Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and silicosis are associated with exposure to crystalline silica. We determined the exposure to respirable crystalline silica and estimated ...

3 2nd Department of Pulmonary Medicine, “ATTIKON” University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece 4 Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical ...

1 Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ...

OBJECTIVES In a cross sectional study, work related health complaints and diseases of 58 compost workers and 53 biowaste collectors were investigated and compared with 40 control subjects. Levels of ...

Objectives We investigated the association between protracted low-dose ionising radiation and the risk of cancer in medical radiation workers, the largest group of workers with occupational radiation ...

Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Correspondence to: Prof. L Hagmar Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University ...

2 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Department of Health and Human Services, Robert A Taft Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 3 National Institute for Occupational Safety ...

Introduction Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men; however, little is known about its aetiology. Several studies have indicated that firefighters have an increased risk, but the results ...

Objectives To assess dermal exposure to 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in asphalt workers by applying polypropylene pads to six body sites (neck, shoulder, upper arm, wrist, groin, ankle), ...

Aims: To determine the prevalence of proteinuira and enzymuria among a cohort of subjects exposed to hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) in their homes and to determine whether there was a change in observed ...

1 Department of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan, Italy 2 Chair of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Sassari, Italy 3 ...

In this study the effects on hearing induced by occupational exposure to impulse noise were compared with those induced by exposure to continuous steady state noise. Three groups exposed to impulse ...