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Occupational Risks in Midwifery: From Bernardino Ramazzini to Modern Times
Safety and Health at Work, 2019 Occupational risks are often underestimated in midwifery. It is not commonly known that occupational risks were originally described by the Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini (1633–1714) at the beginning of the 18th century.
Tommaso Bianchi +4 more
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Occupational Risks and Challenges of Seafaring
Journal of Occupational Health, 2010 Occupational Risks and Challenges of Seafaring: Marcus Oldenburg, et al. Department of Maritime Medicine, Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Germany—Seafarers are exposed to a high diversity of occupational health hazards onboard ships.ObjectiveThe aim of this article is to present a survey of the current, most important hazards in ...
Marcus Oldenburg
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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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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 ...
CLARKE, MADELEINE +2 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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Changes in EEG amplitude (Alpha and Beta waves) with Thermal environment
Dyna, 2016 When executing a task, brain activity can be observed through electric waves recorded in different frequency bands. The main ones are the Alpha, Beta, Theta and Delta waves.
Emanuel Tiago-Costa +2 more
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