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Workers’ Compensation Latex Claims |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 589-590
David Bonauto,
Michael Foley,
James Baggs,
Joel Kaufman,
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ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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Workers’ Compensation Claims From Latex Glove Use |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 590-591
Edward Lee Petsonk,
Gary Liss,
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ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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Workers’ Compensation Claims From Latex Glove Use |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 591-593
Irwin Horwitz,
Richard Arvey,
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ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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Meta-Analysis of Risk Estimates for Prostate Cancer Among Rubber Workers |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 593-595
Kurt Straif,
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ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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Opportunities and Challenges in Leading a Professional Organization: A Recent President’s Perspective |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 596-600
Robert McCunney,
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ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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The Incidence of Green Tobacco Sickness Among Latino Farmworkers |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 601-609
Thomas Arcury,
Sara Quandt,
John Preisser,
Deborah Norton,
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We estimated the prevalence and incidence density (ID) and the risk factors of green tobacco sickness among minority farmworkers in North Carolina. Using a prospective surveillance design, 182 farmworkers were interviewed up to 5 times at biweekly intervals in 1999. The green tobacco sickness prevalence was 24.2%, whereas the ID was 1.88 days per 100 days worked. Greater work experience (5+ years, ID = 0.87; first year ID = 2.41) and tobacco use (ID of 1.18 vs 2.39) were negatively associated with green tobacco sickness. Task (eg, priming ID, 4.04; topping ID, 1.86; barning ID, 0.62) and working in wet clothing (25% of workdays ID, 2.97; fewer than 25% of workdays ID, 1.29) had the largest effect. More effort must be directed toward preventing this occupational illness that affects workers who have little control over workplace safety.
ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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Pathological Excretion Patterns of Urinary Proteins in Miners Highly Exposed to Dinitrotoluene |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 610-615
Thomas Brüning,
Ricarda Thier,
Helmut Mann,
Heinrich Melzer,
Peter Bröde,
Gustav Dallner,
Hermann Bolt,
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A cohort of 161 underground miners who had been highly exposed to dinitrotoluene (DNT) in the copper-mining industry of the former German Democratic Republic was reinvestigated for signs of subclinical renal damage. The study included a screening of urinary proteins excreted by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and quantitations of the specific urinary proteins &agr;1-microglobulin and glutathione-S-transferase &agr; (GST &agr;) as biomarkers for damage of the proximal tubule and glutathione-S-transferase &pgr; (GST &pgr;) for damage of the distal tubule. The exposures were categorized semiquantitatively (low, medium, high, and very high), according to the type and duration of professional contact with DNT. A straight dose-dependence of pathological protein excretion patterns with the semiquantitative ranking of DNT exposure was seen. Most of the previously reported cancer cases of the urinary tract, especially those in the higher exposed groups, were confined to pathological urinary protein excretion patterns. The damage from DNT was directed toward the tubular system. In many cases, the appearance of Tamm-Horsfall protein, a 105-kD protein marker, was noted. Data on the biomarkers &agr;1-microglobulin, GST &agr;, and GST &pgr; consistently demonstrated a dose-dependent increase in tubular damage, which confirmed the results of screening by SDS-PAGE and clearly indicated a nephrotoxic effect of DNT under the given conditions of exposure. Within the cluster of cancer patients observed among the DNT-exposed workers, only in exceptional cases were normal biomarker excretions found.
ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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The Intervention Research Process in Occupational Safety and Health: An Overview From the National Occupational Research Agenda Intervention Effectiveness Research Team |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 616-622
Linda Goldenhar,
Anthony LaMontagne,
Theodore Katz,
Catherine Heaney,
Paul Landsbergis,
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The goal of occupational safety and health intervention effectiveness research is to determine whether specific interventions work to prevent work-related injury and illness. But that is not the whole story. It is also important that the development and implementation of the intervention be evaluated. All three phases (development, implementation, and effectiveness) are central to a model of intervention research proposed by the National Occupational Research Agenda Intervention Effectiveness Research team. Areas for future research are also presented.
ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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Pulmonary Function in Long-Term Asbestos Workers in China |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 623-629
Xiao-Rong Wang,
Eiji Yano,
Mianzheng Wang,
Zhiming Wang,
David Christiani,
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The relationship of pulmonary function to exposure to asbestos and radiographic abnormalities has been controversial, especially when smoking is present as a confounder. The aim of the study was to provide further understanding on the radiographic–physiologic associations in nonsmoking and smoking asbestos workers. Radiographic asbestosis, pleural lesion, and pulmonary function were studied in 269 Chinese asbestos workers, with average exposure years of 23 for male workers and 18 for female workers. Their functional data were compared with those of 274 controls without exposure to dust. Although most of the male workers were smokers, none of the female workers smoked. In comparison with controls, asbestos workers had significantly lower lung volume and diffusing capacity, irrespective of gender. Female workers and smoking male workers had lower measurements of forced expiratory volume in 1 second and instantaneous forced expiratory flow at 50% and 25% of forced vital capacity. After adjustment for relevant covariates, asbestos exposure, asbestosis, and pleural abnormalities were associated with decreased parameters of pulmonary function, including lung volume, diffusing capacity, and airway flow. These data indicate that asbestos-related functional defects manifested by lung restriction and mild airway obstruction correlate with exposure to asbestos and with parenchymal and pleural abnormalities, independent of smoking.
ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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Prevalence of Thyroid Diseases in Nevada Counties With Respect to Perchlorate in Drinking Water |
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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
Volume 43,
Issue 7,
2001,
Page 630-634
Feng Li,
Laurie Squartsoff,
Steven Lamm,
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Perchlorate is well-known to inhibit the uptake of iodine by the thyroid and has been shown to do so at doses in the milligrams-per-day range and higher. Perchlorate has been found in the water supply of Clark County (Las Vegas), Nevada, at 4 to 24 &mgr;g/L (parts per billion) and may provide exposure dosages in the tens of micrograms per day. An analysis of the Medicaid database from Nevada was undertaken to determine whether an increase in the prevalence of any thyroid disease was associated with that level of perchlorate content. The prevalence of persons being seen for thyroid disease or for specific thyroid diseases (goiter, nodule, thyrotoxicosis, congenital hypothyroidism, acquired hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, and other thyroid disorders) and for thyroid cancer among the Medicaid-eligible population of each county was calculated for the 2-year period 1997 to 1998. The prevalences in Clark County were compared with those in Washoe County (ie, Reno), the second most populous county in the state, and with those for the rest of the state. There was no evidence of an increased rate of thyroid disease (or of any specific thyroid disease) associated with perchlorate exposure. Generally, the prevalences in the metropolitan parts of the state were lower than for the rest of the state, particularly for acquired hypothyroidism. This analysis found no evidence that perchlorate-containing drinking water at the given level increased the prevalence of acquired hypothyroidism or of any other thyroid condition
ISSN:1076-2752
出版商:OVID
年代:2001
数据来源: OVID
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