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Innovative training experiences for occupational medicine residents in non-urban and agricultural settings : FINAL PROGRESS REPORT September 30, 2015 [PDF]

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"Despite centuries of recognition of the contribution of workplace factors to human health, disease, injury, disability, and death, occupational medicine remains an obscure specialty within the health care community. Little emphasis is given to educating

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Collaboration in environmental & occupational medicine, interdisciplinary synergy for health: Minutes of the Nineteenth National Postgraduates Symposium on Environmental and Occupational Medicine

open access: yes环境与职业医学
On July 19-20, 2025, the 19th National Postgraduates Symposium on Environmental and Occupational Medicine and the Lanzhou University "Big Health and Interdisciplinary Research" Postgraduates Innovation Conference were successfully held in Lanzhou, Gansu ...
Di YI   +6 more
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Postsurgical Opioid Prescribing Among Injured Workers in Washington State: 2017–2020 Trends and Policy Effects

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The widespread adoption of longer duration opioid prescribing for acute pain management following surgeries has coincided with concerning increases in misuse, dependence, and overdose. We evaluated the impact of voluntary opioid prescribing guidelines and concurrent state pharmacy rules on prescribing trends following surgeries ...
John R. Haight   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical data exchange between family physicians and specialists of occupational medicine

open access: yesZdravniški Vestnik, 2011
Occupational medicine specialists often demand an access to original medical records kept by patients’ family physicians. Referring medical documentation is often not in accordance with the legislation, though the latter is neither precise nor ...
Grega Strban   +2 more
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Assessing the Feasibility of Wearable Devices for Physiological Monitoring and Heat Risk Prediction in Outdoor Agricultural Workers

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Outdoor agricultural workers experience significant heat exposure, yet few studies have evaluated whether wearable sensors can reliably measure continuous physiological responses in real field conditions. This pilot study examined the feasibility and predictive utility of core temperature, hydration, heart rate, and movement data ...
Sinan Sousan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure Profiles and Their Predictors in a Study of US Volunteer Firefighters

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firefighters may experience occupational exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Volunteer firefighters make up 65% of the US fire service, but their serum PFAS profiles have not been well characterized. This study aims to (1) describe PFAS serum profiles among US volunteer firefighters from 9 states enrolled in ...
Katherine A. Lubina   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and opportunities of occupational health and occupational medicine in the context of population aging

open access: yes环境与职业医学
In the context of facing the dual challenges of aging population and declining birth rates, the absolute number of working-age population in China is decreasing, while the proportion of middle-aged and elderly workers is significantly increasing. However,
Guodong LU   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Essential, Yet Precarious, Mistreated, Sick and Medicalized: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed‐Methods Study on Homecare Aides in Spain

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases for Shift Workers in the Prospective Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shift work can disrupt circadian rhythms and is postulated to play a role in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In the German prospective population‐based Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, we analyzed longitudinal associations between shift work and night‐shift work with CVD.
Katharina Wichert   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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