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  1. The aim of this work was to introduce a new combined method of subjective and objective measures to assess psychosocial risk factors at work and improve workers’ health and well-being. In the literature most o...

    Authors: Chiara Panari, Dina Guglielmi, Aurora Ricci, Maria Carla Tabanelli and Francesco Saverio Violante
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:18
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  2. Oxalic acid poisoning is being recognized as an emerging epidemic in the rural communities of Sri Lanka as it is a component of locally produced household laundry detergents. Herein we describe a case of a 32 ...

    Authors: Uditha Dassanayake and Christeine Ariaranee Gnanathasan
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:17
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  3. Contradictory reports have been published regarding the association of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and the use of computer keyboard. Previous studies did not take into account the cumulative exposure to keybo...

    Authors: Andreas Eleftheriou, George Rachiotis, Socratis E Varitimidis, Charilaos Koutis, Konstantinos N Malizos and Christos Hadjichristodouloul
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:16
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  4. In Ethiopia, although there are numerous small-scale and medium industries which use lead-based raw materials that may pose health risks to workers, there are no workplace regulations for lead exposure. Moreov...

    Authors: Yalemsew Adela, Argaw Ambelu and Dejene A Tessema
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:15
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  5. Potential health damage by environmental emission of tobacco smoke (environmental tobacco smoke, ETS) has been demonstrated convincingly in numerous studies. People, especially children, are still exposed to E...

    Authors: Daniel Mueller, Johannes Schulze, Hanns Ackermann, Doris Klingelhoefer, Stefanie Uibel and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:14
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  6. Urban health is potentially affected by particle emissions. The potential toxicity of nanoparticles is heavily debated and there is an enormous global increase in research activity in this field. In this respe...

    Authors: Stefanie Uibel, Masaya Takemura, Daniel Mueller, David Quarcoo, Doris Klingelhoefer and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  7. Whole body vibration (WBV) is a potentially harmful consequence resulting from the dissipation of energy by industrial machineries. The result of WBV exposure on the auditory system remains unknown. The object...

    Authors: Seyyed-Ali Moussavi-Najarkola, Ali Khavanin, Ramazan Mirzaei, Mojdeh Salehnia and Mehdi Akbari
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:12
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    The Retraction Note to this article has been published in Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2017 12:17

  8. The Cryptococcus spp is currently composed of encapsulated yeasts of cosmopolitan distribution, including the etiological agents of cryptococcosis. The fungus are found mainly in substrates of animal and plant or...

    Authors: Diniz P Leite Jr, Janaina V R S Amadio, Evelin R Martins, Sara A A Simões, Ana Caroline A Yamamoto, Fábio A Leal-Santos, Doracilde T Takahara and Rosane C Hahn
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:11
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  10. Bicycle traumata are very common and especially neurologic complications lead to disability and death in all stages of the life. This review assembles the most recent findings concerning research in the field ...

    Authors: Stefanie Uibel, Daniel Müller, Doris Klingelhoefer and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:9
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  11. Healthcare workers (HCW) are exposed to infectious agents. Disease surveillance is therefore needed in order to foster prevention.

    Authors: Albert Nienhaus, Chandrasekharan Kesavachandran, Dana Wendeler, Frank Haamann and Madeleine Dulon
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:8
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  12. Previous studies suggested that endocrine disruptors (ED) are toxic on preimplantation embryos and inhibit development of embryos in vitro culture. However, information about the toxicity of endocrine disruptors ...

    Authors: Myeong-Seop Lee, Young-Sang Lee, Hae-Hyeog Lee and Ho-Yeon Song
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:7
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  13. Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) are increasingly used in the tuberculosis (TB) screening of health care workers (HCWs). However, comparatively high rates of conversions and reversion as well as growing...

    Authors: Felix C Ringshausen, Anja Schablon and Albert Nienhaus
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:6
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  14. Physical functional limitations (PFL) have mainly been studied in older populations. The aim of this study was to better understand the course of PFL and associations with occupational factors by gender in a m...

    Authors: Matthieu de Stampa, Aurélien Latouche, Francis Derriennic, Christine Monfort, Annie Touranchet and Bernard Cassou
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:5
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  15. Marine and freshwater scientists are potentially exposed to a wide variety of occupational hazards. Depending on the focus of their research, risks may include animal attacks, physiological stresses, exposure ...

    Authors: Glenn Courtenay, Derek R Smith and William Gladstone
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:4
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  16. In Egypt, many pesticides are used to control pests in agricultural farms. Our study aimed to investigate knowledge and behaviors of farmers related to pesticide use and their relation to educational level and...

    Authors: Sherine Gaber and Soha Hassan Abdel-Latif
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:3
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  17. Chlorine dioxide (CD) gas has a potent antimicrobial activity at extremely low concentration and may serve as a new tool for infection control occupationally as well as publicly. However, it remains unknown wh...

    Authors: Akinori Akamatsu, Cheolsung Lee, Hirofumi Morino, Takanori Miura, Norio Ogata and Takashi Shibata
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:2
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  18. A major cause of the hearing loss following exposure to intense noise involves release of free radicals resulting from the elevated metabolism. The free radicals induce damage to several of the components of t...

    Authors: Marrigje A de Jong, Cahtia Adelman, Melissa Rubin and Haim Sohmer
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012 7:1
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  19. Exposure to continuous and impulse noise can induce a hearing loss. Leupeptin is an inhibitor of the calpains, a family of calcium-activated proteases which promote cell death. The objective of this study is t...

    Authors: Haim Gavriel, Abraham Shulman, Alfred Stracher and Haim Sohmer
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:38
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  20. The study investigates whether established in-patient therapy for teachers with burnout results in long-acting success and whether gender gaps and differences between teachers of different school levels exist....

    Authors: Ralf Wegner, Peter Berger, Bernd Poschadel, Ulf Manuwald and Xaver Baur
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:37
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  21. Working conditions of nursery school teachers have not been scrutinized thoroughly in scientific research. Only a few studies have so far examined work-load and strain in this profession. Preferably, subjectiv...

    Authors: Bianca Kusma, Stefanie Mache, David Quarcoo, Albert Nienhaus and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:36
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  22. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major contributor to indoor air pollution. Since decades it is well documented that ETS can be harmful to human health and causes premature death and disease. In comparis...

    Authors: Daniel Mueller, Stefanie Uibel, Markus Braun, Doris Klingelhoefer, Masaya Takemura and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:35
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  23. Copper sulphate ingestion (accidental or deliberate) is a rare form of poisoning usually limited to the Indian subcontinent. Though the rates are on the decline, it is essential that physicians are aware of it...

    Authors: Champika SSK Gamakaranage, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Sajitha Weerasinghe, Ariaranee Gnanathasan, Visvalingam Puvanaraj and Harshani Fernando
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:34
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. The population of industrialized countries such as the United States or of countries from the European Union spends approximately more than one hour each day in vehicles. In this respect, numerous studies have...

    Authors: Daniel Müller, Doris Klingelhöfer, Stefanie Uibel and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:33
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. The work- or environmental-related type I sensitization to maize pollen is hardly investigated. We sought to determine the prevalence of sensitization to maize pollen among exposed workers and to identify the ...

    Authors: Marcus Oldenburg, Arnd Petersen and Xaver Baur
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:32
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  26. The duration of use is usually significantly longer for marine vessels than for roadside vehicles. Therefore, these vessels are often powered by relatively old engines which may propagate air pollution. Also, ...

    Authors: Daniel Mueller, Stefanie Uibel, Masaya Takemura, Doris Klingelhoefer and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:31
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  27. Professional working at computer notebooks is associated with high requirements on the body posture in the seated position. By the high continuous static muscle stress resulting from this position at notebooks...

    Authors: David Quarcoo, Cristian Scutaru, Ulrich Henkel, Michael F Spallek, Stefanie Uibel, Karin Vitzthum, Stefanie Mache, Bianca Kusma and David A Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:30
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  28. The attention of international agencies and scientific community on bullying and work-related stress is increasing. This study describes the gender differences found in victims of bullying and work-related str...

    Authors: Stefano Tonini, Andrea Lanfranco, Antonio Dellabianca, Diego Lumelli, Ines Giorgi, Fulvio Mazzacane, Camilla Fusi, Fabrizio Scafa and Stefano M Candura
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:29
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  29. to assess environmental and biological monitoring of exposure to organic solvents in a glue-manufacturing company in Sfax, Tunisia.

    Authors: Imed Gargouri, Moncef Khadhraoui, Catherine Nisse, Ariane Leroyer, Mohamed L Masmoudi, Paul Frimat, Daniel Marzin, Boubaker Elleuch and Denis Zmirou-Navier
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:28
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  30. Pilose antler polypeptides (PAP) have been reported to promote chondrocyte proliferation. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The present study was to investigate the effects of PAP on the proli...

    Authors: Jian-Hua Lin, Ling-Xiao Deng, Zhao-Yang Wu, Lei Chen and Li Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:27
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  31. A retrospective examination was conducted of injuries, physical fitness, and their association among Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) new agent trainees.

    Authors: Joseph J Knapik, Anita Spiess, David Swedler, Tyson Grier, Keith Hauret, James Yoder and Bruce H Jones
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:26
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  32. Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of on-duty death in United States firefighters. Accurately assessing cardiopulmonary capacity is critical to preventing, or reducing, cardiovascular events in this pop...

    Authors: Dana C Drew-Nord, Jonathan Myers, Stephen R Nord, Roberta K Oka, OiSaeng Hong and Erika S Froelicher
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:25
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  33. In most countries, the numbers of work-related cancer identified are much lower than are the estimated total burden of cancer caused by exposure at work. Therefore, there is a great need to use all available p...

    Authors: Sverre Langård and Lukas Jyuhn-Hsiarn Lee
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:24
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  34. Biological monitoring of healthy workers exposed to hazardous dusts lack validated screening tools. Induced sputum (IS) cellular profile was compared with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) profile in asbesto...

    Authors: Evangelos C Alexopoulos, Demosthenes Bouros, Maria Dimadi, Aneta Serbescu, Giorgos Bakoyannis and Fivos P Kokkinis
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:23
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  36. A continuing controversy exists about whether, asbestos exposure is associated with significant lung function impairments when major radiological abnormalities are lacking. We conducted a systematic review and...

    Authors: Dennis Wilken, Marcial Velasco Garrido, Ulf Manuwald and Xaver Baur
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:21
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  38. Results of systematic screening of healthcare workers (HCWs) for tuberculosis (TB) with the tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-γ release assays (IGRA) in a Portuguese hospital from 2007 to 2010 are repo...

    Authors: José Torres Costa, Rui Silva, Felix C Ringshausen and Albert Nienhaus
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:19
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  39. Exposure to particles (PM) induces adverse health effects (cancer, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases). A key-role in these adverse effects seems to be played by oxidative stress, which is an excess of reac...

    Authors: Jean-Jacques Sauvain, Ari Setyan, Pascal Wild, Philippe Tacchini, Grégoire Lagger, Ferdinand Storti, Simon Deslarzes, Michel Guillemin, Michel J Rossi and Michael Riediker
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:18
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  40. The human spine is often exposed to mechanical load in vocational activities especially in combination with lifting, carrying and positioning of heavy objects. This also applies in particular to nursing activi...

    Authors: Claus Jordan, Alwin Luttmann, Andreas Theilmeier, Stefan Kuhn, Norbert Wortmann and Matthias Jäger
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:17
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  41. Agricultural workers experience high rates of occupational injury. There is a lack of analytic studies which provide detailed occupational exposure information to inform intervention development.

    Authors: Simon Horsburgh and John D Langley
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:16
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  42. Tuberculosis (TB) is considered an occupational disease among health-care workers (HCWs). Direct contact with TB patients leads to an increased risk to become latently infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The ...

    Authors: Karen Gisele Person Severo, Julia da Silva Oliveira, Marcelo Carneiro, Andréia Rosane de Moura Valim, Eliane Carlosso Krummenauer and Lia Gonçalves Possuelo
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:15
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  43. The permanent hearing loss following exposure to intense noise can be due either to mechanical structural damage (tearing) caused directly by the noise or to metabolic (biochemical) damage resulting from the e...

    Authors: Cahtia Adelman, Jeffrey M Weinberger, Leonid Kriksunov and Haim Sohmer
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:14
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  44. We report a long-term series of nine workers suffering from vibration-induced neuropathy, after many years of exposure to hand-held vibrating tools at high or low frequency. They were treated with temporary se...

    Authors: Birgitta Rosén, Anders Björkman and Göran Lundborg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:13
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  45. There have been few case reports which discuss a relationship between warfarin overdose and aortic pseudoaneurysm leakage. We report the case of a female receiving warfarin who presented with dsypnea. Her inte...

    Authors: Ya-Chih Tien, Ying-Cheng Chen, Chiung-Ying Liao and Chia-Chu Chang
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:12
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  46. In most countries throughout the world the construction industry continues to account for a disturbingly high proportion of fatal and nonfatal injuries. Research has shown that large enterprises seem to be mos...

    Authors: Betina H Pedersen, Harald Hannerz, Ulla Christensen and Finn Tüchsen
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:11
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  47. To address the relative importance of general job-related stressors, ambulance specific stressors and individual characteristics in relation to job satisfaction and health complaints (emotional exhaustion, psy...

    Authors: Tom Sterud, Erlend Hem, Bjørn Lau and Øivind Ekeberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:10
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  48. Isocyanates are some of the leading occupational causes of respiratory disorders, predominantly asthma. Adequate exposure monitoring may recognize risk factors and help to prevent the onset or aggravation of t...

    Authors: Lygia T Budnik, Dennis Nowak, Rolf Merget, Catherine Lemiere and Xaver Baur
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:9
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  49. The correct assessment and classification of exposure is essential in epidemiology. The validity of exposure data obtained by the use of questionnaires is, however, seldom evaluated. When conducting a study on...

    Authors: Kristin Svendsen and Bjørn Hilt
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:8
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  50. Nanotechnology presents the possibility of revolutionizing many aspects of our lives. People in many settings (academic, small and large industrial, and the general public in industrialized nations) are either...

    Authors: Robert A Yokel and Robert C MacPhail
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:7
    Content type: Review Published on:
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