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Occupational ExposureAir Pollutants, OccupationalOccupational DiseasesDustChemical IndustryMaximum Allowable ConcentrationMetallurgyIndustryEnvironmental MonitoringInhalation ExposurePaternal ExposureWeldingPaintBenzeneOccupationsPesticidesSolventsAsbestosHazardous SubstancesWoodNeedlestick InjuriesEnvironmental ExposurePolycyclic Hydrocarbons, AromaticElectromagnetic FieldsThreshold Limit ValuesInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalAgricultural Workers' DiseasesOccupational MedicineStyreneManufactured MaterialsPrintingCase-Control StudiesStyrenesLeadBlood-Borne PathogensCarbon DisulfideOccupational HealthRisk FactorsConstruction MaterialsTextile IndustryMiningCokeGas ScavengersRubberTolueneMineral FibersHealthy Worker EffectBeauty CultureSmokingExtraction and Processing IndustryUnited States Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.)Respiratory Protective DevicesPlasticsTetrachloroethyleneAgricultureMaternal ExposureDermatitis, OccupationalTrichloroethyleneFumigationSilicon DioxideChromiumAir Pollution, IndoorProtective DevicesDental StaffGloves, ProtectivePyrenesRespiratory Tract DiseasesVentilationEthylene OxideWorkplaceGasesRisk AssessmentIrritantsAsthma, OccupationalSorbic AcidEpidemiological MonitoringFrancePetroleumInorganic ChemicalsVehicle EmissionsNoise, OccupationalPneumoconiosisGasolineRadiation MonitoringCarcinogensAsbestosisProtective ClothingSilicosisTanningOdds RatioBarberingPersonnel, HospitalHealth PersonnelEngineeringCarcinogens, EnvironmentalHexanesLaboratory InfectionIndustrial OilsHydrocarbonsVinyl ChlorideQuartzRadiation, NonionizingRespiration DisordersFuel OilsRespiratory Tract NeoplasmsIsocyanatesMandelic AcidsPower PlantsMethylenebis(chloroaniline)Hydrocarbons, AromaticFormaldehydeEnvironmental PollutantsCoal MiningTime FactorsMesotheliomaSwedenLung NeoplasmsCohort StudiesSkin AbsorptionVolatilizationInfection Control, DentalQuestionnairesHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedCreosoteAgrochemicalsDental TechniciansMercuryIncinerationTalcPost-Exposure ProphylaxisElectroplatingHobbiesRadon DaughtersNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedChlorofluorocarbons, MethaneCoalLaunderingXylenesCoal TarHair PreparationsOrganic ChemicalsSteelPhthalic AnhydridesFood-Processing IndustryElectricityAir PollutantsVibrationMineral OilEpidemiologic MethodsAerosolsMicronucleus TestsAsbestos, AmphibolePatch TestsHypospadiasMetalsIncidenceFossil FuelsMethylene ChlorideBody BurdenPolandTrichloroethanesMercury PoisoningInsecticidesAircraftConfidence IntervalsCross-Sectional StudiesAsbestos, SerpentineMedical Laboratory PersonnelItalyRisk ManagementHearing Loss, Noise-InducedRiskConfounding Factors (Epidemiology)FlourPoliceTetraethyl LeadOperating RoomsHippuratesParisNorwayBerylliumUraniumNeoplasmsAir MicrobiologyConstruction IndustryChemistry, AgriculturalAutomobilesAsthmaRadonFinlandLead PoisoningBenzidinesBody FluidsAccidents, OccupationalPrevalenceShipsMutagensPleural NeoplasmsSulfuric AcidsCotton Fiber
Occupational Exposure: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents that occurs as a result of one's occupation.Air Pollutants, Occupational: Air pollutants found in the work area. They are usually produced by the specific nature of the occupation.Occupational Diseases: Diseases caused by factors involved in one's employment.Dust: Earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)Chemical Industry: The aggregate enterprise of manufacturing and technically producing chemicals. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)Maximum Allowable Concentration: The maximum exposure to a biologically active physical or chemical agent that is allowed during an 8-hour period (a workday) in a population of workers, or during a 24-hour period in the general population, which does not appear to cause appreciable harm, whether immediate or delayed for any period, in the target population. (From Lewis Dictionary of Toxicology, 1st ed)Metallurgy: The science, art, or technology dealing with processes involved in the separation of metals from their ores, the technique of making or compounding the alloys, the techniques of working or heat-treating metals, and the mining of metals. It includes industrial metallurgy as well as metallurgical techniques employed in the preparation and working of metals used in dentistry, with special reference to orthodontic and prosthodontic appliances. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p494)Industry: Any enterprise centered on the processing, assembly, production, or marketing of a line of products, services, commodities, or merchandise, in a particular field often named after its principal product. Examples include the automobile, fishing, music, publishing, insurance, and textile industries.Environmental Monitoring: The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment.Inhalation Exposure: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents by inhaling them.Paternal Exposure: Exposure of the male parent, human or animal, to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals that may affect offspring.WeldingPaintBenzene: Toxic, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon byproduct of coal distillation. It is used as an industrial solvent in paints, varnishes, lacquer thinners, gasoline, etc. Benzene causes central nervous system damage acutely and bone marrow damage chronically and is carcinogenic. It was formerly used as parasiticide.Occupations: Crafts, trades, professions, or other means of earning a living.Pesticides: Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides (FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL); INSECTICIDES; RODENTICIDES; etc.Solvents: Liquids that dissolve other substances (solutes), generally solids, without any change in chemical composition, as, water containing sugar. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)Asbestos: Asbestos. Fibrous incombustible mineral composed of magnesium and calcium silicates with or without other elements. It is relatively inert chemically and used in thermal insulation and fireproofing. Inhalation of dust causes asbestosis and later lung and gastrointestinal neoplasms.Hazardous Substances: Elements, compounds, mixtures, or solutions that are considered severely harmful to human health and the environment. They include substances that are toxic, corrosive, flammable, or explosive.Wood: A product of hard secondary xylem composed of CELLULOSE, hemicellulose, and LIGNANS, that is under the bark of trees and shrubs. It is used in construction and as a source of CHARCOAL and many other products.Needlestick Injuries: Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease.Environmental Exposure: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic: A major group of unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more rings. The vast number of compounds of this important group, derived chiefly from petroleum and coal tar, are rather highly reactive and chemically versatile. The name is due to the strong and not unpleasant odor characteristic of most substances of this nature. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed, p96)Electromagnetic Fields: Fields representing the joint interplay of electric and magnetic forces.Threshold Limit Values: Standards for limiting worker exposure to airborne contaminants. They are the maximum concentration in air at which it is believed that a particular substance will not produce adverse health effects with repeated daily exposure. It can be a time-weighted average (TLV-TWA), a short-term value (TLV-STEL), or an instantaneous value (TLV-Ceiling). They are expressed either as parts per million (ppm) or milligram per cubic meter (mg/m3).Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional: The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from patients to health professionals or health care workers. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents.Agricultural Workers' Diseases: Diseases in persons engaged in cultivating and tilling soil, growing plants, harvesting crops, raising livestock, or otherwise engaged in husbandry and farming. The diseases are not restricted to farmers in the sense of those who perform conventional farm chores: the heading applies also to those engaged in the individual activities named above, as in those only gathering harvest or in those only dusting crops.Occupational Medicine: Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings.Styrene: A colorless, toxic liquid with a strong aromatic odor. It is used to make rubbers, polymers and copolymers, and polystyrene plastics.Manufactured Materials: Substances and materials manufactured for use in various technologies and industries and for domestic use.PrintingCase-Control Studies: Studies which start with the identification of persons with a disease of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease. The relationship of an attribute to the disease is examined by comparing diseased and non-diseased persons with regard to the frequency or levels of the attribute in each group.Styrenes: Derivatives and polymers of styrene. They are used in the manufacturing of synthetic rubber, plastics, and resins. Some of the polymers form the skeletal structures for ion exchange resin beads.Lead: A soft, grayish metal with poisonous salts; atomic number 82, atomic weight 207.19, symbol Pb. (Dorland, 28th)Blood-Borne Pathogens: Infectious organisms in the BLOOD, of which the predominant medical interest is their contamination of blood-soiled linens, towels, gowns, BANDAGES, other items from individuals in risk categories, NEEDLES and other sharp objects, MEDICAL WASTE and DENTAL WASTE, all of which health workers are exposed to. This concept is differentiated from the clinical conditions of BACTEREMIA; VIREMIA; and FUNGEMIA where the organism is present in the blood of a patient as the result of a natural infectious process.Carbon Disulfide: A colorless, flammable, poisonous liquid, CS2. It is used as a solvent, and is a counterirritant and has local anesthetic properties but is not used as such. It is highly toxic with pronounced CNS, hematologic, and dermatologic effects.Occupational Health: The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment.Risk Factors: An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.Construction Materials: Supplies used in building.Textile Industry: The aggregate business enterprise of manufacturing textiles. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)MiningCoke: A residue of coal, left after dry (destructive) distillation, used as a fuel.Gas Scavengers: Apparatus for removing exhaled or leaked anesthetic gases or other volatile agents, thus reducing the exposure of operating room personnel to such agents, as well as preventing the buildup of potentially explosive mixtures in operating rooms or laboratories.Rubber: A high-molecular-weight polymeric elastomer derived from the milk juice (LATEX) of HEVEA brasiliensis and other trees and plants. It is a substance that can be stretched at room temperature to at least twice its original length and after releasing the stress, retract rapidly, and recover its original dimensions fully.Toluene: A widely used industrial solvent.Mineral Fibers: Long, pliable, cohesive natural or manufactured filaments of various lengths. They form the structure of some minerals. The medical significance lies in their potential ability to cause various types of PNEUMOCONIOSIS (e.g., ASBESTOSIS) after occupational or environmental exposure. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p708)Healthy Worker Effect: Phenomenon of workers' usually exhibiting overall death rates lower than those of the general population due to the fact that the severely ill and disabled are ordinarily excluded from employment.Beauty CultureSmoking: Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of burning TOBACCO.Extraction and Processing Industry: The industry concerned with the removal of raw materials from the Earth's crust and with their conversion into refined products.United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration: An office in the Department of Labor responsible for developing and establishing occupational safety and health standards.National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.): An institute of the CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION which is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions and for developing standards of safety and health. Research activities are carried out pertinent to these goals.Respiratory Protective Devices: Respirators to protect individuals from breathing air contaminated with harmful dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors.Plastics: Polymeric materials (usually organic) of large molecular weight which can be shaped by flow. Plastic usually refers to the final product with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, and stabilizers included (versus the resin, the homogeneous polymeric starting material). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)Tetrachloroethylene: A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an industrial solvent and cooling liquid in electrical transformers. It is a potential carcinogen.Agriculture: The science, art or practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.Maternal Exposure: Exposure of the female parent, human or animal, to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals that may affect offspring. It includes pre-conception maternal exposure.Dermatitis, Occupational: A recurrent contact dermatitis caused by substances found in the work place.Trichloroethylene: A highly volatile inhalation anesthetic used mainly in short surgical procedures where light anesthesia with good analgesia is required. It is also used as an industrial solvent. Prolonged exposure to high concentrations of the vapor can lead to cardiotoxicity and neurological impairment.Fumigation: The application of smoke, vapor, or gas for the purpose of disinfecting or destroying pests or microorganisms.Silicon Dioxide: Transparent, tasteless crystals found in nature as agate, amethyst, chalcedony, cristobalite, flint, sand, QUARTZ, and tridymite. The compound is insoluble in water or acids except hydrofluoric acid.Chromium: A trace element that plays a role in glucose metabolism. It has the atomic symbol Cr, atomic number 24, and atomic weight 52. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP85-002,1985), chromium and some of its compounds have been listed as known carcinogens.Air Pollution, Indoor: The contamination of indoor air.Protective Devices: Devices designed to provide personal protection against injury to individuals exposed to hazards in industry, sports, aviation, or daily activities.Dental Staff: Personnel who provide dental service to patients in an organized facility, institution or agency.Gloves, Protective: Coverings for the hands, usually with separations for the fingers, made of various materials, for protection against infections, toxic substances, extremes of hot and cold, radiations, water immersion, etc. The gloves may be worn by patients, care givers, housewives, laboratory and industrial workers, police, etc.Pyrenes: A group of condensed ring hydrocarbons.Respiratory Tract DiseasesVentilation: Supplying a building or house, their rooms and corridors, with fresh air. The controlling of the environment thus may be in public or domestic sites and in medical or non-medical locales. (From Dorland, 28th ed)Ethylene Oxide: A colorless and flammable gas at room temperature and pressure. Ethylene oxide is a bactericidal, fungicidal, and sporicidal disinfectant. It is effective against most micro-organisms, including viruses. It is used as a fumigant for foodstuffs and textiles and as an agent for the gaseous sterilization of heat-labile pharmaceutical and surgical materials. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p794)Workplace: Place or physical location of work or employment.Gases: The vapor state of matter; nonelastic fluids in which the molecules are in free movement and their mean positions far apart. Gases tend to expand indefinitely, to diffuse and mix readily with other gases, to have definite relations of volume, temperature, and pressure, and to condense or liquefy at low temperatures or under sufficient pressure. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)Risk Assessment: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)Irritants: Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperemia are rubefacients; those that raise blisters are vesicants and those that penetrate sebaceous glands and cause abscesses are pustulants; tear gases and mustard gases are also irritants.Asthma, Occupational: Asthma attacks caused, triggered, or exacerbated by OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE.Sorbic Acid: Mold and yeast inhibitor. Used as a fungistatic agent for foods, especially cheeses.Epidemiological Monitoring: Collection, analysis, and interpretation of data about the frequency, distribution, and consequences of disease or health conditions, for use in the planning, implementing, and evaluating public health programs.France: A country in western Europe bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the Mediterranean Sea, and the countries of Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the principalities of Andorra and Monaco, and by the duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital is Paris.Petroleum: Naturally occurring complex liquid hydrocarbons which, after distillation, yield combustible fuels, petrochemicals, and lubricants.Inorganic Chemicals: A broad class of substances encompassing all those that do not include carbon and its derivatives as their principal elements. However, carbides, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates, and carbon disulfide are included in this class.Vehicle Emissions: Gases, fumes, vapors, and odors escaping from the cylinders of a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)Noise, Occupational: Noise present in occupational, industrial, and factory situations.Pneumoconiosis: A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by inhalation of dust and by tissue reaction to their presence. These inorganic, organic, particulate, or vaporized matters usually are inhaled by workers in their occupational environment, leading to the various forms (ASBESTOSIS; BYSSINOSIS; and others). Similar air pollution can also have deleterious effects on the general population.Gasoline: Volative flammable fuel (liquid hydrocarbons) derived from crude petroleum by processes such as distillation reforming, polymerization, etc.Radiation Monitoring: The observation, either continuously or at intervals, of the levels of radiation in a given area, generally for the purpose of assuring that they have not exceeded prescribed amounts or, in case of radiation already present in the area, assuring that the levels have returned to those meeting acceptable safety standards.Carcinogens: Substances that increase the risk of NEOPLASMS in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included.Asbestosis: A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.Protective Clothing: Clothing designed to protect the individual against possible exposure to known hazards.Silicosis: A form of pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of dust containing crystalline form of SILICON DIOXIDE, usually in the form of quartz. Amorphous silica is relatively nontoxic.Tanning: A process of preserving animal hides by chemical treatment (using vegetable tannins, metallic sulfates, and sulfurized phenol compounds, or syntans) to make them immune to bacterial attack, and subsequent treatments with fats and greases to make them pliable. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)Odds Ratio: The ratio of two odds. The exposure-odds ratio for case control data is the ratio of the odds in favor of exposure among cases to the odds in favor of exposure among noncases. The disease-odds ratio for a cohort or cross section is the ratio of the odds in favor of disease among the exposed to the odds in favor of disease among the unexposed. The prevalence-odds ratio refers to an odds ratio derived cross-sectionally from studies of prevalent cases.Barbering: The occupation concerned with the cutting and dressing of the hair of customers and, of men, the shaving and trimming of the beard and mustache. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)Personnel, Hospital: The individuals employed by the hospital.Health Personnel: Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)Engineering: The practical application of physical, mechanical, and mathematical principles. (Stedman, 25th ed)Carcinogens, Environmental: Carcinogenic substances that are found in the environment.Hexanes: Six-carbon saturated hydrocarbon group of the methane series. Include isomers and derivatives. Various polyneuropathies are caused by hexane poisoning.Laboratory Infection: Accidentally acquired infection in laboratory workers.Industrial Oils: Oils which are used in industrial or commercial applications.HydrocarbonsVinyl Chloride: A gas that has been used as an aerosol propellant and is the starting material for polyvinyl resins. Toxicity studies have shown various adverse effects, particularly the occurrence of liver neoplasms.Quartz: Quartz (SiO2). A glassy or crystalline form of silicon dioxide. Many colored varieties are semiprecious stones. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)Radiation, Nonionizing: ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION or sonic radiation (SOUND WAVES) which does not produce IONS in matter through which it passes. The wavelengths of non-ionizing electromagentic radiation are generally longer than those of far ultraviolet radiation and range through the longest RADIO WAVES.Respiration Disorders: Diseases of the respiratory system in general or unspecified or for a specific respiratory disease not available.Fuel Oils: Complex petroleum hydrocarbons consisting mainly of residues from crude oil distillation. These liquid products include heating oils, stove oils, and furnace oils and are burned to generate energy.Respiratory Tract NeoplasmsIsocyanates: Organic compounds that contain the -NCO radical.Mandelic Acids: Analogs or derivatives of mandelic acid (alpha-hydroxybenzeneacetic acid).Power Plants: Units that convert some other form of energy into electrical energy.Methylenebis(chloroaniline): Aromatic diamine used in the plastics industry as curing agent for epoxy resins and urethane rubbers. It causes bladder, liver, lung, and other neoplasms.Hydrocarbons, Aromatic: Organic compounds containing carbon and hydrogen in the form of an unsaturated, usually hexagonal ring structure. The compounds can be single ring, or double, triple, or multiple fused rings.Formaldehyde: A highly reactive aldehyde gas formed by oxidation or incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. In solution, it has a wide range of uses: in the manufacture of resins and textiles, as a disinfectant, and as a laboratory fixative or preservative. Formaldehyde solution (formalin) is considered a hazardous compound, and its vapor toxic. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p717)Environmental Pollutants: Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS.Coal MiningTime Factors: Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.Mesothelioma: A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)SwedenLung Neoplasms: Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.Cohort Studies: Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics.Skin Absorption: Uptake of substances through the SKIN.Volatilization: A phase transition from liquid state to gas state, which is affected by Raoult's law. It can be accomplished by fractional distillation.Infection Control, Dental: Efforts to prevent and control the spread of infections within dental health facilities or those involving provision of dental care.Questionnaires: Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated: Hydrocarbon compounds with one or more of the hydrogens replaced by CHLORINE.Creosote: A greasy substance with a smoky odor and burned taste created by high temperature treatment of BEECH and other WOOD; COAL TAR; or resin of the CREOSOTE BUSH. It contains CRESOLS and POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS which are CARCINOGENS. It has been widely used as wood preservative and in PESTICIDES and had former use medicinally in DISINFECTANTS; LAXATIVES; and DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS.Agrochemicals: Chemicals used in agriculture. These include pesticides, fumigants, fertilizers, plant hormones, steroids, antibiotics, mycotoxins, etc.Dental Technicians: Individuals responsible for fabrication of dental appliances.Mercury: A silver metallic element that exists as a liquid at room temperature. It has the atomic symbol Hg (from hydrargyrum, liquid silver), atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59. Mercury is used in many industrial applications and its salts have been employed therapeutically as purgatives, antisyphilitics, disinfectants, and astringents. It can be absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes which leads to MERCURY POISONING. Because of its toxicity, the clinical use of mercury and mercurials is diminishing.Incineration: High temperature destruction of waste by burning with subsequent reduction to ashes or conversion to an inert mass.Talc: Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: The prevention of infection or disease following exposure to a pathogen.Electroplating: Coating with a metal or alloy by electrolysis.Hobbies: Leisure activities engaged in for pleasure.Radon Daughters: Short-lived radioactive decay products of radon that include 216-Po, 214-Pb, 214-Bi, and 214-Po. They have an effective half-life of about 30 minutes and are solids that can deposit on the bronchial airways during inhalation and exhalation. This results in exposure of the respiratory airways to alpha radiation and can lead to diseases of the respiratory system, including lung cancer. (From Casarett and Doull's Toxicology, 4th ed, p740)Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced: Tumors, cancer or other neoplasms produced by exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation.Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane: A group of methane-based halogenated hydrocarbons containing one or more fluorine and chlorine atoms.Coal: A natural fuel formed by partial decomposition of vegetable matter under certain environmental conditions.LaunderingXylenes: A family of isomeric, colorless aromatic hydrocarbon liquids, that contain the general formula C6H4(CH3)2. They are produced by the destructive distillation of coal or by the catalytic reforming of petroleum naphthenic fractions. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)Coal Tar: A by-product of the destructive distillation of coal used as a topical antieczematic. It is an antipruritic and keratoplastic agent used also in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin conditions. Occupational exposure to soots, tars, and certain mineral oils is known to be carcinogenic according to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985) (Merck Index, 11th ed).Hair Preparations: Hair grooming, cleansing and modifying products meant for topical application to hair, usually human. They include sprays, bleaches, dyes, conditioners, rinses, shampoos, nutrient lotions, etc.Organic Chemicals: A broad class of substances containing carbon and its derivatives. Many of these chemicals will frequently contain hydrogen with or without oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other elements. They exist in either carbon chain or carbon ring form.Steel: A tough, malleable, iron-based alloy containing up to, but no more than, two percent carbon and often other metals. It is used in medicine and dentistry in implants and instrumentation.Phthalic Anhydrides: Phthalic acid anhydrides. Can be substituted on any carbon atom. Used extensively in industry and as a reagent in the acylation of amino- and hydroxyl groups.Food-Processing Industry: The productive enterprises concerned with food processing.Electricity: The physical effects involving the presence of electric charges at rest and in motion.Air Pollutants: Any substance in the air which could, if present in high enough concentration, harm humans, animals, vegetation or material. Substances include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; and volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS.Vibration: A continuing periodic change in displacement with respect to a fixed reference. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Mineral Oil: A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. It is used as laxative, lubricant, ointment base, and emollient.Epidemiologic Methods: Research techniques that focus on study designs and data gathering methods in human and animal populations.Aerosols: Colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellant agents.Micronucleus Tests: Induction and quantitative measurement of chromosomal damage leading to the formation of micronuclei (MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE) in cells which have been exposed to genotoxic agents or IONIZING RADIATION.Asbestos, Amphibole: A class of asbestos that includes silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and sodium. The fibers are generally brittle and cannot be spun, but are more resistant to chemicals and heat than ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed)Patch Tests: Skin tests in which the sensitizer is applied to a patch of cotton cloth or gauze held in place for approximately 48-72 hours. It is used for the elicitation of a contact hypersensitivity reaction.Hypospadias: A birth defect due to malformation of the URETHRA in which the urethral opening is below its normal location. In the male, the malformed urethra generally opens on the ventral surface of the PENIS or on the PERINEUM. In the female, the malformed urethral opening is in the VAGINA.Metals: Electropositive chemical elements characterized by ductility, malleability, luster, and conductance of heat and electricity. They can replace the hydrogen of an acid and form bases with hydroxyl radicals. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)Incidence: The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.Fossil Fuels: Any combustible hydrocarbon deposit formed from the remains of prehistoric organisms. Examples are petroleum, coal, and natural gas.Methylene Chloride: A chlorinated hydrocarbon that has been used as an inhalation anesthetic and acts as a narcotic in high concentrations. Its primary use is as a solvent in manufacturing and food technology.Body Burden: The total amount of a chemical, metal or radioactive substance present at any time after absorption in the body of man or animal.PolandTrichloroethanes: Chlorinated ethanes which are used extensively as industrial solvents. They have been utilized in numerous home-use products including spot remover preparations and inhalant decongestant sprays. These compounds cause central nervous system and cardiovascular depression and are hepatotoxic. Include 1,1,1- and 1,1,2-isomers.Mercury PoisoningInsecticides: Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics.Aircraft: A weight-carrying structure for navigation of the air that is supported either by its own buoyancy or by the dynamic action of the air against its surfaces. (Webster, 1973)Confidence Intervals: A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable.Cross-Sectional Studies: Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.Asbestos, Serpentine: A type of asbestos that occurs in nature as the dihydrate of magnesium silicate. It exists in two forms: antigorite, a plated variety, and chrysotile, a fibrous variety. The latter makes up 95% of all asbestos products. (From Merck Index, 11th ed, p.893)Medical Laboratory Personnel: Health care professionals, technicians, and assistants staffing LABORATORIES in research or health care facilities.ItalyRisk Management: The process of minimizing risk to an organization by developing systems to identify and analyze potential hazards to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences, and by attempting to handle events and incidents which do occur in such a manner that their effect and cost are minimized. Effective risk management has its greatest benefits in application to insurance in order to avert or minimize financial liability. (From Slee & Slee: Health care terms, 2d ed)Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced: Hearing loss due to exposure to explosive loud noise or chronic exposure to sound level greater than 85 dB. The hearing loss is often in the frequency range 4000-6000 hertz.Risk: The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.Confounding Factors (Epidemiology): Factors that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest, are not intermediate variables, and are not associated with the factor(s) under investigation. They give rise to situations in which the effects of two processes are not separated, or the contribution of causal factors cannot be separated, or the measure of the effect of exposure or risk is distorted because of its association with other factors influencing the outcome of the study.Flour: Ground up seed of WHEAT.Police: Agents of the law charged with the responsibility of maintaining and enforcing law and order among the citizenry.Tetraethyl Lead: A highly toxic compound used as a gasoline additive. It causes acute toxic psychosis or chronic poisoning if inhaled or absorbed through the skin.Operating Rooms: Facilities equipped for performing surgery.Hippurates: Salts and esters of hippuric acid.ParisNorwayBeryllium: Beryllium. An element with the atomic symbol Be, atomic number 4, and atomic weight 9.01218. Short exposure to this element can lead to a type of poisoning known as BERYLLIOSIS.Uranium: Uranium. A radioactive element of the actinide series of metals. It has an atomic symbol U, atomic number 92, and atomic weight 238.03. U-235 is used as the fissionable fuel in nuclear weapons and as fuel in nuclear power reactors.Neoplasms: New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.Air Microbiology: The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the air. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.Construction Industry: The aggregate business enterprise of building.Chemistry, Agricultural: The science of the chemical composition and reactions of chemicals involved in the production, protection and use of crops and livestock. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)Automobiles: A usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel. (Webster, 1973)Asthma: A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).Radon: A naturally radioactive element with atomic symbol Rn, atomic number 86, and atomic weight 222. It is a member of the noble gas family found in soil, and is released during the decay of radium.FinlandLead PoisoningBenzidines: Very toxic industrial chemicals. They are absorbed through the skin, causing lethal blood, bladder, liver, and kidney damage and are potent, broad-spectrum carcinogens in most species.Body Fluids: Liquid components of living organisms.Accidents, Occupational: Unforeseen occurrences, especially injuries in the course of work-related activities.Prevalence: The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.Ships: Large vessels propelled by power or sail used for transportation on rivers, seas, oceans, or other navigable waters. Boats are smaller vessels propelled by oars, paddles, sail, or power; they may or may not have a deck.Mutagens: Chemical agents that increase the rate of genetic mutation by interfering with the function of nucleic acids. A clastogen is a specific mutagen that causes breaks in chromosomes.Pleural Neoplasms: Neoplasms of the thin serous membrane that envelopes the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity. Pleural neoplasms are exceedingly rare and are usually not diagnosed until they are advanced because in the early stages they produce no symptoms.Sulfuric Acids: Inorganic and organic derivatives of sulfuric acid (H2SO4). The salts and esters of sulfuric acid are known as SULFATES and SULFURIC ACID ESTERS respectively.Cotton Fiber: A TEXTILE fiber obtained from the pappus (outside the SEEDS) of cotton plant (GOSSYPIUM). Inhalation of cotton fiber dust over a prolonged period can result in BYSSINOSIS.

Socioeconomic inequalities in health in the working population: the contribution of working conditions. (1/7692)

BACKGROUND: The aim was to study the impact of different categories of working conditions on the association between occupational class and self-reported health in the working population. METHODS: Data were collected through a postal survey conducted in 1991 among inhabitants of 18 municipalities in the southeastern Netherlands. Data concerned 4521 working men and 2411 working women and included current occupational class (seven classes), working conditions (physical working conditions, job control, job demands, social support at work), perceived general health (very good or good versus less than good) and demographic confounders. Data were analysed with logistic regression techniques. RESULTS: For both men and women we observed a higher odds ratio for a less than good perceived general health in the lower occupational classes (adjusted for confounders). The odds of a less than good perceived general health was larger among people reporting more hazardous physical working conditions, lower job control, lower social support at work and among those in the highest category of job demands. Results were similar for men and women. Men and women in the lower occupational classes reported more hazardous physical working conditions and lower job control as compared to those in higher occupational classes. High job demands were more often reported in the higher occupational classes, while social support at work was not clearly related to occupational class. When physical working conditions and job control were added simultaneously to a model with occupational class and confounders, the odds ratios for occupational classes were reduced substantially. For men, the per cent change in the odds ratios for the occupational classes ranged between 35% and 83%, and for women between 35% and 46%. CONCLUSIONS: A substantial part of the association between occupational class and a less than good perceived general health in the working population could be attributed to a differential distribution of hazardous physical working conditions and a low job control across occupational classes. This suggests that interventions aimed at improving these working conditions might result in a reduction of socioeconomic inequalities in health in the working population.  (+info)

Methodological issues in biomonitoring of low level exposure to benzene. (2/7692)

Data from a pilot study on unmetabolized benzene and trans,trans muconic acid (t,t-MA) excretion in filling station attendants and unexposed controls were used to afford methodological issues in the biomonitoring of low benzene exposures (around 0.1 ppm). Urinary concentrations of benzene and t,t-MA were measured by dynamic head-space capillary GC/FID and HPLC, respectively. The accuracy of the HPLC determination of t,t-MA was assessed in terms of inter- and intra-method reliability. The adequacy of urinary t,t-MA and benzene as biological markers of low benzene exposure was evaluated by analysing the relationship between personal exposure to benzene and biomarker excretion. Filling station attendants excreted significantly higher amounts of benzene, but not of t,t-MA, than controls. Adjusting for occupational benzene exposure, smokers excreted significantly higher amounts of t,t-MA, but not of unmetabolized benzene, than nonsmokers. A comparative analysis of the present and previously published biomonitoring surveys showed a good inter-study agreement regarding the amount of t,t-MA and unmetabolized benzene excreted (about 0.1-0.2 mg/l and 1-2 micrograms/l, respectively) per unit of exposure (0.1 ppm). For each biomarker, based on the distribution of parameters observed in the pilot study, we calculated the minimum sample size required to estimate the population mean with given confidence and precision.  (+info)

Lead exposure in the lead-acid storage battery manufacturing and PVC compounding industries. (3/7692)

This study was conducted as part of the Human Exposure Assessment Location (HEAL) Project which comes under the United Nations Environment Programme/World Health Organisation (UNEP/WHO) Global environmental Monitoring System (GEMS). The objective of the study was to evaluate workers' exposure to lead in industries with the highest exposure. All subjects were interviewed about their occupational and smoking histories, the use of personal protective equipment and personal hygiene. The contribution of a dietary source of lead intake from specified foods known to contain lead locally and personal air sampling for lead were assessed. A total of 61 workers from two PVC compounding and 50 workers from two lead acid battery manufacturing plants were studied together with 111 matched controls. In the PVC compounding plants the mean lead-in-air level was 0.0357 mg/m3, with the highest levels occurring during the pouring and mixing operations. This was lower than the mean lead-in-air level of 0.0886 mg/m3 in the lead battery manufacturing plants where the highest exposure was in the loading of lead ingots into milling machines. Workers in lead battery manufacturing had significantly higher mean blood lead than the PVC workers (means, 32.51 and 23.91 mcg/100 ml respectively), but there was poor correlation with lead-in-air levels. Among the lead workers, the Malays had significantly higher blood lead levels than the Chinese (mean blood levels were 33.03 and 25.35 mcg/100 ml respectively) although there was no significant difference between the two ethnic groups in the control group. There were no significant differences between the exposed and control group in terms of dietary intake of specified local foods known to contain lead. However, Malays consumed significantly more fish than the Chinese did. There were no ethnic differences in the hours of overtime work, number of years of exposure, usage of gloves and respirators and smoking habits. Among the Malays, 94.3% eat with their hands compared with 9.2% of the Chinese. Workers who ate with bare hands at least once a week had higher blood lead levels after adjusting for lead-in-air levels (mean blood lead was 30.2 and 26.4 mcg/100 ml respectively). The study indicated that the higher blood lead levels observed in the Malay workers might have been due to their higher exposure and eating with bare hands.  (+info)

Contact dermatitis in Alstroemeria workers. (4/7692)

Hand dermatitis is common in workers in the horticultural industry. This study determined the prevalence of hand dermatitis in workers of Alstroemeria cultivation, investigated how many workers had been sensitized by tulipalin A (the allergen in Alstroemeria) and took stock of a wide range of determinants of hand dermatitis. The 12-month period prevalence of major hand dermatitis amounted to 29.5% whereas 7.4% had minor dermatitis. Of these workers, 52.1% were sensitized for tulipalin A. Several personal and work-related determinants played a role in the multifactorial aetiology of hand dermatitis. Factors which showed a significant relationship with major hand dermatitis were: female sex, atopic dermatitis, chapped hands and the frequency of washing hands. It may be concluded that the Alstroemeria workers are a population at risk of developing contact dermatitis and it might be useful to carry out an educational campaign to lower the high prevalence.  (+info)

The feasibility of conducting occupational epidemiology in the UK. (5/7692)

A postal survey was carried out of 1,000 UK companies to collect information about employee biographical and work history records. The overall response rate was 46%. All companies collected surname, forenames, address, date of birth and National Insurance number--information needed for cross-sectional studies. Other biographical details such as maiden name and National Health Service number were collected less often, which could increase the cost and difficulty of tracing ex-employees. Seventy per cent reported destroying their records within 10 years of an employee leaving, rising to 82% for companies with fewer than 100 employees. The destruction of employee records creates problems for historical cohort studies and case-control studies, and may hamper ex-employees trying to claim benefit for occupational-related illness. If the scope of future occupational epidemiology is to be improved, guidelines for the collection and retention of the data required must be developed and industry encouraged to participate.  (+info)

Cohort study of art glass workers in Tuscany, Italy: mortality from non-malignant diseases. (6/7692)

This investigation studies cause-specific mortality of art glass workers employed in 17 industrial facilities in Tuscany, Italy. A cohort of 3,390 workers employed for at least 1 year was enumerated from company payrolls. Follow-up was between the start of employment in each factory and 31 December 1993. The cause-specific expected mortality was computed relative to Tuscany rates and specified for gender, 5-year age groups and calendar year. Separate analyses were carried out for the jobs of makers and formers and for batch mixers. Among males (3, 180 individuals) observed mortality for non-cancer causes was higher than expected for hypertensive disease [standardized mortality ratio (SMR) = 178, 90% confidence interval (90% CI) = 96-301], pneumoconiosis (SMR = 200, 90% CI = 94-376) and diseases of the genitourinary system (SMR = 169, 90% CI = 95-279). Increases for the above causes were shown also among makers and formers: hypertensive disease (SMR = 182, 90% CI = 85-341), pneumoconiosis (SMR = 250, 90% CI = 109-493) and diseases of the genitourinary system (SMR = 224, 90% CI = 121-380). For batch mixers an increase was present for cerebrovascular disease. The observed mortality for cancer causes was above the expected for cancers of the larynx, lung, stomach and brain. This study points to the existence for Tuscan glass workers of health effects in addition to cancer; previously observed carcinogenic effects were also confirmed.  (+info)

Irritant contact dermatitis due to 1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin in a hydrotherapy pool. Risk assessments: the need for continuous evidence-based assessments. (7/7692)

A physiotherapist working in hydrotherapy presented to occupational health with irritant contact dermatitis. Subsequent investigation revealed that the likely causative agent was 1-bromo 3-chloro 5,5 dimethylhydantoin which was used to disinfect the hydrotherapy pool. A COSHH risk assessment had been performed which failed to take full account of current knowledge and this agent had been introduced into the workplace. The development of adverse health effects among staff and other pool users lead to a review of this risk assessment and eventually a return to less hazardous chlorine-based disinfection. Had an evidence-based approach been combined with an appropriate COSHH assessment prior to and following changes in the workplace then unnecessary risk to employees would not have occurred.  (+info)

Mushroom worker's lung resulting from indoor cultivation of Pleurotus osteatus. (8/7692)

Indoor cultivation of oyster mushroom Pleurotus osteatus lead to an outbreak of extrinsic allergic alveolitis in two workers. High titer of indirect fluorescent antibody and positive precipitins against basidiospores of P. osteatus were demonstrated in sera of the patients. Mushroom workers should protect themselves from the basidiospores, being aware of their pathogenicity.  (+info)

Directive 2009/161/EU - indicative occupational exposure limit values - Arbetsmiljö - EU-OshaDirective 2009/161/EU - indicative occupational exposure limit values - Arbetsmiljö - EU-Osha
The Community indicative occupational exposure limit values are established as implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC.Member States shall establish national occupational exposure limit values for the chemical agents listed in the Annex, taking into account the Community values.
Effect of Occupational Exposures on Lung Cancer Susceptibility: A Study of Gene-Environment Interaction Analysis | Cancer...Effect of Occupational Exposures on Lung Cancer Susceptibility: A Study of Gene-Environment Interaction Analysis | Cancer...
Supplementary Tables S1-S6 - Supplementary Tables S1-S6. Table S1. Number and percentage of cases and control with exposure to each occupational agent. Table S2. SNP-level significant occupational exposure interactions for known occupational lung carcinogens. Table S3. SNP-level significant occupational exposure interactions for occupational exposures with increased risk for lung cancer not clear. Table S4. Gene-level significant occupational exposure interactions for occupational exposures with increased risk for lung cancer not clear. Table S5. Significant genomic regions for occupational exposure interactions and the significant genes identified in these regions. Table S6. Main categories of proteins coded by the significant genes identified by the gene-occupational interaction analyses ...
Occupational Hygiene Services by Leading Occupational Hygienists in the Sydney Metro Area | Pierre News HeadlinesOccupational Hygiene Services by Leading Occupational Hygienists in the Sydney Metro Area | Pierre News Headlines
Asbestos and hazardous materials removal specifications and project management.. Health Safety Consultants occupational hygiene team operates within applicable industry code of conduct and committed to quality deliverables that meet industry standards. The team members hold memberships with professional bodies such as the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH) and the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA). We have years of experience working with numerous industries including manufacturing, construction, facilities management, local, state and federal government and defence. Health Safety Consultants occupational hygiene team has established a very successful company providing occupational hygiene services with a reputation for professionalism, integrity, competence, and customer satisfaction. We are proud that this reputation is based on our systems and people that make our service possible. Each and every day we work hard to better our service that will ultimately better our ...
Binding occupational exposure limits for carcinogens in the EU - necessary but not sufficient to reduce risk<...Binding occupational exposure limits for carcinogens in the EU - necessary but not sufficient to reduce risk<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Binding occupational exposure limits for carcinogens in the EU - necessary but not sufficient to reduce risk. AU - Cherrie, John W.. PY - 2019/7/1. Y1 - 2019/7/1. KW - Cancer. KW - Carcinogen. KW - Exposure. KW - Exposure limit. KW - Exposure limit value. KW - Letter. KW - Occupational cancer. KW - Occupational exposure. KW - Occupational exposure limit. KW - Work-related cancer. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068990664&partnerID=8YFLogxK. U2 - 10.5271/sjweh.3836. DO - 10.5271/sjweh.3836. M3 - Article. C2 - 31256196. VL - 45. SP - 423. EP - 424. JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. JF - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. SN - 0355-3140. IS - 4. ER - ...
Advanced REACH tool: a Bayesian model for occupational exposure assessment<...Advanced REACH tool: a Bayesian model for occupational exposure assessment<...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Advanced REACH tool. T2 - a Bayesian model for occupational exposure assessment. AU - McNally, Kevin. AU - Warren, Nicholas. AU - Fransman, Wouter. AU - Entink, Rinke Klein. AU - Schinkel, Jody. AU - Van Tongeren, Martie. AU - Cherrie, John W.. AU - Kromhout, Hans. AU - Schneider, Thomas. AU - Tielemans, Erik. PY - 2014. Y1 - 2014. N2 - This paper describes a Bayesian model for the assessment of inhalation exposures in an occupational setting; the methodology underpins a freely available web-based application for exposure assessment, the Advanced REACH Tool (ART). The ART is a higher tier exposure tool that combines disparate sources of information within a Bayesian statistical framework. The information is obtained from expert knowledge expressed in a calibrated mechanistic model of exposure assessment, data on interand intra-individual variability in exposures from the literature, and context-specific exposure measurements. The ART provides central estimates and credible ...
Standard on Occupational Exposure to Noise (Noise); Extension of the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) Approval of...Standard on Occupational Exposure to Noise (Noise); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of...
Federal Register: April 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 81)][Notices] [Page 21054-21055] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr27ap07-85] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA-2007-0022] Standard on Occupational Exposure to Noise (Noise); Extension of the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend OBM approval of the information collection requirements contained in its Noise Standard (29 CFR 1910.95). The information collection requirements specified in the Noise Standard protect employees from suffering material hearing impairment. DATES: ...
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Influence of childhood asthma and allergies on occupational exposure in early adulthood: a prospective cohort studyInfluence of childhood asthma and allergies on occupational exposure in early adulthood: a prospective cohort study
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Occupational exposure limits - Previous calls for comments and evidence - ECHAOccupational exposure limits - Previous calls for comments and evidence - ECHA
The listed calls for evidence concerning occupational exposure limits have already taken place and have now been closed. These calls were held to allow parties concerned to comment and to help ECHAs Risk Assessment Committee in developing an opinion on scientific evaluation of occupational exposure limit(s).. The substances or chemical agents are listed in the table below together with information on the subject.. ...
Occupational exposure limits - Previous calls for comments and evidence - ECHAOccupational exposure limits - Previous calls for comments and evidence - ECHA
The listed calls for evidence concerning occupational exposure limits have already taken place and have now been closed. These calls were held to allow parties concerned to comment and to help ECHAs Risk Assessment Committee in developing an opinion on scientific evaluation of occupational exposure limit(s).. The substances or chemical agents are listed in the table below together with information on the subject.. ...
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Please follow this link to learn about the EU Strategy on Exposure to chemical agents.. Commission Directive 2009/161/EU of 17 December 2009 establishing a third list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC.. Commission Directive 2006/15/EC of 7 February 2006 establishing a second list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Directives 91/322/EEC and 2000/39/EC. Commission Directive 2000/39/EC of 8 June 2000 establishing a first list of indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC. ...
Occupational hygiene - WikipediaOccupational hygiene - Wikipedia
Occupational hygiene (United States: industrial hygiene (IH)) is the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control and prevention of hazards from work that may result in injury, illness, or affect the well being of workers. These hazards or stressors are typically divided into the categories biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial.[1] The risk of a health effect from a given stressor is a function of the hazard multiplied by the exposure to the individual or group.[2] For chemicals, the hazard can be understood by the dose response profile most often based on toxicological studies or models. Occupational hygienists work closely with toxicologists (see Toxicology) for understanding chemical hazards, physicists (see Physics) for physical hazards, and physicians and microbiologists for biological hazards (see Microbiology Tropical medicine Infection) Environmental and occupational hygienists are considered experts in exposure science and exposure risk management. Depending on an ...
Performance of population specific job exposure matrices (JEMs): European collaborative analyses on occupational risk factors...Performance of population specific job exposure matrices (JEMs): European collaborative analyses on occupational risk factors...
The study of the performance of a JEM comprises three main elements as described by Bouyer et al 18: (a) the ability of the JEM to evaluate accurately the exposure itself, (b) its statistical performance in terms of bias and power, (c) its ability to detect known associations between risk factors and disease. In our study, only point (c) can be directly studied to estimate the performance of the population specific JEM although the two other aspects may be considered indirectly. The pattern of relations between the probability of exposure and a decrease in FEV1 found in the French survey and evidence of known associations in two different populations (French survey and rural Dutch residents) are arguments in favour of the validity of the population specific JEM. The lowest κ values between self reported exposure and the Pp JEM were found in the groups in which the population specific JEM performed better than self reported exposure.. An argument in favour of the accurate exposure assessment of ...
A Survey Of Entrance Skin Exposure Values For Two Radiographic Projections | (1980) | Vucich | Publications | SpieA Survey Of Entrance Skin Exposure Values For Two Radiographic Projections | (1980) | Vucich | Publications | Spie
A modification of the Nationwide Evaluation of X-Ray Trends (NEXT) survey procedure has been used to collect data on technique and exposure values for the A/P abdomen and A/P lumbosacral spine projection for a fixed patient size. Through the use of a sample set of patient radiographs and a phantom, technique factors and entrance skin exposure (ESE) are related to a radiograph of acceptable density. An analysis of 139 surveys demonstrates the wide range of techniques and exposures associated with each projection and suggests that ranges of typical techniques and exposure values can be defined ...
Occupational Exposure Limits - 3rd list - Indicative OELVs - indicative-oelvs-dir-2009-161 - ECHAOccupational Exposure Limits - 3rd list - Indicative OELVs - indicative-oelvs-dir-2009-161 - ECHA
The Community indicative occupational exposure limit values are established as implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC. In the Annex to Directive 2000/39/EC, the reference to phenol is deleted and the new limit values are included in this Directive. The Directive establishes values for a reference period of eight-hours time weighted average and also for a short term period of 15 minutes for 18 chemical agents. ...
Occupational Exposure Limits - 2nd list - Indicative OELVs - indicative-oelvs-dir-2006-15 - ECHAOccupational Exposure Limits - 2nd list - Indicative OELVs - indicative-oelvs-dir-2006-15 - ECHA
The list is based on Council Directive 98/24/EC. Member States shall establish national occupational exposure limit values (OELVs) for the chemical agents listed in the Annex, taking into account the Community values but may determine its nature in accordance with national legislation and practice. The Directive establishes values for a reference period of eight-hours time weighted average and also for a short term period of 15 minutes for 33 chemical agents. ...
legislation-profile - ECHAlegislation-profile - ECHA
Throughout the legal text: Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work. Recital 2 makes reference to: Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work In relation to measurement techniques introduced by Article 17 of that Directive. Recital 3 makes reference to: Commission Decision 2014/113/EU of 3 March 2014 on setting up a Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents and repealing Decision 95/320/EC In relation to the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents (SCOEL). Recital 14 makes reference to: (1) Commission Directive 91/322/EEC of 29 May 1991 on establishing indicative limit values by implementing Council Directive 80/1107/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents ...
Neuropsychological function in retired workers with previous long-term occupational exposure to solvents. | Occupational &...Neuropsychological function in retired workers with previous long-term occupational exposure to solvents. | Occupational &...
OBJECTIVES: It is plausible that neurodegenerative processes of aging might have a contributing role in the development of chronic effects of exposure to organic solvents. This study evaluated the risk for neuropsychological deficits among retired workers, relative to their histories of exposure to occupational solvents. METHODS: This cross sectional study evaluated retired male workers, 62-74 years of age, including 89 people with previous long-term occupational exposure to solvents (67 retired painters and 22 retired aerospace manufacturing workers), and 126 retired carpenters with relatively minimal previous exposure to solvents. Subjects completed a standardised neuropsychological evaluation and psychiatric interview, structured interviews for histories of occupational exposure and alcohol consumption, and questionnaires assessing neurological and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: By comparison with the carpenters, the painters on average reported greater cumulative alcohol consumption and had ...
INTEROCC case-control study: Lack of association between glioma tumors and occupational exposure to selected combustion...INTEROCC case-control study: Lack of association between glioma tumors and occupational exposure to selected combustion...
Background: The aim was to investigate possible associations between glioma (an aggressive type of brain cancer) and occupational exposure to selected agents: combustion products (diesel and gasoline exhaust emissions, benzo(a)pyrene), dusts (animal dust, asbestos, crystalline silica, wood dust) and some other chemical agents (formaldehyde, oil mist, sulphur dioxide). Methods. The INTEROCC study included cases diagnosed with glioma during 2000-2004 in sub-regions of seven countries. Population controls, selected from various sampling frames in different centers, were frequency or individually matched to cases by sex, age and center. Face-to-face interviews with the subject or a proxy respondent were conducted by trained interviewers. Detailed information was collected on socio-economic and lifestyle characteristics, medical history and work history. Occupational exposure to the 10 selected agents was assessed by a job exposure matrix (JEM) which provides estimates of the probability and level of ...
Recherche uO Research: INTEROCC case-control study: lack of association between glioma tumors and occupational exposure to...Recherche uO Research: INTEROCC case-control study: lack of association between glioma tumors and occupational exposure to...
Abstract Background The aim was to investigate possible associations between glioma (an aggressive type of brain cancer) and occupational exposure to selected agents: combustion products (diesel and gasoline exhaust emissions, benzo(a)pyrene), dusts (animal dust, asbestos, crystalline silica, wood dust) and some other chemical agents (formaldehyde, oil mist, sulphur dioxide). Methods The INTEROCC study included cases diagnosed with glioma during 2000-2004 in sub-regions of seven countries. Population controls, selected from various sampling frames in different centers, were frequency or individually matched to cases by sex, age and center. Face-to-face interviews with the subject or a proxy respondent were conducted by trained interviewers. Detailed information was collected on socio-economic and lifestyle characteristics, medical history and work history. Occupational exposure to the 10 selected agents was assessed by a job exposure matrix (JEM) which provides estimates of the probability and ...
Occupational Asthma Reference: Update of an occupational asthma-specific job exposure matrix to assess exposure to 30 specific...Occupational Asthma Reference: Update of an occupational asthma-specific job exposure matrix to assess exposure to 30 specific...
Plain text: Objectives We aimed to update an asthmagen job exposure matrix (JEM) developed in the late 1990s. Main reasons were: the number of suspected and recognised asthmagens has since tripled; understanding of the aetiological role of irritants in asthma and methodological insights in application of JEMs have emerged in the period. Methods For each agent of the new occupational asthma-specific JEM (OAsJEM), a working group of three experts out of eight evaluated exposure for each International Standard Classification of Occupations, 1988 (ISCO-88) job code into three categories: high (high probability of exposure and moderate-to-high intensity), medium (low-to-moderate probability or low intensity) and unexposed. Within a working group, experts evaluated exposures independently from each other. If expert assessments were inconsistent the final decision was taken by consensus. Specificity was favoured over sensitivity, that is, jobs were classified with high exposure only if the ...
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Product: 2009 Guide to Occupational Exposure Values: ACGIHProduct: 2009 Guide to Occupational Exposure Values: ACGIH
This companion document to the ACGIH® Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices book serves as a readily accessible reference for comparison of the most recently published values.
Product: Guide to Occupational Exposure Values, 2005: ACGIHProduct: Guide to Occupational Exposure Values, 2005: ACGIH
This companion document to the ACGIH® Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices book serves as a readily accessible reference for comparison of the most recently published values.
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health - Population-based study on occupational risk factors for preeclampsia and...Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health - Population-based study on occupational risk factors for preeclampsia and...
Objectives Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity. Work-related factors may influence the occurrence of this disorder. This case-control study estimated the associations between work-related physical and psychosocial factors and the risk of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension.. Methods The eligible women consisted of a random sample of the women who delivered a singleton live birth in 1997-1999 in six regions of Quebec and worked during pregnancy. Cases of preeclampsia (N=102) and gestational hypertension (N=99) were compared with normotensive controls (N=4381). Information on occupational exposures at the onset of pregnancy was collected during phone interviews a few weeks after delivery. Detailed information was obtained on work schedule, postures, physical exertion, work organization, noise, vibration, and extreme temperature. Adjusted odds ratios (aOR) were estimated through polytomous logistic regression.. Results Women standing daily at least 1 hour ...
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Pacemakers (PM) or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) can be disturbed by magnetic field exposure at work. Based on experimental exposure of volunteers and the experience from in situ case studies, the authors present an approach to evaluate word safety and the workers fitness in such situations.. For the PMs situations, there are data allowing to make a decision in the majority of the cases. In the case of ICD, an adapted study is necessary. A protocol for risk evaluation was finalized, where the worker may move within the framework of his professional activity. These measures are made in his presence, while simultaneously monitoring the operation of the device.. Three practical realized cases of measurements are presented, with their difficulties of realization and their results.. Conclusion: A decision about the workers fitness can then be taken on the basis of this information. This approach can be extended to the other medical implants and with electromagnetic spectrum ...
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Brian C. Lee (bclee at access2.digex.net) writes: , A liver carcinoma is considered benign? What kind of cell type was it? , 25-fold sounds pretty low. Was there any human exposure data to show , a non-carcinogenic exposure level? Sorry, I was mistaken in my initial post. The 75 ppm LOEL in males rats was for adenomas; carcinomas and adenomas were elevated at 375 ppm. The current occupational exposure level is 10 ppm. The proposal was to reduce that to 3 ppm in light of the new data, but that seems inadequate given the LOEL for liver adenoma in male rats. , : I am currently reviewing information concerning a proposed occupational , : exposure limit for an industrial chemical. The substance is a , : non-genotoxic carcinogen, which has been tested in both mouse and rat , : chronic/onco studies. In males of both species, statistically significant , : increases in liver adenomas/carcinomas were observed at exposure levels of , : 75 ppm. The company that manufactures the substance is proposing a TWA ...
OSHA Compliance Manual: Employee information and training | Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne PathogensOSHA Compliance Manual: Employee information and training | Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
Inspection guidelines: The Compliance Officer should verify that the training is provided at the time of initial employment and at least annually thereafter as well as whenever a change in an employees responsibilities, procedures, or work situation is such that an employees occupational exposure is affected. "At the time of initial assignment to tasks where occupational exposure may take place" means that employees must be trained prior to being placed in positions where occupational exposure may occur. The annual retraining for these employees must be provided within one year of their original training. This refresher training must cover topics listed in the standard to the extent needed and must emphasize new information or procedures. It does need to be an exact repetition of the previous annual training ...
Monitoring occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs in seven Italian hospitals : the effect of adherence to guidelinesMonitoring occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs in seven Italian hospitals : the effect of adherence to guidelines
Healthcare personnel handling cytostatic antineoplastic agents may be exposed to these drugs. Exposure may occur through inhalation, skin contact, skin absorption, ingestion, or injection during preparation, administration, and disposal. Since the late 70s, occupational exposure to these drugs has been recognized as a potential health hazard.. Since then, several countries have published guidelines and recommendations with the objective to improve operating procedures and safety workplace, and keep exposure levels as low as possible. As a consequence, operating procedures have been improved,biological and environmental monitoring have been used to assess contamination and exposure levels, and a lot of analytical methods have been developed and validated.. In general, the strategy used to prevent or minimize occupational exposure applies a combination of interventions, such as engineering controls, administrative and work practice controls, and personal protective equipment.. In Italy, the ...
NIOSHTIC-2 Publications Search - 00211681 - Current occupational exposures in chinese iron and copper mines.NIOSHTIC-2 Publications Search - 00211681 - Current occupational exposures in chinese iron and copper mines.
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CDC - Reproductive Health - What Healthcare Professionals Should Know - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health TopicCDC - Reproductive Health - What Healthcare Professionals Should Know - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic
Workplace exposures can also affect the health of a pregnancy. Some chemical exposures might be riskier for a fetus than its mother, due to its rapid development and smaller relative size. For most chemicals, we dont have good information on what levels of exposure might harm a fetus. Occupational exposure limits were intended to protect workers, and cannot necessarily be applied to a fetus ...
Broad-Scale Exposure Study on Occupational Exposure to Nano-Objects and Their Agglomerates and Aggregates Across Various Life...Broad-Scale Exposure Study on Occupational Exposure to Nano-Objects and Their Agglomerates and Aggregates Across Various Life...
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Silica and Lung Cancer: When Is Enough Evidence Enough? : EpidemiologySilica and Lung Cancer: When Is Enough Evidence Enough? : Epidemiology
The case-control study presented in this issue of Epidemiology by Cassidy et al1 provides striking evidence of an association between occupational exposure to crystalline silica and lung cancer. The study not only demonstrated an overall positive association, but also very strong evidence for an exposure-response relationship. These findings are not themselves very surprising or novel given that similar findings have been reported in numerous previous studies. What makes these findings most remarkable is that they come from a population-based case-control study. This study design has rarely been capable of demonstrating convincing evidence for associations for exposures to occupational carcinogens due to low power and poor exposure classification stemming from their reliance on self-reported exposures. These studies have been of particularly limited use in demonstrating exposure-response relationships. In large part the success of this study is due to the unusually detailed questionnaires on ...
Optimizing occupational exposure measurement strategies when estimating the log-scale arithmetic mean value : An example from...Optimizing occupational exposure measurement strategies when estimating the log-scale arithmetic mean value : An example from...
When assessing occupational exposures, repeated measurements are in most cases required. Repeated measurements are more resource intensive than a single measurement, so careful planning of the measurement strategy is necessary to assure that resources are spent wisely. The optimal strategy depends on the objectives of the measurements. Here, two different models of random effects analysis of variance (ANOVA) are proposed for the optimization of measurement strategies by the minimization of the variance of the estimated log-transformed arithmetic mean value of a worker group, i.e. the strategies are optimized for precise estimation of that value. The first model is a one-way random effects ANOVA model. For that model it is shown that the best precision in the estimated mean value is always obtained by including as many workers as possible in the sample while restricting the number of replicates to two or at most three regardless of the size of the variance components. The second model introduces ...
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Today, while working at Home Depot, a customer tried to engage me in a conversation about which gardening tool would hypothetically be the best to kill his wife with. FML
FML : Today, while working at a bank, I helped a customer who was making a large withdrawal. After I counted out his money,...FML : Today, while working at a bank, I helped a customer who was making a large withdrawal. After I counted out his money,...
Today, while working at a bank, I helped a customer who was making a large withdrawal. After I counted out his money, I asked Do you want the strap on? After a moment of awkward silence, as I realized how that came out, he smiled and said, No thanks, I dont need one. and winked. Great. FML
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While working with staphylococcus variants a number of culture-plates were set aside on the laboratory bench and examined from time to time....
Master of Public Health in Industrial Hygiene (IHY) 2015-16 | UAB School of Public HealthMaster of Public Health in Industrial Hygiene (IHY) 2015-16 | UAB School of Public Health
This track is designed to provide an intensive educational experience for students without previous experience but who have a strong commitment to occupational health and safety and hazardous substances. Calculus, although not required, is highly recommended.. The MPH in industrial hygiene combines didactic research instruction and applied research experience for students with or without previous work experience. The industrial hygiene program is designed to develop the students understanding of the interrelationships between the basic sciences and the causes and prevention of occupational related diseases. Graduates of the program will be capable of developing systematic approaches to identifying and controlling problems in industrial hygiene, designing and implementing research programs to measure the level of work exposure to hazardous agents, and instituting necessary control measures.. The industrial hygiene program is a component of the Deep South Center for Occupational Health and ...
Nanotech Occupational Exposures - A Look Back at 2015 Studies | Gen ReNanotech Occupational Exposures - A Look Back at 2015 Studies | Gen Re
June 15, 2016, By Charlie Kingdollar , Commercial Umbrella, General Liability, Workers Compensation , English , Japanese Exposure to nanomaterials is a significant emerging issue facing the Property & Casualty insurance industry. The nanotechnology industry continues to grow with innovation and expansion into new fields on a regular basis; however, the health and safety implications of nanoparticles remain uncertain. We try to stay abreast of the field to determine how and where issues may emerge that will shape the exposures underwritten today and tomorrow.. While there is likely more exposure to consumers than many realize, occupational exposures are still perhaps the most concerning to insurers.. Determining if a substance is potentially harmful to humans can be a lengthy process, taking years. It may still be some time before science can find an association, and perhaps longer to confirm or refute causation. In the meantime, concerns about workplace and product exposures to nanomaterials ...
Diagnosis, monitoring and prevention of exposure-related non-communicable diseases in the living and working environment :...Diagnosis, monitoring and prevention of exposure-related non-communicable diseases in the living and working environment :...
article{6505d680-fb46-459f-8e54-d99ef382d314, abstract = {,p,The WHO has ranked environmental hazardous exposures in the living and working environment among the top risk factors for chronic disease mortality. Worldwide, about 40 million people die each year from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) including cancer, diabetes, and chronic cardiovascular, neurological and lung diseases. The exposure to ambient pollution in the living and working environment is exacerbated by individual susceptibilities and lifestyle-driven factors to produce complex and complicated NCD etiologies. Research addressing the links between environmental exposure and disease prevalence is key for prevention of the pandemic increase in NCD morbidity and mortality. However, the long latency, the chronic course of some diseases and the necessity to address cumulative exposures over very long periods does mean that it is often difficult to identify causal environmental exposures. EU-funded COST Action DiMoPEx is developing new ...
RFA-OH-05-003: Occupational Exposure Risk on Reproduction/DevelopmentRFA-OH-05-003: Occupational Exposure Risk on Reproduction/Development
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Occupational Exposure Risk on Reproduction/Development RFA-OH-05-003. NIOSH
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There are also legally enforceable limits to the levels of exposure to many substances, including most known carcinogens. These exposure limits, called "Workplace Exposure Limits" are the absolute maximum level to which workers can be exposed. However it should be borne in mind that even with these maximums there is still a legal responsibility on employers to reduce levels "as far as is reasonably practicable". Unfortunately many employers see Workplace Exposure Limits as the level up to which it is safe to expose people. This is not the case as there is no safe exposure limit for any carcinogen and even levels well below the Workplace Exposure Limits can lead to some workers developing cancer.. That is why trade unions believe that the aim should be to remove all exposure to any known or suspected carcinogen in the workplace. We should not accept levels which will continue to lead to workers developing avoidable cancers just because either the European Commission or HSE has decided that this ...
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In Britain, 14 carcinogenic agents and occupational circumstances currently account for 86% of estimated occupation attributable cancer. The future burden associated with these carcinogens has been forecast, using attributable fractions for forecast scenarios representing patterns of past and predicted future exposure, and exposure levels representing the introduction of new occupational exposure limits, increased levels of compliance with these limits and other reductions in worker exposure. Without intervention occupational attributable cancers are forecast to remain at over 10,000 by 2060. With modest intervention nearly 2,500, or with stricter interventions over 8,100 cancers could be avoided by 2060 although due to long latency no impact will be seen until at least 10 years after intervention. Effective interventions assessed in this study include reducing workplace exposure limits and improving compliance with these limits. Cancers associated with asbestos, DEE, polycyclic aromatic ...
Welding Fume Reference Material - HSLWelding Fume Reference Material - HSL
Background The health of welders is at risk through exposure by inhalation to toxic metals and metalloids. Occupational hygienists need to determine the effectiveness of measures taken to control workers exposure, and this is generally achieved...
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The INTEROCC project is a large-scale multinational brain tumour case-control study, conducted in seven countries (Table 2) included in INTERPHONE. The objective of INTEROCC is to address outstanding questions concerning occupational agents in the disease. Estimates of chemical and ELF exposures were determined for INTEROCC participants, and a number of manuscripts are currently submitted or in preparation that focus on risk of brain tumours in relation to such exposures. However, while the occupational part of the INTERPHONE questionnaire included source based questions to identify subjects with likely substantial exposures to EMF, this work has not yet been exploited and exposure assessment in INTEROCC to date has been based solely on job titles (i.e. linking job titles to estimates of chemical and ELF exposure based on updates of existing JEMs), with the possibility of exposure misclassification since subjects with the same job title may actually have vastly different exposure ...
Estimated Risk of HIV Acquisition and Practice for Preventing Occupational Exposure: A Study of Healthcare Workers at Tumbi and...Estimated Risk of HIV Acquisition and Practice for Preventing Occupational Exposure: A Study of Healthcare Workers at Tumbi and...
The main objective of this study was to estimate the risk of HIV transmission and examine the practices for preventing occupational exposures among health care workers at Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals in Tanzania. [from abstract] Subject HIV/AIDS Infection
Retrospective exposure assessment using Bayesian methods. - My...Retrospective exposure assessment using Bayesian methods. - My...
Retrospective exposure assessment using Bayesian methods.: This paper presents the application of a Bayesian framework for retrospective exposure assessment of
A Source-based Measurement Database for Occupational Exposure Assessment of Electromagnetic Fields in the INTEROCC Study: A...A Source-based Measurement Database for Occupational Exposure Assessment of Electromagnetic Fields in the INTEROCC Study: A...
Introduction: To date, occupational exposure assessment of electromagnetic fields (EMF) has relied on occupation-based measurements and exposure estimates. However, misclassification due to between-worker variability remains an unsolved challenge. A source-based approach, supported by detailed subject data on determinants of exposure, may allow for a more individualized exposure assessment. Detailed information on the use of occupational sources of exposure to EMF was collected as part of the INTERPHONE-INTEROCC study. To support a source-based exposure assessment effort within this study, this work aimed to construct a measurement database for the occupational sources of EMF exposure identified, assembling available measurements from the scientific literature. Methods: First, a comprehensive literature search was performed for published and unpublished documents containing exposure measurements for the EMF sources identified, a priori as well as from answers of study subjects. Then, the ...
Occupational hydrocarbon exposure and nephrotoxicity: a cohort study and literature review. | Postgraduate Medical JournalOccupational hydrocarbon exposure and nephrotoxicity: a cohort study and literature review. | Postgraduate Medical Journal
Hydrocarbon exposure has been shown to play an important role in the development of renal dysfunction in several occupational settings. In this study, renal screening was performed in a group of paint sprayers with exposure to hydrocarbon-based paints, recruited from a car manufacturing plant where personal protective equipment was widely used. The hydrocarbon exposure scores and various markers of renal injury were compared between these subjects and a group of paint sprayers from a previous study who did not use personal protective equipment regularly. Cumulative hydrocarbon exposure scores were calculated from a validated questionnaire. Serum creatinine, urinary total protein, albumin, transferrin, retinol-binding protein, and N-acetylglucosaminidase were evaluated, Both groups experienced heavy hydrocarbon exposure but sprayers who regularly used personal protective equipment had significantly reduced exposure scores due to improved skin and respiratory protection. A significant number of ...
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High risk for occupational exposure to HIV and utilization of post-exposure prophylaxis in a teaching hospital in Pune, India |...High risk for occupational exposure to HIV and utilization of post-exposure prophylaxis in a teaching hospital in Pune, India |...
The risk for occupational exposure to HIV has been well characterized in the developed world, but limited information is available about this transmission risk in resource-constrained settings facing the largest burden of HIV infection. In addition, the feasibility and utilization of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) programs in these settings are unclear. Therefore, we examined the rate and characteristics of occupational exposure to HIV and the utilization of PEP among health care workers (HCW) in a large, urban government teaching hospital in Pune, India. Demographic and clinical data on occupational exposures and their management were prospectively collected from January 2003-December 2005. US Centers for Diseases Control guidelines were utilized to define risk exposures, for which PEP was recommended. Incidence rates of reported exposures and trends in PEP utilization were examined using logistic regression. Of 1955 HCW, 557 exposures were reported by 484 HCW with an incidence of 9.5 exposures per
Institute of Cancer Research Repository - Modification of Occupational Exposures on Bladder Cancer Risk by Common Genetic...Institute of Cancer Research Repository - Modification of Occupational Exposures on Bladder Cancer Risk by Common Genetic...
Few studies have demonstrated gene/environment interactions in cancer research. Using data on high-risk occupations for 2258 case patients and 2410 control patients from two bladder cancer studies, we observed that three of 16 known or candidate bladder cancer susceptibility variants displayed statistically significant and consistent evidence of additive interactions; specifically, the GSTM1 deletion polymorphism (P-interaction ,= .001), rs11892031 (UGT1A, P-interaction = .01), and rs798766 (TMEM129-TACC3-FGFR3, P-interaction = .03). There was limited evidence for multiplicative interactions. When we examined detailed data on a prevalent occupational exposure associated with increased bladder cancer risk, straight metalworking fluids, we also observed statistically significant additive interaction for rs798766 (TMEM129-TACC3-FGFR3, P-interaction = .02), with the interaction more apparent in patients with tumors positive for FGFR3 expression. All statistical tests were two-sided. The interaction ...
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Loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail. R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 833. CONTROL OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL AGENTS. Historical version for the period July 1, 2010 to November 4, 2010.. Last amendment: O. Reg. 491/09.. This Regulation is made in English only.. 1. In this Regulation,. "ACGIH" means the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists; "ACGIH Table" means the table entitled "Adopted Values" shown at pages 10 to 61 of the publication entitled 2009 Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices published by ACGIH and identified by International Standard Book Number 978-1-882417-95-7; "C" or "ceiling limit" means the maximum airborne concentration of a biological or chemical agent to which a worker may be exposed at any time;. "chemical agent" includes a chemical substance;. "exposure" means exposure by inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption or skin contact;. "Ontario Table" means Table 1 to this Regulation;. "STEL" or "short-term exposure limit" means ...
The Occupational Exposure Banding Process: Guidance for the Evaluation of Chemical Hazards - Public Comment ProjectThe Occupational Exposure Banding Process: Guidance for the Evaluation of Chemical Hazards - Public Comment Project
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently developed a process to apply the occupational exposure banding process to a broad spectrum of occupational settings. These bands are assigned based on a chemicals potency and the negative health outcomes associated with exposure to the chemical. The output of this process is an occupational exposure band, which corresponds to a range of exposure concentrations that is expected to be protective to worker health. The new NIOSH occupational exposure banding process uses available, but often limited, toxicological data to determine a potential range of chemical exposure levels that can be used as targets for exposure controls to reduce risk among workers. Comments are being sought from individuals including scientists and representatives from various government agencies, industry, labor, and other stakeholders, and also the public, specifically regarding any errors of fact, unsubstantiated claims, evidence of careless ...
Setting Risk-Based Occupational Exposure Limits for Non-Threshold CarcinogensSetting Risk-Based Occupational Exposure Limits for Non-Threshold Carcinogens
This thesis focuses on exacerbating chemicals risk in workplaces under the background of rapid industrialization in developing countries. The overall aim is to investigate the development of regulatory tools which aim at minimizing the health risks from chemical substances in the workplace. The contents of the thesis are divided into three sections: the profile of occupational diseases in China (paper I), occupational exposure limits (paper II and III), and comparison between chemicals regulat ions in Europe and China (paper IV).. Paper I presents an analysis of the development of occupational diseases in China between 2000 and 2010. The number of recorded cases of occupational diseases increased rapidly in China during this period and the majority of cases were attributable to dust and other chemicals exposures. Difficulties in diagnosis and inefficient surveillance are major impediments to the proper identification and mitigation of occupational diseases. Migrant workers are extremely ...
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health - Occupational exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the risk of...Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health - Occupational exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the risk of...
Objectives We investigated the association between occupational exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) and the risk of uveal melanoma using international data of a case-control study from nine European countries.. Methods After exclusion of proxy interviews, 280 cases and 3084 control subjects were included in the final analysis. Information on possible exposure to EDC was derived from 27 job-specific questionnaires (JSQ), which solicited detailed questions on occupational tasks. Relative risk estimates were based on the JSQ and potential exposure to a group of endocrine-disrupting agents. We constructed several exposure scores, taking into account intensity of exposure, use of personal protective equipment, and exposure duration. We calculated unconditional logistic regression analyses, adjusting for country, age, sex, eye color and a history of ocular damage due to intense ultraviolet (UV) exposure.. Results The overall exposure prevalence to EDC was low reaching a maximum of 11% for ...
Chronic occupational exposures can influence the rate of PTSD and depressive disorders in first responders and military...Chronic occupational exposures can influence the rate of PTSD and depressive disorders in first responders and military...
First responders and military personnel experience rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) far in excess of the general population. Although exposure to acute traumatic events plays a role in the genesis of these disorders, in this review, we present an argument that the occupational and environmental conditions where these workers operate are also likely contributors. First responders and military personnel face occupational exposures that have been associated with altered immune and inflammatory activity. In turn, these physiological responses are linked to altered moods and feelings of well-being which may provide priming conditions that compromise individual resilience, and increase the risk of PTSD and depression when subsequently exposed to acute traumatic events. These exposures include heat, smoke, and sleep restriction, and physical injury often alongside heavy physical exertion. Provided the stimulus is sufficient, these exposures have been linked to inflammatory activity and
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A Case-Cohort Study of Hematopoietic Malignancies and Related Disorders and Lung Cancer in Benzene-Exposed Workers in China -...A Case-Cohort Study of Hematopoietic Malignancies and Related Disorders and Lung Cancer in Benzene-Exposed Workers in China -...
Benzene is a known leukemogen and may cause lymphoma as well, but its ability to , cause these conditions below 10 parts per million (ppm) in air are unclear. It is currently regulated in the United States at 1 ppm as an 8-hour time-weighted average and at a 5 ppm short-term exposure level for 15 minutes. There is a critical need to assess risks related to benzene exposure under 10 ppm because it is widely used industrially and a ubiquitous contaminant in the environment.. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine (CAPM), whose name was recently changed to the China Center for Disease Control (CDC) previously established a cohort of 75,000 workers exposed to benzene in 12 cities in China and 35,000 unexposed comparison workers, to investigate the relationship between benzene exposure and cancer risk, from 1972 to 1987. We followed up each worker using factory records and reported results suggesting that benzene exposure under 10 ppm may be associated with ...
Exposure assessment in a historical cohort of filling station attendants. | Base documentaire | BDSPExposure assessment in a historical cohort of filling station attendants. | Base documentaire | BDSP
A historical cohort of service station attendants is underway. It is aimed at evaluating possible excess cancer risk relation to exposure intensity. In this paper we discuss the feasibility of a retrospective exposure assessment by evaluating the association between indicators of workload and the exposure intensity to some aromatic hydrocarbons...
Welcome to CDC stacks | Maternal Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Congenital Heart Defects among...Welcome to CDC stacks | Maternal Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Congenital Heart Defects among...
Data on CHD cases and control infants were obtained from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study for the period of 1997 to 2002. Exposure to PAHs was assigned by industrial hygienist consensus, based on self-reported maternal occupational histories from 1 month before conception through the third month of pregnancy. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between maternal occupational PAH exposure and specific CHD phenotypic subtypes among offspring ...
A scoping survey of attitudes towards occupational exposure limits and reach derived no effect levels for workers among...A scoping survey of attitudes towards occupational exposure limits and reach derived no effect levels for workers among...
Objectives: Setting and implementing occupational exposure limits (OELs) is one of the measures taken to protect workers from adverse effects of hazardous chemicals. The EU Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) introduced an additional kind...
2.0 Methods - Royal Canadian Mounted Police2.0 Methods - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
was provided a list of 66 chemicals used by FIS personnel in their laboratory work. The primary sources of information used to evaluate carcinogenicity potential was to identify the chemicals that have already been evaluated and classified by government and non-government agencies, such as Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) monographs, the National Toxicology Programs Report on Carcinogens (NTP RoC), European Commissions Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), California Environmental Protection Agency - Proposition 65: List of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer (CalEPA Prop 65), American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists - Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents & Biological Exposure Indices (ACGIH, 2009), and Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR). If a chemical was not listed in any of these databases, further searches of publicly available ...
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Simplifying Global Occupational Exposure Limit ManagementSimplifying Global Occupational Exposure Limit Management
Keeping up with Occupational Exposure Limits can be tough - especially if your organization is expanding into new geographies. Learn how you can simplify OEL management with a centralized system.
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Data collection costs in industrial environments for three occupational posture exposure assessment methods | BMC Medical...Data collection costs in industrial environments for three occupational posture exposure assessment methods | BMC Medical...
Documentation of posture measurement costs is rare and cost models that do exist are generally naïve. This paper provides a comprehensive cost model for biomechanical exposure assessment in occupational studies, documents the monetary costs of three exposure assessment methods for different stakeholders in data collection, and uses simulations to evaluate the relative importance of cost components. Trunk and shoulder posture variables were assessed for 27 aircraft baggage handlers for 3 full shifts each using three methods typical to ergonomic studies: self-report via questionnaire, observation via video film, and full-shift inclinometer registration. The cost model accounted for expenses related to meetings to plan the study, administration, recruitment, equipment, training of data collectors, travel, and onsite data collection. Sensitivity analyses were conducted using simulated study parameters and cost components to investigate the impact on total study cost. Inclinometry was the most expensive
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Lessening the risk of occupational pesticide exposure in agriculture is the purpose of EPAs Agricultural Worker Protection Standard. Now, EPA is proposing to amend its 1992 regulation so that almost 2 million workers can benefit from annual pesticide safety training that will include how to better protect themselves from pesticide exposure in the workplace and from bringing pesticides home on their clothes, exposing their families to chemicals. The proposal also includes updated personal protective equipment standards for pesticide handlers; a first-time ever minimum age requirement for pesticide handlers and some workers; improvements in the notification of pesticide treated areas; and access to information on pesticide application, the pesticide label, and safety data for farmworkers and their advocates.. ...
Exposure-Response Relationships of the Efficacy and Safety of Ipilimumab in Patients with Advanced Melanoma | Clinical Cancer...Exposure-Response Relationships of the Efficacy and Safety of Ipilimumab in Patients with Advanced Melanoma | Clinical Cancer...
The current pooled analyses of data from phase II trials in advanced melanoma represent the first quantification of exposure-response relationships for ipilimumab efficacy and safety endpoints in any tumor type. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to determine if there is an association between pharmacokinetics (exposure) and key clinical outcomes with ipilimumab, and to determine baseline patient characteristics that may impact these relationships. While there are 2 completed phase III clinical trials of ipilimumab in patients with advanced melanoma (4, 5), data from the 4 completed phase II studies included herein provide the largest dataset across a consistent patient population and treatment regimen, and provide a range of evaluated ipilimumab doses. Exposure-response analyses for ipilimumab at 10 mg/kg in combination with dacarbazine in patients with previously untreated advanced melanoma (5) are the subject of separate publications.. One of the objectives of the exposure-response ...
The nervous system in individuals exposed to chronic occupational exposure of ionizing radiation｜Chernobyl DatabaseThe nervous system in individuals exposed to chronic occupational exposure of ionizing radiation｜Chernobyl Database
Author: Azizova T.B.. Reference: Candidate of medical sciences, 1999, Moscow. Keywords: neurology, personnel aged 35-45, syndrome. Abstract: The work presents a comprehensive view on the newest, by then, results of research made on the effect of ionizing radiation on the nervous system. Atomic neurology is a relatively new field of science, hence, this article has a value of being one of the earliest comprehensive works on the topic. The work describes details of syndromes detected in the liquidators of Chernobyl. Epidemiological data are shown.. URL:http://medical-diss.com/medicina/sostoyanie-nervnoy-sistemy-u-lits-podvergshihsya-hronicheskomu-professionalnomu-vozdeystviyu-ioniziruyuschego-izlucheniya. ...
Occupational Exposures and Asthma in 14,000 Adults from the General Population : American Journal of Epidemiology - oiOccupational Exposures and Asthma in 14,000 Adults from the General Population : American Journal of Epidemiology - oi
The association of asthma with occupational exposures was studied in 14,151 adults, aged 25-59 years, from the general population of the 1975 French Pollution Atmosphérique et Affections Respiratoires Chroniques (PAARC) Survey. Associations of asthma with specific jobs, such as personal care workers, waiters, and stock clerks, were observed, with age-, sex-, and smoking-adjusted odds ratios between 1.5 and 1.7. Exposures to 18 asthmagenic agents (low and high molecular weight and mixed environment) were estimated by an asthma-specific job exposure matrix. Risks associated with asthma increased when subjects with imprecise estimates of exposure were excluded. Risks increased further with increasing specificity of the definition of asthma when considering jobs or specific agents, such as industrial cleaning agents, latex, flour, highly reactive chemicals, and textiles. For example, for industrial cleaning agents, odds ratios increased from 1.55 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08, 2.23) for ...
Analysis of Occupational Cohort Data Using Exposure as a Continuous Time-dependent Variable - Statistics and Actuarial Science ...Analysis of Occupational Cohort Data Using Exposure as a Continuous Time-dependent Variable - Statistics and Actuarial Science ...
Maria Lorenzi successfully defended her M.Sc. project entitled Analysis of Occupational Cohort Data Using Exposure as a Continuous Time-dependent Variable on 3 August 2005.. In occupational cohort studies, a group of workers is followed over time, and disease and work history information are collected for each individual in order to determine whether exposure to a particular substance is linked to differences in mortality or disease incidence rates. These studies are typically analyzed by treating cumulative exposure as a categorical variable and then comparing disease or mortality rates between different exposure groups. A main shortfall of such analyses is a heavy dependence on the choice of these exposure categories, as certain choices may mask or exaggerate important features of the dose-response curve. In this project, an extension to the Cox proportional hazards model is used to treat cumulative exposure as a continuous variable and model the dose-response curve nonparametrically for a ...
Analysis of Occupational Cohort Data Using Exposure as a Continuous Time-dependent Variable - Statistics and Actuarial Science ...Analysis of Occupational Cohort Data Using Exposure as a Continuous Time-dependent Variable - Statistics and Actuarial Science ...
Maria Lorenzi successfully defended her M.Sc. project entitled Analysis of Occupational Cohort Data Using Exposure as a Continuous Time-dependent Variable on 3 August 2005.. In occupational cohort studies, a group of workers is followed over time, and disease and work history information are collected for each individual in order to determine whether exposure to a particular substance is linked to differences in mortality or disease incidence rates. These studies are typically analyzed by treating cumulative exposure as a categorical variable and then comparing disease or mortality rates between different exposure groups. A main shortfall of such analyses is a heavy dependence on the choice of these exposure categories, as certain choices may mask or exaggerate important features of the dose-response curve. In this project, an extension to the Cox proportional hazards model is used to treat cumulative exposure as a continuous variable and model the dose-response curve nonparametrically for a ...
Release schedule for review of workplace exposure standards | Safe Work AustraliaRelease schedule for review of workplace exposure standards | Safe Work Australia
We are reviewing the Workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants to ensure they are based on the highest quality, contemporary evidence and supported by a rigorous, scientific approach.. The draft evaluation reports for each chemical will be available for public comment. Chemicals will be released alphabetically throughout 2019 and 2020. Public comment will be open for each release for a period of four weeks on Engage.. The chemical release groups and the anticipated dates for opening public comment are outlined below. Please note these dates are indicative only. For the latest information please continue to visit Engage.. ...
Mesothelioma Compensation Center Now Focuses On A NIOSH Study With The Emphasis Being Compensation For Manufacturing Workers...Mesothelioma Compensation Center Now Focuses On A NIOSH Study With The Emphasis Being Compensation For Manufacturing Workers...
(PRWEB) June 19, 2014 -- The Mesothelioma Compensation Center frequently gets phone calls from manufacturing workers who have no clue how, or where they could
Sense of coherence and diabetes: a prospective occupational cohort study - Surrey Research Insight Open AccessSense of coherence and diabetes: a prospective occupational cohort study - Surrey Research Insight Open Access
Kouvonen, AM, Väänänen, A, Woods, SA, Heponiemi, T, Koskinen, A and Toppinen-Tanner, S (2008) Sense of coherence and diabetes: a prospective occupational cohort study ...
Cancer Risks Related to Occupational Exposures | OncoLinkCancer Risks Related to Occupational Exposures | OncoLink
Certain occupational exposures are known to increase cancer risk. These include hydrocarbons, heavy metals, mustard gas and chemicals used in leather, rubber and woodworking industries.
ACGIH Adds Welding Fume, Other Chemical Substances to Under… | AIHAACGIH Adds Welding Fume, Other Chemical Substances to 'Under… | AIHA
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Exposure Assessment | Occupational & Environmental Health Risk Assessment | Capabilities | Health Sciences | Health &...Exposure Assessment | Occupational & Environmental Health Risk Assessment | Capabilities | Health Sciences | Health &...
Exposure assessment is also used to support epidemiological studies, toxicity assessments, and medical monitoring.. Exposure assessment incorporates information on the physical setting, potentially exposed populations, potential exposure pathways (generally inhalation, dermal and/or ingestion intake) and exposure concentrations to estimate intake or dose of the chemical or agent.. Exposure depends on various characteristics of the agent, such as particle shape or fiber size (for inhalation), form of radiation (for example) or chemical species, chemical composition, environmental fate and transport of the chemical, bioavailability, human behavior and use/misuse, whether natural barriers or personal protective equipment prevent actual exposure, and whether the substance is transformed (or adsorbed, retained, metabolized, or excreted) within the body.. The Challenges of Exposure Assessment. Characterizing historical occupational, environmental, or consumer product exposures is especially ...
Occupational Exposure to Biocides Increases Risk of Thyroid Cancer | Madison Area Lyme Support GroupOccupational Exposure to Biocides Increases Risk of Thyroid Cancer | Madison Area Lyme Support Group
https://oem.bmj.com/content/74/7/502 Occupational exposure to pesticides and other biocides and risk of thyroid cancer Fanhua Zeng1,2, Catherine Lerro2, Jérôme Lavoué3, Huang Huang4, Jack Siemiatycki3, Nan Zhao2, Shuangge Ma5, Nicole C Deziel2, Melissa C Friesen6, Robert Udelsman7, Yawei Zhang2,4 Abstract Objectives To assess the associations between occupational exposure to biocides and pesticides and risk of thyroid cancer. Methods Using data from a population-based case-control study involving 462…
Early biologics linked with better Crohns outcomesEarly biologics linked with better Crohn's outcomes
Early biologic treatment is associated with improved outcomes in patients with Crohn’s disease, according to study results. Ryan C. Ungaro, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and colleagues wrote that biologics are often used later in treatment, after other therapies such as corticosteroids or thiopurines.
Mineral Oil exposure increases risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis ( Occupational exposure to certain chemic...)Mineral Oil exposure increases risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis ( Occupational exposure to certain chemic...)
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Unusual tiredness or weakness cannot result in a war but occupational exposure normally wouldUnusual tiredness or weakness cannot result in a war but occupational exposure normally would
Development of a good melting tablet formulation containing Abacavir / lamivudine / zidovudine hcl against occupational exposure. In the addition, the greatest benefit of corticosteroids or in occupational exposure exacerbations is thought fully to be during the first 3 days, allowing Combivir to be used qualitatively as a into one time dose. effective product may cause fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeat or tearing of a tendon, especially embarrassing if you are over 60, if haply you take steroid medication, or diversion if you have had emblazo
Arkansas Officials Warn About Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Subway | Food Safety NewsArkansas Officials Warn About Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Subway | Food Safety News
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning the public about possible exposure to Hepatitis A after a Subway employee in Morrilton, AR, tested
Molecular Epidemiology of Benzene-exposed Workers. - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.govMolecular Epidemiology of Benzene-exposed Workers. - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov
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BS EN 14253:2003+A1:2007 Mechanical vibration. Measurement and calculation of occupational exposure to whole-body vibration...BS EN 14253:2003+A1:2007 Mechanical vibration. Measurement and calculation of occupational exposure to whole-body vibration...
BS EN 14253:2003+A1:2007 Mechanical vibration. Measurement and calculation of occupational exposure to whole-body vibration with reference to health.
Health care workers are at occupational riskHealth care workers are at occupational risk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, has issued recommendations for follow-up of health care workers after occupational exposure to hepatitis C virus (Hepatitis C Virus).
Designing a UV-C Germicidal SystemDesigning a UV-C Germicidal System
The design certainly has a few shortcomings, although we could have expected them from Figure 2. If the goal is to achieve a 90% reduction in pathogens (99.9% is preferable), we would need a far-UV dose of 20 mJ/cm2. With a minimum irradiance value of 2.55 mW/cm2, we would need therefore an exposure time of over two hours!. It gets worse, however. The UV-C doses required to achieve a given reduction in pathogens are determined by irradiating cultures in Petri dishes and test tubes. Disinfecting surfaces in the real world typically requires larger - sometimes much larger - doses. Increasing the number of excimer lamps would of course increase the average irradiance, but this approach has its limits. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists recommends a maximum exposure of 3.0 mJ/cm2 of broadband (200 nm - 315 nm) ultraviolet radiation per 8-hour workday, and specifies a spectral weighting function to assess ultraviolet hazards for skin and eye (ACGIH 2013). For 222-nm ...
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Chemicals8
Nanomaterials3
Risks1
  • The Center for the Evaluation of Risk to Human Reproduction (CERHR) was established in 1998 by the National Toxicology Program and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences to improve our understanding of potential reproductive and developmental risks associated with environmental and occupational chemical exposures. (nih.gov)
Asbestos2
  • Nanometer long carbon nanotubes caused sustained lung inflammation and fibrosis in the lungs (i.e., lung scarring similar to what is seen in asbestos exposure). (genre.com)
  • Abstract Background The aim was to investigate possible associations between glioma (an aggressive type of brain cancer) and occupational exposure to selected agents: combustion products (diesel and gasoline exhaust emissions, benzo(a)pyrene), dusts (animal dust, asbestos, crystalline silica, wood dust) and some other chemical agents (formaldehyde, oil mist, sulphur dioxide). (uottawa.ca)
Occupations1
Chemical exposure4
Estimates2
Worker1
Directive1
  • The Community indicative occupational exposure limit values are established as implementation of Council Directive 98/24/EC . (europa.eu)
Hygiene1
Workers2
Duration2
Chronic1
  • Chronic exposure to single-walled carbon nanotubes induced apoptosis [cell death] resistance of human lung epithelial cells. (genre.com)
Measurements1
Post-exposure pr7
  • They may suggest that you take post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), which is a type of emergency HIV treatment that prevents HIV infection. (avert.org)
  • Study participation is 90 days and will include HIV testing, STI screening, HIV/STI risk reduction counseling, clinical assessments, blood draws and surveys designed to gather knowledge and perception of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for post exposure prophylaxis," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , vol. 50, no. 11, pp. 1-52, 2001. (hindawi.com)
  • At 15:00 (84 hours) , the recipient was counselled by an infectious diseases physician and commenced post-exposure prophylaxis. (mja.com.au)
  • 4 The Department of Human Services (Victoria) recommended in 1997 that post-exposure prophylaxis be initiated promptly, preferably within 1-2 hours of exposure (based on 1996 recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). (mja.com.au)
  • Young TN, Arens FJ, Kennedy GE, Laurie JW, Rutherford G. Antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for occupational HIV exposure. (aafp.org)
  • San Francisco General Hospital is now offering a free, 24-hour hotline -- The National Clinician's Post Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPLine) -- to clinicians in need of advice on how to best treat healthcare workers accidentally exposed to blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. (thebody.com)
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Assessment25
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  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23771678_Working_Conditions_and_Exposure_to_Dust_and_Bioaerosols_in_Sisal_Processing_Factories_in_Tanzania [accessed Aug 11, 2017]. (wikibooks.org)
Epidemiological2
  • There has been a number of epidemiological studies that have investigated occupational exposure to RF EMR and a range of diseases with many of the studies focussing on occupational groups with presumed high exposure to RF (military personnel, telecommunications, physiotherapists etc. (arpansa.gov.au)
  • Epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that chronic endotoxin exposure may ead to chronic bronchitis and reduced lung function. (aaem.pl)
OSHA6
Radiation exposures4
Notice of Propose1
  • The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is pleased to provide the following comments to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) -- Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl and Food Flavorings Containing Diacetyl. (acoem.org)
Possible exposures1
Airborne3
  • Based on this new research, the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Diease Registry (ATSDR) recently estimated that the safe level of airborne fluoride exposure (0.02 mg/m3) should be 125 times lower than the currently allowable levels in US workplaces (2.5 mg/m3). (fluoridealert.org)
  • We report a case of recurrent headaches in a woman with a workplace exposure to airborne (misted) lubricating fluid containing Stoddard solvent. (biomedsearch.com)
  • Therefore, the exact causative agent of lung disease from airborne exposure to food flavorings remains unknown until further research can demonstrate conclusive findings. (ohsonline.com)
Biological exposure indices2
Hazardous5
  • The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH ) reminds workers and industry of the need to protect employees from exposure to hazardous materials. (webwire.com)
  • BAuA (2008b) Risk figures and exposure-risk relationships in activities involving carcinogenic hazardous substances. (springer.com)
  • http://www.baua.de/nn_79754/en/Topics-from-A-to-Z/Hazardous-Substances/TRGS/pdf/Announcement-910.pdf? (springer.com)
  • An occupational exposure limit is an upper limit on the acceptable concentration of a hazardous substance in workplace air for a particular material or class of materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • Results of studies investigating microbiological exposures are also limited given that many have not adequately addressed potential confounders or did not assess the vaccination status of participants (hepatitis A). However, it is clear that sewage workers are occasionally exposed to significant levels of hazardous substances. (lww.com)
Potential exposure1
Beryllium2
Percutaneous4
  • Percutaneous or mucocutaneous exposure with blood or visibly bloody fluid or other potentially infectious material. (medscape.com)
  • A blood-borne exposure incident, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a percutaneous injury (e.g. needle-stick or cut/puncture with a sharp's type of object) or contact of mucous membrane or non-intact skin (e.g. exposed skin that is chapped, abraded, or afflicted with dermatitis) with blood, tissue, or other bodily fluids (e.g. semen, vaginal secretions) that are potentially infectious. (mc3.edu)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines occupational HIV exposure as a percutaneous injury (e.g., a needlestick, cut from a sharp object) or contact of mucous membranes or nonintact skin (e.g., skin that is chapped, abraded, or affected by dermatitis) with blood, tissue, or other body fluids that are potentially infected with HIV. (aafp.org)
  • The risk of HIV transmission is approximately 0.3 percent after percutaneous exposure to infected blood and 0.09 percent after mucous membrane exposure. (aafp.org)
Chemical14
Noise Exposure10
  • FIGURE 33.11 Effects of age and occupational noise exposure on hearing. (bartleby.com)
  • The graph shows the threshold hearing capacities (in decibels) for sounds of different frequencies (given in hertz) in a 25-year-old carpenter (blue), a 50-year-old carpenter (red), and a 50-year-old who did not have any on-the-job noise exposure (brown). (bartleby.com)
  • Based on these data would you conclude that the hearing decline in the 50-year-old carpenter was caused by age or by job-related noise exposure? (bartleby.com)
  • Whether the hearing decline in the 50-year old carpenter was caused by age or by job-related noise exposure. (bartleby.com)
  • Refer to Fig. 33.11, "Effects of age and occupational noise exposure on hearing" in the textbook. (bartleby.com)
  • Cumulative noise exposure was quantitatively assessed. (nih.gov)
  • Given the very high prevalence of excess noise exposure at work, this association deserves further attention. (nih.gov)
  • Although the number one effect of excessive noise exposure is hearing loss, other adverse non-auditory effects have been documented in the workplace including, but not limited to, psychological stress, poor job performance, hypertension and industrial accidents. (insulation.org)
  • Excessive noise exposure will injure the hair cells along the basilar membrane and result in noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). (insulation.org)
  • At first, excessive exposure to high levels of noise causes only a temporary threshold shift (TTS), which is measured by testing a person s hearing before and after noise exposure. (insulation.org)
Injuries10
Prophylaxis8
Lung13
  • With any herbicide exposure at work, people were more than twice as likely to develop COPD by middle age, and workplace pesticide exposure was associated with 74 percent higher odds of the common lung disease, researchers report in Thorax. (yahoo.com)
  • These studies have repeatedly found that concentrations (as low as 0.05 mg/m3) of fluoride considered "safe" by US government scientists can impair lung function within just 1 to 2 hours of exposure. (fluoridealert.org)
  • Spirometric lung function tests were performed after recruitment and at follow-up, while exposures in the workplace were estimated from the information obtained at interviews with participants in combination with an external job exposure matrix. (eurekalert.org)
  • Occupational exposure to nickel and chromium has shown a strong link to lung cancer and may increase the risk of nasal cancer. (oncolink.org)
  • Occupational exposure in the rubber manufacturing industry has been linked to an increased risk for bladder, lung, and larynx cancers, as well as leukemia. (oncolink.org)
  • Exposure to mustard gas increases risk for lung cancer. (oncolink.org)
  • Some studies show that lung cancer in individuals exposed to mustard gas tends to develop at a younger age than would be expected and that the risk decreases as more time passes from exposure. (oncolink.org)
  • Occupational exposure to dyes, paints, metal coatings and wood varnishes/stains, has been linked to an increased risk of lung and bladder cancer. (oncolink.org)
  • Examples of findings include quantification of the smoking-adjusted risk of lung cancer and myocardial infarction after occupational exposure to motor exhaust and particles. (ki.se)
  • A third concern is the severity of the impairment in function in some persons who have developed bronchiolitis obliterans after exposure to DAPORS, leading to premature disability requiring lung transplantation, 7 and even death. (acoem.org)
  • The diagnosis was supported by bibasal lung crackles on physical examination, restrictive ventilatory defect (with decreased diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide), typical radiographical findings, lymphocytosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and a positive exposure test performed at the workplace. (ersjournals.com)
  • To explore the effect of exposure to o- and m-toluidine among hairdressers, we determined telomere length and methylation of genes related to bladder or lung cancer. (lu.se)
  • However, no clear patterns were found between exposure as a hairdressers and hypermethylation of genes associated with bladder cancer and lung cancer. (lu.se)
Potentially3
  • In the proposal, the Agency made a preliminary determination based on a review of the available data that workers in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, and certain other work settings are at significant risk of incurring TB infection while caring for their patients and clients or performing certain procedures potentially involving exposure to TB. (federalregister.gov)
  • The large number of potentially exposed workers led to the development of current occupational regulation regulations. (insulation.org)
  • Each incident of occupational exposure to potentially infectious blood or fluids (i.e., those requiring universal precautions) should be treated as a medical emergency because certain interventions that may be appropriate must be initiated promptly to be effective. (cdc.gov)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine1
Hygiene2
  • With the changing regulatory arena, shifting centers of manufacturing growth, and the move towards a more global view on occupational hygiene issues, it is important for the Occupational Hygiene profession to understand the current and growing issues impacting the continued viability of OEL's in our professional practice. (wikipedia.org)
  • A popular exposure data statistical tool called "IH STAT" is available from AIHA (American Industrial Hygiene Association). (wikipedia.org)
Humans4
  • REACH Annex 1 Section 1.0.1 defines DNELs to be a level of exposure to the substance above which humans should not be exposed. (admin.ch)
  • Evaluates the carcinogenic risk to humans posed by occupational exposure during the spraying and application of insecticides. (who.int)
  • On the basis of this evaluation, the book concludes that the spraying and application of nonarsenical insecticides entail exposures that are probably carcinogenic to humans. (who.int)
  • There is limited evidence for the carcinogenicity of occupational exposure to chlorophenols to humans. (inchem.org)
Incidence6
Pesticides5
Radon2
Carcinogenic1
  • The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate if hairdressers have an ongoing exposure to selected carcinogenic aromatic amines. (lu.se)
Related to occupational radiation exposure1
Risk of occupational5
Practice3
Respiratory symptoms3
Diseases2
EMSL1
Needlestick1
Substances6
Environmental exposure1
Particulate matter1