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A study on occupational health and safety
BMC Public Health, 2022 Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate and describe the indicators of occupational health, with a focus on the medical expertise and periodic medical examination. Methods This is exploratory-descriptive, cross-sectional, documentary, quantitative, and retrospective
Lídia Maria Costa Araújo Magalhães +4 more
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Occupational Safety and Health in Peru
Annals of Global Health, 2015 Peru is a country located on the Pacific coast of South America with a population of more than 30 million inhabitants. In the past 10 years, Peru has had a steady economic growth. Peru is predominantly an extractive industry country, but the manufacturing and construction sectors are booming. It is in this context that regulations have been implemented
Cruz, Ismael, Huerta-Mercado, Raul
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Genetics and occupational health and safety [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007 A recent study in China concluded that the incidences of neurasthenia and of ultrasonographic abnormalities in the livers of vinyl chloride‐exposed workers increased with increasing cumulative exposure dose.1 This is an important finding, especially as the exposure to vinyl chloride studied was below the current Chinese permissible occupational limit ...
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Occupational Health and Safety in Australia
Industrial Health, 2012 The focus of OHS in Australia is on workplace-based prevention rather than individual health care. Over the past decade, workers' compensation data have shown continuous improvement in work-related deaths, serious injuries and diseases. Injuries from work-related vehicle incidents are the leading cause of fatalities.
MACDONALD, Wendy +3 more
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Frontiers and Challenges in Occupational Safety and Health [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2014 Most people work to make a living, but unfortunately many at the cost of their safety, health, and even lives. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that each year poor occupational health and safety led to 271 million injuries, 160 million occupational diseases, and 2 million work-related deaths (1).
How-Ran eGuo, How-Ran eGuo
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Genetics and occupational safety and health [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007 In occupational health much has been made of the potential impact of the “genetic revolution” on worker health.1 Schulte2 and OEM are right to ask the direct question—what hath this wrought? In the accompanying editorial Schulte acknowledges that although genetics has not yet had a major impact upon occupational health and safety, with continued ...
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The Economics of Occupational Safety and Health
Foundations and Trends® in Microeconomics, 2010 Economic incentives play an important role in occupational safety and health, affecting the behavior and decisions of workers, firms and government. This monograph discusses factors that affect workers’ decisions about whether to choose risky jobs, how careful to be on the job, and how long to remain off work during recovery from injury.
John Ruser, Richard J. Butler
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The Future of Occupational Safety and Health [PDF]
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2001 Pressures from 3 sources are combining to advance workplace safety and health throughout the globe. Firstly, an increasingly widespread growth in a State's interest in the individual, both in and outside the workplace. This leads to regulations, which are rapidly changing from prescriptive to enabling (performance) regulations. An increasing acceptance
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Occupational Safety and Health in Venezuela
Annals of Global Health, 2015 Venezuela has pioneered a preventive-focused and comprehensive movement for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in Latin America. However, despite being an oil-rich country, it has some of the lowest salaries for their workers and highest levels of hyperinflation, devaluation, crime, and violence of the world.Review the current status and challenges ...
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Vision wellness in occupational safety and health. [PDF]
Indian J Ophthalmol, 2023 Vanathi M.
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