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Home Healthcare Workers' Occupational Exposures
Home Healthcare Now, 2020 Home healthcare workers (HHCWs) belong to one of the fastest growing industries and have an unpredictable work environment, potentiating their risk of exposures to occupational hazards. More patients seeking care for chronic health conditions, and improvements in technology and medical advancements are allowing more complex patient care to be provided ...
Bien, Elizabeth +2 more
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The two-stage clonal expansion model in occupational cancer epidemiology: Results from three cohort studies [PDF]
, 2010 Copyright © 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Objectives: The objective of this work was to apply the two-stage clonal expansion model, with the intention to expand the literature on epidemiological applications of the model and ...
Gore, R, Kriebel, D, Zeka, A
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Occupational risky exposure in vitiliginous patients [PDF]
طب کار, 2012 Introduction: In previous studies the appearance of vitiligo following occupational exposure has been defined. This study evaluates high risk occupational exposures before the onset of disease among patients with vitiligo Methods: All vitiliginous ...
M Maghsoudipour, O Aminiam, P Mansouri
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Metals and Disease: A Global Primary Health Care Perspective
Journal of Toxicology, 2011 Metals are an important and essential part of our daily lives. Their ubiquitous presence and use has not been without significant consequences. Both industrial and nonindustrial exposures to metals are characterized by a variety of acute and chronic ...
Ravinder Mamtani +3 more
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Assessment of public health impact of work-related asthma
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012 Background Asthma is among the most common chronic diseases in working-aged populations and occupational exposures are important causal agents. Our aims were to evaluate the best methods to assess occurrence, public health impact, and burden to society ...
Jaakkola Maritta S, Jaakkola Jouni JK
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Scleroderma and occupational exposure
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 1995 A case-referent study was conducted in the province of Trento, Italy, to investigate the possible association between occupational exposure and scleroderma (systemic and localized variants).Twenty-one cases of scleroderma were ascertained from the computerized admission files of all of the local hospitals from 1976 to 1991.
BOVENZI, MASSIMO +4 more
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A 73‐Year‐Old Man With Several Years of Difficulty Climbing Stairs and Frequent Tripping
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A 73‐year‐old man presented with progressive weakness and atrophy predominantly affecting the distal finger flexors and quadriceps muscles. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated mixed myogenic and neurogenic features. Muscle MRI showed inflammatory changes, and muscle biopsy revealed granulomatous myositis with histologic features ...
Mehmet Can Sari +3 more
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Racial and Ethnic Inequities to Cumulative Environmental and Occupational Impacts in Michigan
GeoHealthThe contribution of occupational exposures to the extent of cumulative environmental impacts, and their implications for environmental justice (EJ), have not been investigated.
Abas Shkembi +3 more
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Occupational exposure in MRI [PDF]
The British Journal of Radiology, 2012 This article reviews occupational exposure in clinical MRI; it specifically considers units of exposure, basic physical interactions, health effects, guideline limits, dosimetry, results of exposure surveys, calculation of induced fields and the status of the European Physical Agents Directive.
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Lymphohaematopoietic malignancies in Scottish military veterans: Retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 non-veterans [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Lymphohaematopoietic malignancies are common in the general population. There have been concerns that military service may be associated with increased risk as a result of occupational exposures.
Bergman, Beverly P. +2 more
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