A Study on Perception and Exposure to Occupational Risks at Public School Food Services in Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Food service work is hazardous due to the intense rhythm of food production, and the working conditions can cause discomfort, fatigue, and occupational accidents and illnesses.
Jeane dos Santos Ferreira +9 more
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Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of occupational risks and diseases among healthcare providers of the Regional Hospital Center of Dosso, Niger [PDF]
SAGE Open MedicineBackground: In Niger, a low-income country, occupational medicine is little known and practiced, particularly in the health sector, where healthcare workers are exposed to numerous occupational risks.
Halimatou Nassirou-Sabo +1 more
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Studies on the exposure of workers to fine particles from diesel engine exhaust emissions generated in urban transport [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2022 The paper presents the results of the studies on the exposure of workers who may face exhaust emissions of diesel engines from urban transport. Many workers such as drivers, toll booth workers, security guards, public domain workers, police officers may ...
Haiducu Maria +3 more
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Journal of Otology, 2021 Audiological use of the 40 Hz-ASSR (auditory steady state responses) could be valuable for objectively estimating the frequency-specific threshold in adults undergoing an expertise examination for medicolegal and/or compensation purposes.
P.H. DeJonckere +4 more
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Asymmetry of Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss: An Electrophysiological Approach
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2023 Introduction The question as to whether occupational noise exposure causes symmetrical or asymmetrical hearing loss is still controversial and incompletely understood.
Philippe Henri DeJonckere, Jean Lebacq
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Occupations at risk of contracting zoonoses of public health significance in Québec
Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021 Introduction: Climate change plays an important role in the geographic spread of zoonotic diseases. Knowing which populations are at risk of contracting these diseases is critical to informing public health policies and practices.
Ariane Adam-Poupart +9 more
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The German Uranium Miners’ Biobank—A Biobank for OMICs Radiation Research
Radiation, 2022 Systematic bio- and databanks are key prerequisites for modern radiation research to investigate radiation response mechanisms in the context of genetic, environmental and lifestyle-associated factors.
Maria Gomolka +6 more
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Mental workload in faculty and consequences in their health: an integrative review
Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 2021 Introduction: The literature regarding the teachers' work context has documented working conditions and their effects on health. However, there is limited evidence of the Mental Workload (MW) effects in this group, despite being a ...
Yanni Lonnette González-Palacios +2 more
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Occupational Risk Factors in Alcoholism [PDF]
British Journal of Addiction, 1990 AbstractThis study has investigated the presence and influence of six of the eight risk factors previously identified, which are common to occupations associated with high rates of alcoholism. The factors studied were availability of alcohol at work, social pressure to drink from colleagues, separation from family due to work commitments, lack of ...
M, Clarke, B, Farid, H, Romaniuk
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Evaluating health risks from occupational exposure to pesticides and the regulatory response. [PDF]
, 1994 In this study, we used measurements of occupational exposures to pesticides in agriculture to evaluate health risks and analyzed how the federal regulatory program is addressing these risks.
Bois, FY, Kyle, AD, Woodruff, TJ
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