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Work-related allergic rhinitis: a contemporary review of the literature [PDF]

, 2017
Adverse health effects have been reported in workers exposed to inhaled allergens. Allergic rhinitis is a heterogeneous disorder that significantly affects daily activity, work productivity, sleep, learning, and quality of life in all generations ...
BALLA, MARIA PAOLA, Marsico, Cataldo, Marsico, Salvatore, MASSONI, FRANCESCO, RALLI, MASSIMO, RICCI, LIDIA, RICCI, PASQUALE, RICCI, Serafino   +7 more
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Occupational noise and hypertension in Southern Chinese workers: a large occupational population-based study

BMC Public Health
Introduction An increasing number of original studies suggested that occupational noise exposure might be associated with the risk of hypertension, but the results remain inconsistent and inconclusive.
Shanyu Zhou, Shijie Hu, Kexin Ding, Xianzhong Wen, Xudong Li, Yongshun Huang, Jiabin Chen, Dafang Chen   +7 more
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Exposure to NO2 in occupational built environments in urban centre in Lahore [PDF]

, 2015
Increased economic growth, urbanisation and substantial rise in automobile vehicles has contributed towards the elevated levels of air pollution in major cities in Pakistan.
Afzal, F., Ali, Z., Andleeb, S., Colbeck, Ian, Mehmood, T., Nasir, Zaheer A., Noor, N., Rasheed, F., Razzaq, A. A.   +8 more
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A Cross-Sectional Survey on Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Risks Associated with Arsenic and Mercury Contamination from Artisanal Gold mining in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common occupational ...
A Vreedzaa, AR Zxsmann, Deborah Dewey, Deborah SK Thomas, Elias Charles, Eveline Konje, G Hilson, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland – GEUS, H Taylor, ILO, J Conant, JB Jønsson, JB Wickre, JR Ikingura, K Islam, K Phan, M Argos, M Joseph, Mark Davey, MM Veiga, MMR Sarker, NJ Langford, P Van Straaten, PL Smedley, R Chouinard, S Bose-O'Reilly, S Bose-O’Reilly, S Wagner, Sospatro E Ngallaba, SW Al-Rmalli, Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), Zanzibar AIDS Commission (ZAC), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS), Macro International Inc, The Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD), The National Academy of Sciences, United Nations Development Programme, WD James, WJ Crinnion   +35 more
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Occupational exposure among medical staff of stomatological department

口腔疾病防治, 2016
Objective To investigate the occupational exposure and its risk fatctors among the medical staff of stomatological department and, in order to improve the occupational protection and reduce the risk for occupational exposure.Methods The occupational ...
YIN Wen-juan, QIU Jun-qi, HOU Ya-rong, ZHU Man-qun, WANG Jie, YE Hui-ming   +5 more
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Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: A Pilot Study of Job-Transfer or Work-Restriction Cases, 2012 [PDF]

, 2014
[Excerpt] The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducted a pilot study to learn more about the case circumstances and worker characteristics for occupational injury and illness cases that resulted in days of job transfer or work restriction for workers ...
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Estimating Counterfactual Risk Under Hypothetical Interventions in the Presence of Competing Events: Crystalline Silica Exposure and Mortality From 2 Causes of Death. [PDF]

, 2018
Exposure to silica has been linked to excess risk of lung cancer and nonmalignant respiratory disease mortality. In this study we estimated risk for both these outcomes in relation to occupational silica exposure as well as the reduction in risk that ...
Brown, Daniel, Checkoway, Harvey, Costello, Sadie, Eisen, Ellen, Gallagher, Lisa, Neophytou, Andreas, Picciotto, Sally   +6 more
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Quantitative Assessment of Work-related Hand-arm Vibration Exposure Among Workers in the Construction, Underground Coal Mining, Wood Working, and Metal Working Industry: The German Hand-arm Vibration Study

Safety and Health at Work
Background: Standardized exposure assessments were conducted to quantify the historical occupational exposure to hand-arm vibration of workers in the German construction, underground coal mining, woodworking, and metalworking industries.
Yi Sun, Frank Bochmann, Winfried Eckert, Benjamin Ernst, Christian Freitag, Uwe Kaulbars, Uwe Nigmann, Christina Samel, Christian van den Berg, Nastaran Raffler   +9 more
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OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS WITH BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2017
The present study aimed at characterizing occupational accidents with biological material among healthcare workers. A retrospective, quantitative study of accidents involving biological material, conducted in a secondary reference hospital located in the
Manoel Carlos Arantes, Maria do Carmo Fernandez Lourenço Haddad, Sonia Silva Marcon, Mariana Angela Rossaneis, Paloma de Souza Cavalcante Pissinati, Samuel Andrade de Oliveira   +5 more
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Prevalence and influence factors of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids in registered Chinese nurses: a national cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing, 2022
Background Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids poses a threat to medical providers and to nurses especially. This harm is not only physical, but psychology as well and can ultimately impact patient safety.
Lihui Zhang, Qi Li, Ling Guan, Lu Fan, Yunxia Li, Zhiyun Zhang, Sue Yuan   +6 more
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