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An Occupational Hygiene Team [PDF]
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
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]
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]
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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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
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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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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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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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]
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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