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BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Obesity is a multifactorial condition and a major risk factor associated with several non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, and with a higher risk of premature death and disability.
C. Di Tecco +4 more
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Nanomaterials, 2021 Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) are increasingly used in consumer products, industrial and medical applications, raising concerns on their potential toxicity.
Anna Maria Fresegna +6 more
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Workers' compensation in the United States: high costs, low benefits [PDF]
, 1995 Studies suggest that income replacement is low for many workers with serious occupational injuries and illnesses. This review discusses three areas that hold promise for raising benefits to workers while reducing workers' compensation costs to employers:
Boden, Leslie
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Environment International, 2023 Background/Aim: Extreme temperatures have impact on the health and occupational injuries. The construction sector is particularly exposed. This study aims to investigate the association between extreme temperatures and occupation injuries in this sector,
Claudio Gariazzo +6 more
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Workers' Compensation Insurance In North America: Lessons for Victoria? [PDF]
, 1996 Among the issues we will consider here are the following. Who carries the underwriting(insurance) risk for workers' compensation benefits? How is workers' compensation insuranceprices, and by whom?
H. Allan Hunt, Robert W. Klein
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020 Background Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) represent an important socio-economic burden. The current risk assessment and management involved in the ethiopathogenesis of WMSDs is based on observational tools and checklists, which have some ...
Fabrizio Russo +6 more
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Safety and Health at Work, 2021 Backround: Working condition surveys are widely recognized as useful tools for monitoring the quality of working life and the improvements introduced by health and safety policy frameworks at the European and national level.
Matteo Ronchetti +3 more
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Gender differences in occupational exposure to carcinogens among Italian workers
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Many carcinogenic chemicals are still used or produced in several economic sectors. The aim of this study is to investigate differences in occupational exposure patterns to carcinogens by gender in Italy.
Alberto Scarselli +4 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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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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