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Workers' satisfaction with health surveillance: Development and validation of a new scale

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Background: Health surveillance in the workplace involves conducting occupational health examinations of workers based on the risks to which they are exposed. The objective is to protect their health and proactively identify potential harm resulting from
Adrián Fernández-del-Peral   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of exposure to traffic related air pollutants in pregnancy on birth anthropometry: a cohort study in a heavily polluted low-middle income country

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2023
Background Ambient air pollution has been recognized as one of the most important environmental health threats. Exposure in early life may affect pregnancy outcomes and the health of the offspring.
Frida Soesanti   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of IL-8 and CXCR2 with AST/ALT Ratio in Liver Abnormalities Screening during Oxidative Stress Injury Caused by VCM

open access: yesJournal of Toxicology
Liver impairment caused by VCM has been linked to irreversible damage such as fibrosis, necrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver angiosarcoma. However, the ability to detect abnormalities during initial phase have not been achieved so far.
Yiwen Dong   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-reported and urinary biomarker-based measures of exposure to glyphosate and mancozeb and sleep problems among smallholder farmers in Uganda

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2023
Objective: We aim to showcase the impact of applying eight different self-reported and urinary biomarker-based exposure measures for glyphosate and mancozeb on the association with sleep problems in a study among 253 smallholder farmers in Uganda ...
Samuel Fuhrimann   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hazardous Area Classification Assessment at a Pharmaceutical Industry in East Jakarta

open access: yesThe Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2023
Introduction: Fire is a common risk in any industrial facility that uses combustible and flammable raw materials, products, or supporting materials. Among others, the pharmaceutical industry is exposed to such risk due to the application of flammable ...
Eky Susilowati, Fatma Lestari
doaj   +1 more source

Are perfluorooctane sulfonate alternatives safer? New insights from a birth cohort study

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2020
Background: Experimental studies show that chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonic acids (Cl-PFESA 6:2 and 8:2), one of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) alternatives, are reproductive toxicants in vivo and in ...
Chu Chu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concentration, chemical composition and toxicological responses of the ultrafine fraction of urban air particles in PM1

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2022
Epidemiological and toxicological evidence show that PM1 is a key driver of PM2.5. However, the particle sizes that play the major damaging role in PM1 is unclear.
Mo Yang   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of Gestational Weight Gain at Different Trimesters with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. A Prospective Study of 1273 Subjects

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2023
Background: The incidence of excessive weight gain during pregnancy continues to increase. Our aim was to compare pregnancy outcomes at different trimesters and different classification criteria of gestational weight gain (GWG) and to examine whether GWG
Xue-Mei Cai   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nanotechnology Safety as a New Challenge for Occupational Health and Safety

open access: yesCommunications, 2015
Nanotechnology as a key enabling technology offers great potential for economy and society, but may also bring new threats to workers´ health due to new aspects of hazard, ways of transport, nanoparticles transformation and accumulation.
Pavel Danihelka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Impact Assessment of Volcanic Ash Inhalation: A Comparison With Outdoor Air Pollution Methods

open access: yesGeoHealth, 2020
This paper critically appraises the extrapolation of concentration‐response functions (CRFs) for fine and coarse particulate matter, PM2.5 and PM10, respectively, used in outdoor air pollution health impact assessment (HIA) studies to assess the extent ...
William Mueller   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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