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An Occupational Hygiene Team [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational and Environmental Medicine, 1953
Occupational hygiene is the measurement and control of the working environment with the object of safe guarding the health of people at work. Traditionally in Great Britain the two ways of approaching industrial health problems which have developed are those of the industrial medical officer from within the factory and the factory inspector through the
P H, NASH, R J, SHERWOOD, J, BEDFORD
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Chemical Composition of Aerosols of an Electronic Cigarette

open access: yesAerosol 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   +3 more
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International trends in education and training in occupational hygiene [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
In many countries occupational hygiene has become an indispensable discipline in managing long-term risks to the health of workers. The international collaboration on education and training started with a workshop in Luxembourg in 1986 (sponsored by the ...
Burdorf, A. (Alex)
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Health-saving technologies in the workplace as individually assessed by employees [PDF]

open access: yesНаука и инновации в медицине
Aim – to study the attitude of employees of various professions to a healthy lifestyle (HLS) and their assessment of the health-saving technologies used in the workplace. Material and methods. 210 workers took part in the survey.
Irina V. Fedotova   +4 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

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +11 more
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Hygiene at Work: An Engineering Perspective on the Development of Hygiene Science

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2008
The present article examines the work of contemporary hygiene practitioners. Discussion converges from a broad examination of hygiene at work in our society serving the common good to occupational hygiene in the workplace.
Peter J Pityn
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Effects of chronic noise on the corticotropin-releasing factor system in the rat hippocampus: relevance to Alzheimer’s disease-like tau hyperphosphorylation

open access: yesEnvironmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2017
Background Chronic noise exposure has been associated with tau hyperphosphorylation and Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-like pathological changes, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. In this study, we explored the effects of long-term noise exposure on the
Zhihui Gai   +7 more
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EVALUATION OF PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF FUNCTIONAL AND BIOCHEMICAL INDICES FOR HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT IN YOUNG PERSONS WORKING IN TUBE-CASTING PLANTS

open access: yesКубанский научный медицинский вестник, 2017
The authors analyzed the changes of functional and biochemical indices in young persons engaged in tube-casting plants and exposed to harmful physical and chemical factors. Some indices were deviated from their normal values 10–60 %.
R. S. RAKHMANOV   +6 more
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Elaboration of New Medical Technology for Predicting the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in the Workers of the Coal Industry

open access: yesActa Biomedica Scientifica, 2019
Background. Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in the majority of developed countries, including Russia. It determines the importance of elaboration of individual risk prediction of ischemic heart disease for primary prevention.Aim: to ...
N. I. Panev   +4 more
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Risk assessment, and carcinogen mutagen for workers potentially exposed in the research laboratories of “Sapienza” University of Rome for Health Surveillance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The following work is meant to represent the evaluation of risk factors for the health of exposed workers, arising from the management of carcinogenic and mutagenic substances, through the use of algorithms.
Altrudo, Paola   +4 more
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