Fatal occupational injuries in Taiwan, 1994-2005
[[abstract]]Objectives This study examines the trends in rates of fatal occupational injuries in Taiwan by demographic group and occupation for 1994-2005.
Ho, SC;Wang, LY;Ho, CK;Yang, CY
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Background Individual and organizational factors are the factors influencing traumatic occupational injuries. Objectives The aim of the present study was the short path analysis of the severity of ...
Mohammadfam +3 more
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Health and safety of the older worker [PDF]
This is the author's pre-copyedited accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2012 The Authors.Background - In the UK, increasing numbers of paid employees are over 60 years with further increases ...
Farrow, A, Reynolds, F
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Comparative analyses of occupational injuries among temporary agency worker and direct contract workers: Findings from the Korea Health Panel 2009-2018 [PDF]
Objectives: Several studies have reported health or safety risk of temporary agency workers (TAW). Since most of the studies are just cross-sectional studies, we intended to identify the risk of occupational injury in TAW, using longitudinal study design.
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Disease burden of deaths attributable to occupational injuries in China from 1990 to 2019
BackgroundOccupational injuries are one of the leading causes of death or disability in occupational populations. According to the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization, occupational injuries were the occupational ...
Shidi MENG +3 more
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Occupational injury history and universal precautions awareness: a survey in Kabul hospital staff [PDF]
Background Health staff in Afghanistan may be at high risk of needle stick injury and occupational infection with blood borne pathogens, but we have not found any published or unpublished data.
Salehi Ahmad +6 more
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White Matter Microstructural Abnormalities in Neonatal Onset Genetic Epilepsy
ABSTRACT Objective Recent evidence indicates that epilepsy is associated with abnormal white matter. If seizures alter white matter, then the impact upon network function, epileptogenesis, and cognition could be pronounced in neonates undergoing rapid developmental myelination. Neonates with epilepsy due to nonstructural genetic causes provide a unique
Amanda G. Sandoval Karamian +8 more
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Temporal dynamics of gait function in acute cervical spinal cord injury
Background Following spinal cord injury (SCI), gait function reaches a post-recovery plateau that depends on the paralysis severity. However, the plateau dynamics during the recovery period are not known.
Hiroki Okayasu +9 more
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Reserves, Injury Severity, and Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury: A CENTER‐TBI Observational Study
ABSTRACT Objective Reserve refers to the brain's ability to maintain function after an injury and strongly relates to traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes. This study examined (1) whether associations between pre‐injury reserve proxies and outcomes differed across injury severity categories, and (2) whether the impact of injury severity varied across ...
Natascha Ekdahl +6 more
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Quantifying the financial impact of occupational injuries and illnesses, and the costs and benefits associated with an ergonomic risk control intervention within the Uniprise business segment of UnitedHealth Group [PDF]
Plan BThe Uniprise business segment within UnitedHealth Group has experienced considerable direct costs associated with occupational injuries that have impacted overall profitability since 1999, with 44% of the total cost driven by cumulative trauma ...
Warch, Sarah L.
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