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Safety and Health at Work, 2013 Here, we present a case of lung cancer in a 48-year-old male horse trainer. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case report to include an exposure assessment of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) as a quartz.
Jin-Ha Yoon +6 more
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AAOHN Journal, 1995 1. Comprehensive workers' compensation case management involves goals at all levels of prevention. The goal for primary prevention is decreasing the risk of job injury; for secondary prevention, preparing for early intervention in injury events; and for tertiary prevention, assisting injured employees to regain maximum health. 2. The major roles of the
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2019 BACKGROUND Workers' compensation claims data are routinely used to identify and describe work-related injury for public health surveillance and research, yet the proportion of work-related injuries covered by workers' compensation, especially in the ...
C. Missikpode +3 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2017 Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the association between high ambient temperature and acute work-related injury, expanding on previous research in this area.
J. McInnes +5 more
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Medical Care Spending and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Workers’ Compensation Reforms
The American Economic Review, 2018 Medical care represents an important component of workers’ compensation benefits with the potential to improve health and post-injury labor outcomes, but little is known about the relationship between medical care spending and the labor outcomes of ...
David Powell, S. Seabury
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Journal of Global Health, 2020 Background Despite the life-saving work they perform, community health workers (CHWs) have long been subject to global debate about their remuneration. There is now, however, an emerging consensus that CHWs should be paid.
Madeleine Ballard +14 more
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Korean Translation and Psychometric Properties of Self-Report Instrument for Mobility Measuring for Adults With Lower Limb Amputation [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation MedicineObjective To assess mobility in prosthetic limb users, the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M) was developed as a brief item bank. The PLUS-M exhibits good reliability and has been translated into more than 15 languages; however, a Korean ...
Jin Hong Kim, Sohye Jo, Gangpyo Lee
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Factors Associated With Persistent Opioid Use Among Injured Workers’ Compensation Claimants
JAMA Network Open, 2018 Key Points Question What was the proportion of persistent opioid use and the patient-level factors associated with persistent opioid use among workers’ compensation claimants? Findings In this cohort study of 9596 workers’ compensation claimants who were
N. O’Hara +6 more
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A geospatial time-aware web interface to deliver information about air pollution and exposure in a big city and its surroundings [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2014 A GIS-based web-mapping system is presented, aimed at providing specialists, stakeholders and population with a simple, while scientifically rigorous, way to obtain information about people exposure to air pollution in the city of Rome (Italy).
M. P. Bogliolo, G. Contino
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 This study is part of a project on early hearing dysfunction induced by combined exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and noise in occupational settings.
Renata Sisto +9 more
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