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Characteristics of Occupational Exposure to Benzene during Turnaround in the Petrochemical Industries

Safety and Health at Work, 2010
Objectives: The level of benzene exposure in the petrochemical industry during regular operation has been well established, but not in turnaround (TA), where high exposure may occur.
Eun-Kyo Chung, Jung-Ah Shin, Byung-Kyu Lee, Jiwoon Kwon, Naroo Lee, Kwang-Jae Chung, Jong-Han Lee, In-Seop Lee, Seong-Kyu Kang, Jae-Kil Jang   +9 more
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External Quality Assessment Scheme for Biological Monitoring of Occupational Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Safety and Health at Work, 2011
Objectives: In this study, we summarized the External Quality Assessment Scheme (EQAS) for the biological monitoring of occupational exposure to toxic chemicals which started in 1995 and continued until a 31st round robin in the spring of 2010.
Mi-Young Lee, Jeong Sun Yang, Seong-Kyu Kang   +2 more
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Relationship between Comorbid Health Problems and Musculoskeletal Disorders Resulting in Musculoskeletal Complaints and Musculoskeletal Sickness Absence among Employees in Korea

Safety and Health at Work, 2015
Background: To investigate the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and comorbid health problems, including depression/anxiety disorder, insomnia/sleep disorder, fatigue, and injury by accident, and to determine whether certain physical and ...
Ji Hye Baek, Young Sun Kim, Kwan Hyung Yi   +2 more
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Toxicological Evaluations of Rare Earths and Their Health Impacts to Workers: A Literature Review

Safety and Health at Work, 2013
In concert with the development of new materials in the last decade, the need for toxicological studies of these materials has been increasing. These new materials include a group of rare earths (RE).
Kyung Taek Rim, Kwon Ho Koo, Jung Sun Park   +2 more
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No evidence for carcinogenicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in 26-week inhalation study in rasH2 mouse model

Scientific Reports, 2022
With the rapid development of alternative methods based on the spirit of animal welfare, the publications of animal studies evaluating endpoints such as cancer have been extremely reduced.
Shotaro Yamano, Tomoki Takeda, Yuko Goto, Shigeyuki Hirai, Yusuke Furukawa, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Tatsuya Kasai, Kyohei Misumi, Masaaki Suzuki, Kenji Takanobu, Hideki Senoh, Misae Saito, Hitomi Kondo, Yumi Umeda   +13 more
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Effectiveness of joint health and safety units in occupational safety and health services: a field study and a scale

Medycyna Pracy
Background To protect employees against the hazards they may be exposed to during work, employers must provide preventive occupational safety and health (OSH) in international and national legislation.
Sule Sezgin, Murat Cal, Suleyman Ozdemir, Fatih Yilmaz   +3 more
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Work Environments and Exposure to Hazardous Substances in Korean Tire Manufacturing

Safety and Health at Work, 2012
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tire manufacturing work environments extensively and to identify workers’ exposure to hazardous substances in various work processes.
Naroo Lee, Byung-kyu Lee, Sijeong Jeong, Gwang Yong Yi, Jungah Shin   +4 more
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Pulmonary dust foci as rat pneumoconiosis lesion induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles in 13-week inhalation study

Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2022
Background Most toxicological studies on titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles to date have concentrated on carcinogenicity and acute toxicity, with few studies focusing of pneumoconiosis, which is a variety of airspace and interstitial lung diseases caused ...
Shotaro Yamano, Yuko Goto, Tomoki Takeda, Shigeyuki Hirai, Yusuke Furukawa, Yoshinori Kikuchi, Tatsuya Kasai, Kyohei Misumi, Masaaki Suzuki, Kenji Takanobu, Hideki Senoh, Misae Saito, Hitomi Kondo, Yumi Umeda   +13 more
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Physicochemical characterization and genotoxicity of the broad class of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers used or produced in U.S. facilities

Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2020
Background Carbon nanotubes and nanofibers (CNT/F) have known toxicity but simultaneous comparative studies of the broad material class, especially those with a larger diameter, with computational analyses linking toxicity to their fundamental material ...
Kelly Fraser, Vamsi Kodali, Naveena Yanamala, M. Eileen Birch, Lorenzo Cena, Gary Casuccio, Kristin Bunker, Traci L. Lersch, Douglas E. Evans, Aleksandr Stefaniak, Mary Ann Hammer, Michael L. Kashon, Theresa Boots, Tracy Eye, John Hubczak, Sherri A. Friend, Matthew Dahm, Mary K. Schubauer-Berigan, Katelyn Siegrist, David Lowry, Alison K. Bauer, Linda M. Sargent, Aaron Erdely   +22 more
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Screening of Workers with Presumed Occupational Methanol Poisoning: The Applicablility of a National Active Occupational Disease Surveillance System

Safety and Health at Work, 2019
Background: Methyl alcohol poisoning in mobile phone–manufacturing factories during 2015–2016 was caused by methyl alcohol use for cleaning in computerized numerical control (CNC) processes.
Huisu Eom, Jihye Lee, Eun-A Kim
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