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Experiences of frontline nursing staff on workplace safety and occupational health hazards in two psychiatric hospitals in Ghana

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Psychiatric hospitals need safe working environments to promote productivity at the workplace. Even though occupational health and safety is not completely new to the corporate society, its scope is largely limited to the manufacturing ...
Robert Kaba Alhassan, Kwabena Adu Poku
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Associations of Sleep and Shift Work With Osteoarthritis Risk

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Daily rhythms may be critical for maintaining homeostasis of joint tissues. We aimed to investigate the relationships among circadian clock disruption, sleep, and osteoarthritis (OA) risk in humans. Methods In the UK Biobank, a prospective 500,000–person cohort, we evaluated associations among sleep duration, sleeplessness/insomnia, and shift
Elizabeth L. Yanik, Abigail Bridgeman, Erik D. Herzog, Vy Pham, Bradley A. Evanoff, Farshid Guilak   +5 more
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Occupational Health and Safety Hazards among Workers in Laboratory Animal Research Facilities in Singapore and Philippines

, 2021
Introduction: All workers, regardless of occupation are vulnerable to various hazards present at work. This study was carried out to determine the commonly encountered occupational hazard of laboratory animal workers in Singapore and the Philippines ...
Bibay, Jan Irving, Agapito, Josephine D, JD Agapito, JI Bibay   +3 more
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Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G. Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H. Humphreys   +6 more
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Hearing loss in workers exposed to different type of noise

Archives of Acoustics, 2014
It's well documented that noise damages peripheral part of the auditory tract (cochlea). Only few investigations were performed to assess central hearing disturbances caused by noise on animal.
Ewa ZAMYSŁOWSKA-SZMYTKE, Piotr KOTYŁO, Marek BĄK, Adrian FUENTE, Mariola ŚLIWIŃSKA-KOWALSKA   +4 more
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Occupational health hazards and use of personal protective equipment among automobile mechanics in Surulere local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria - a descriptive study

, 2022
Introduction: The job of an automobile mechanic is associated with hazards, illness, and injuries, which may result in sickness, absenteeism, economic loss, disability, or even death.
Onyebujoh, Thelma Joy, Ozomata, Ebenezer Adeiza, Osagiede, Emmanuel Friday   +2 more
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Trajectories of Physical Function in Canadian Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We describe trajectories of physical function in children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and identify trajectories with persisting functional impairments and associated baseline characteristics. Methods We included patients enrolled in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry ...
Clare Cunningham, Meghan McPherson, Lillian Lim, Roberta A. Berard, Matthew Berkowitz, Jean‐Philippe Proulx‐Gauthier, Brian M. Feldman, Nicole Johnson, Dax G. Rumsey, Heinrike Schmeling, Lori B. Tucker, Thomas Loughin, Kristin M. Houghton, Jaime Guzman, for the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry Investigators, David A. Cabral, Gaëlle Chédeville, Ciarán M. Duffy, Kerstin Gerhold, Jaime Guzman, Linda Hiraki, Adam M. Huber, Heinrike Schmeling, Natalie J. Shiff, Lori B. Tucker, Julie Barsalou, Daniah Basodan, Michelle Batthish, Roberta A. Berard, Nicholas Blanchette, Gilles Boire, Roxana Bolaria, Alessandra Bruns, David A. Cabral, Sarah Campillo, Tania Cellucci, Mercedes Chan, Gaëlle Chédeville, Amieleena Chhabra, Julie Couture, Paul Dancey, Jean‐Jacques De Bruycker, Erkan Demirkaya, Muhammed Dhalla, Ciarán M. Duffy, Talal El Tal, Tommy Gerschman, Jaime Guzman, Liane Heale, Julie Herrington, Kristin M. Houghton, Adan M. Huber, Andrea Human, Nicole Johnson, Roman Jurencak, Bianca Lang, Claire LeBlanc, Lillian Lim, Lily S. H. Lim, Nadia Luca, Jeanine McColl, Tara McGrath, Tamara McMillan, Megan McPherson, Paivi Miettunen, Kimberly Morishita, Honyan Ng, Jonathan Park, Jean‐Philippe Proulx‐Gauthier, Johannes Roth, Evelyn Rozenblyum, Dax G. Rumsey, Heinrike Schmeling, Rosie Scuccimarri, Gordon Soon, Rebeka Stevenson, Elizabeth Stringer, Herman Tam, Lori B. Tucker, Marinka Twilt, Ruud H. J. Verstegen, Karen Watanabe Duffy   +81 more
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Occupational Health Hazards among Workers in Chemical Factories [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Background: Occupational health hazards are risks associated with working in specific occupations. Types of occupational health hazards are chemical, biological, physical, and psychological hazards.
Nadia Bandery Elsayed, Hala Mohamed Mohamed, Safinaz Mohamed Sayed   +2 more
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OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION AND THEIR RISK ASSESSMENT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEAD RACE TUNNEL IN MIDDLE BHOTEKOSHI HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT

International journal of research - granthaalayah, 2019
Construction of hydro power tunnel generates lots of occupational hazards. Due to different types of occupational hazards prevailed in tunnel construction, occupational accidents and diseases may affect health and safety of the workers.
Chheku Lama, D. Sah, Anjay Kumar Mishra
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Occupational health hazards and use of personal protective equipment among auto mechanics in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal

, 2021
Introduction: Auto mechanics are workers who repair and overhaul cars and other automotive vehicles, or their systems and parts. The main objective of the study was to assess knowledge of occupational hazards and the use of safety measures among ...
Pandey, Indira, Rabina Khadka, Indira Pandey, Laxmi Gautam, Khadka, Rabina, Gautam, Laxmi   +5 more
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