performed. Resistance-area product characteristics of LWIR n{+}-p photodiodes have been investigated using microprobe technique at T=78 K before and after an exposure to various doses of gamma-radiation.
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The relationship between occupational noise and vibration exposure and headache/eyestrain, based on the fourth Korean Working Condition Survey (KWCS). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The individual and combined effect of occupational noise and vibration exposures, on workers' health has not been thoroughly investigated. In order to find better ways to prevent and manage workers' headache, this study aimed to investigate the effects ...
Jihyun Kim +7 more
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The long-term effect of childhood exposure to technology using surrogates [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 We study how childhood exposure to technology at ages 5-15 via the occupation of the parents affects the ability to climb the social ladder in terms of income at ages 45-49 using the Danish micro data from years 1961-2019. Our measure of technology exposure covers the degree to which using computers (hardware and software) is required to perform an ...
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Occupational Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA): A Reality That Still Needs to Be Unveiled
Toxics, 2017 Bisphenol A (BPA), 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane, is one of the most utilized industrial chemicals worldwide, with the ability to interfere with/or mimic estrogenic hormones with associated biological responses.
E. Ribeiro, C. Ladeira, S. Viegas
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A Case of Bowen’s Disease and Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma: Long-Term Consequences of Chronic Arsenic Exposure in Chinese Traditional Medicine [PDF]
, 2004 Chronic arsenic toxicity occurs primarily through inadvertent ingestion of contaminated water and food or occupational exposure, but it can also occur through medicinal ingestion.
Castren K +8 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019 Johanson & Tinnerberg (1) discuss the role of binding occupational exposure limit values (BOELV) in the European Union and whether these are “good” or “bad”.
John W Cherrie
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Epidemiological analysis of occupational dermatitis notified in Brazil in the period 2007 to 2012 [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016 : BACKGROUND: Occupational dermatitis affects the quality of life and productivity of workers. Studies on the subject are scarce in Brazil. It is estimated that the disease is underreported and that many affected patients do not seek health care ...
Gabriela Yumi Plombom +5 more
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Incident Ischemic Heart Disease After Long-Term Occupational Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter: Accounting for 2 Forms of Survivor Bias. [PDF]
, 2016 Little is known about the heart disease risks associated with occupational, rather than traffic-related, exposure to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 µm or less (PM2.5).
Brown, Daniel M +6 more
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Frontiers in Public HealthSprays are used both in workplace and consumer settings. Although spraying has advantages, such as uniform distribution of substances on surfaces in a highly efficient manner, it is often associated with a high inhalation burden.
Stefan Hahn +5 more
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