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Environmental and biological monitoring in the workplace: A 10-year South African retrospective analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesAAS Open Research, 2019
This report is an overview of requests for biological and environmental monitoring of hazardous chemicals, submitted to the National Institute for Occupational Health, Analytical Services Laboratory for testing from the years 2005 to 2015.
Puleng Matatiele   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in the Police Force

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2015
Background: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major preventable occupational health problem with 250 million people worldwide known to have disabling impairment of moderate to greater severity. The aims of the study are to estimate the prevalence of
Kyaw N. Win   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Health in Mountainous Kyrgyzstan

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2015
Background: In the period of transition from a centralized economy to the market economy, occupational health services in Kyrgyzstan have survived through dramatic, detrimental changes.
Kenesh O. Dzhusupov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Attitudes and Participation Regarding a Pilot COVID-19 Workplace Vaccination Program in Southern Germany Considering the Occupational Health Perspective—A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesVaccines, 2023
This mixed methods study retrospectively assessed attitudes and participation of employees, occupational health personnel, and key personnel regarding the rollout of a pilot COVID-19 workplace vaccination program in five German companies in May/June 2021
Anke Wagner   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Workplace Safety and Occupational Health Job Risks Hazards in Public Health Sector in Greece

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Environment and Public Health, 2022
Background: A systematic literature review in field of occupational health and safety job risks hazards in public health sector under the view of process that applies principles and techniques to create, communicate, and deliver value in order to ...
I. Adamopoulos, N. Syrou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Occupational Health Services Improve Effective Coverage for Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus at Japanese Companies.

open access: yesJournal of UOEH, 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to enable all people to receive health services, and has proposed effective coverage (EC) as an index for this aim.
K. Hashiguchi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Basic occupational health services – “Occupational Health for All” [PDF]

open access: yesHealthline, 2011
Occupational health is the area of medicine dedicated to the prevention and management of occupational and environmental injury, illness and disability, and the promotion of health and productivity of workers, their families and ...
Niraj Pandit, Ashish Trivedi
doaj  

Tackling social exclusion through engagement in football: findings from the “Kickstart 2 Recovery” programme [PDF]

open access: yesIrish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023
Purpose – This study aims to determine whether engagement in a football programme can positively impact the recovery journey of the mental health service users involved from the perspective of the “Kickstart 2 Recovery” (K2R) programme stakeholders ...
Amy Maria Tuite   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tuberculosis and Silicosis Burden in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in a Large Occupational Health Outreach Programme in Zimbabwe

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Artisanal and small-scale miners (ASMs) labour under archaic working conditions and are exposed to high levels of silica dust. Exposure to silica dust has been associated with an increased risk of tuberculosis and silicosis.
D. Moyo   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does lung function predict the risk of disability pension? An 11-year register-based follow-up study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Spirometry is widely used in medical surveillance in occupational health and as a diagnostic test for obstructive and restrictive lung disease.
Irmeli Lindström   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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