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Probability of causation for occupational cancer after exposure to ionizing radiation

open access: yesAnnals 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recommended Practices: Protecting Temporary Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
[Excerpt] Workers employed through staffing agencies are generally called temporary or supplied workers. For the purposes of these recommended practices, “temporary workers” are those supplied to a host employer and paid by a staffing agency, whether or ...
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
core   +1 more source

Transforming Healthcare: Intelligent Wearable Sensors Empowered by Smart Materials and Artificial Intelligence

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Wearable sensors, empowered by AI and smart materials, revolutionize healthcare by enabling intelligent disease diagnosis, personalized therapy, and seamless health monitoring without disrupting daily life. This review explores cutting‐edge advancements in smart materials and AI‐driven technologies that empower wearable sensors for diagnostics and ...
Shuwen Chen   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zero‐Power, Optical Toxic Gas and Vapor Sensors Utilizing Printed Nematic Liquid Crystal Patterns on Selectively Reactive Substrates

open access: yesAdvanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
Fast response, zero‐power, text or image sensors utilizing light transmission or reflection, and no unfavorable color change judgments, are fabricated using printed nematic liquid crystals patterned on reactive alignment layers, permit ppt‐ to ppb‐level sensitivity, and were field‐tested with active firefighters.
Ryan A. Williams   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges to increasing visibility and support for children in Bangladesh's informal ready‐made garment factories

open access: yesBusiness Strategy &Development, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 361-374, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Worker voice tools can support multinational companies to monitor social compliance within complex multi‐tier apparel supply chains. This study presents findings from an adaptation of a worker voice tool that contacted 11,555 workers in two informal ‘Ready‐made Garment’ (RMG) production hubs in Bangladesh.
Sheila Chanani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stop MRSA in jails and prisons [PDF]

open access: yes
"If you have a MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection: Follow medical advice; Return to work as directed; Don't touch the sore or the pus; Keep the sore clean and covered; Wash your hands frequently; Don't share personal items at ...
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
core   +6 more sources

Tracheal epithelium cell volume responses to hyperosmolar, isosmolar and hypoosmolar solutions: relation to epithelium-derived relaxing factor (EpDRF) effects

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2013
In asthmatic patients, inhalation of hyperosmolar saline or D-mannitol (D-M) elicits bronchoconstriction, but in healthy subjects exercise causes bronchodilation. Hyperventilation causes drying of airway surface liquid (ASL) and increases its osmolarity.
Jeffrey S. Fedan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association between manual handling operations and pain in the hands and arms in the context of the 2018 BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background Manual handling operations (MHO) are tasks performed by hand that require repetitive and forceful hand and arm movements. MHO are currently performed in many workplaces in skilled and unskilled jobs in the production and service sectors.
Charlotte Mueller   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Health and Safety in Australia

open access: yesIndustrial 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.
Jodi Oakman   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Frontiers and Challenges in Occupational Safety and Health [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers 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
openaire   +4 more sources

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