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Principal Component Analysis is a Powerful Instrument in Occupational Hygiene Inquiries

Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2004
Several investigators have successfully used principal component analysis (PCA) in interpreting occupational hygiene data. However, traditional textbooks in occupational hygiene provide no guidance for the application and interpretation of PCA.
Igor Burstyn
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The study on influencing factors of airflow in laboratory fume hood [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
This study investigates the influence of the side wind flowing directly from different indoor environments on the airflow of the laboratory fume hood (LFH).
Yu-Jie Wu, Li-Hsin Cheng, Tzu-Ping Tseng
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Additive Manufacturing for Occupational Hygiene: A Comprehensive Review of Processes, Emissions, & Exposures

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part B, Critical Reviews, 2021
This comprehensive review introduces occupational (industrial) hygienists and toxicologists to the seven basic additive manufacturing (AM) process categories.
A. Stefaniak, S. du Preez, J. du Plessis
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The Development of a Covid-19 Control Measures Risk Matrix for Occupational Hygiene Protective Measures

Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 2021
The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) Covid-19 Working Group developed a control banding matrix to provide guidance for employers and others to help assess the risks of Covid-19 infection during the pandemic.
Kelvin Williams, J. Cherrie, J. Dobbie, R. Agius   +3 more
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Consensus of Chinese experts on pulmonary rehabilitation of pneumoconiosis (2022)

环境与职业医学, 2022
Pneumoconiosis is a disease mainly characterized by diffuse fibrosis of lung tissues, which often leads to various chronic respiratory complications/comorbidities.
Occupational Lung Disease Group of Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases Branch of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Occupational Diseases Group of Coal System Branch of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association   +1 more
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Chemical Composition of Aerosols of an Electronic Cigarette

Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2021
A needle trap sampler (NTS) packed with 60–80-mesh divinylbenzene (DVB) adsorbent inside a 22-gauge stainless steel needle was used as a micro sampling device to extract chemical compounds in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) aerosol.
Wen-Hsi Cheng, Chia-Yu Chang, Yi-Ya Chen, Hui-Wen Su   +3 more
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Assessing and managing the risks of COVID-19 in the workplace: Applying industrial hygiene (IH)/occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) frameworks

Toxicology and industrial health, 2020
As businesses attempt to reopen to varying degrees amid the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, industrial hygiene (IH) and occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) professionals have been challenged with assessing and ...
Rachel E Zisook, Andrew D. Monnot, Justine Parker, S. Gaffney, Scott Dotson, K. Unice   +5 more
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Effectiveness of implementing of an infection control link nurse program to improve compliance with standard precautions and hand hygiene among nurses: a quasi-experimental study

BMC Medical Education, 2023
Background Standard precautions (SPs) including hand hygiene are considered fundamental protective measures to manage health care-associated infections (HCAIs) and to reduce occupational health hazards.
Shamsi Ghorbanmovahhed, S. Shahbazi, N. Gilani, A. Ostadi, Reza Shabanloei, L. Gholizadeh   +5 more
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Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in firefighters at fire training facilities and in employees at respiratory protection and hose workshops

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic to humans and are formed by incomplete combustion. PAHs are always present during firefighting operations, and fire department members can be exposed to them in the workplace.MethodsIn ...
Stephan Koslitz, Birgit Heinrich, Heiko U. Käfferlein, Holger M. Koch, Tim Pelzl, Katrin Pitzke, Daniel Köster, Tobias Weiß, Volker Harth, Thomas Brüning, Thomas Behrens, Dirk Taeger   +11 more
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The development of a globally acceptable national model for occupational hygiene in Turkey: a modified Delphi study

Globalization and Health, 2019
Background Although various organizations working in developed countries established the standards and approaches used in occupational hygiene, occupational hygiene professional interests and needs continue to develop in a global context.
Sibel Kiran, Alp Ergor, Ceyda Sahan, Esra Emerce, Sergio Luzzi, Yucel Demiral   +5 more
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