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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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Time Series Analysis Applied to Notifications of Work Accidents [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Time series analysis applied to occupational accident reports is a powerful tool for understanding the evolution of occupational accidents over time. It provides valuable information to make informed decisions. In this study, data from reports of work accidents collected from the MINISTRY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION.
arxiv  

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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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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Occupational Retirement and Pension Reform: The Roles of Physical and Cognitive Health [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Despite increasing cognitive demands of jobs, knowledge about the role of health in retirement has centered on its physical dimensions. This paper estimates a dynamic programming model of retirement that incorporates multiple health dimensions, allowing differential effects on labor supply across occupations.
arxiv  

Analyzing the Impact of Covid-19 Control Policies on Campus Occupancy and Mobility via Passive WiFi Sensing [PDF]

, 2020
Mobile sensing has played a key role in providing digital solutions to aid with COVID-19 containment policies. These solutions include, among other efforts, enforcing social distancing and monitoring crowd movements in indoor spaces. However, such solutions may not be effective without mass adoption.
arxiv   +1 more source

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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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

Probability of causation for occupational cancer after exposure to ionizing radiation

Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018
Background Probability of causation (PC) is a reasonable way to estimate causal relationships in radiation-related cancer. This study reviewed the international trend, usage, and critiques of the PC method.
Eun-A Kim, Eujin Lee, Seong-Kyu Kang, Meeseon Jeong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source