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  1. 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

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  2. 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

    Content type: Research

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  3. 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

    Content type: Review

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  4. 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

    Content type: Research

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  5. 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

    Content type: Research

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  6. 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

    Content type: Research

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  7. 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

    Content type: Research

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  8. 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

    Content type: Research

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  9. 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

    Content type: Research

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  10. 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

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  11. 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

    Content type: Research

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  13. 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

    Content type: Research

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  15. 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

    Content type: Research

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  16. 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

    Content type: Research

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  17. 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

    Content type: Research

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  18. 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

    Content type: Research

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  19. 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

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  20. 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

    Content type: Research

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  21. 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

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  22. 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

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  23. 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

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  24. 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

    Content type: Research

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  25. 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

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  26. 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

    Content type: Research

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  27. 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

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  28. Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), a reactive chemical used for commercial polyurethane production, is a well-recognized cause of occupational asthma. The major focus of disease prevention efforts to date ...

    Authors: Adam V Wisnewski, Lan Xu, Eve Robinson, Jian Liu, Carrie A Redlich and Christina A Herrick

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:6

    Content type: Research

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  29. Primary prevention programs at the worksite can improve employee health and reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease. Programs that include a web-based health risk assessment (HRA) with tailored feedback ho...

    Authors: Ersen B Colkesen, Maurice AJ Niessen, Niels Peek, Sandra Vosbergen, Roderik A Kraaijenhagen, Coenraad K van Kalken, Jan GP Tijssen and Ron JG Peters

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:5

    Content type: Research

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  30. Chlorpyrifos (CPF), a commonly used pesticide worldwide, has been reported to produce neurobehavioural changes. Dermal exposure to CPF is common in industries and agriculture. This study estimates changes in g...

    Authors: Kian Loong Lim, Annie Tay, Vishna Devi Nadarajah and Nilesh Kumar Mitra

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:4

    Content type: Research

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  31. Pollutants representative of common environmental contaminants induce intracellular toxicity in human cells, which is generally amplified in combinations. We wanted to test the common pathways of intoxication ...

    Authors: Céline Gasnier, Claire Laurant, Cécile Decroix-Laporte, Robin Mesnage, Emilie Clair, Carine Travert and Gilles-Eric Séralini

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:3

    Content type: Research

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  33. Electrodiagnostic Functional Assessment (EFA) objectively evaluates injuries to muscles by incorporating surface electromyography (EMG) to measure myoelectrical signals of muscle groups recorded from up to 18 ...

    Authors: John Kulin and MaryRose Reaston

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011 6:1

    Content type: Case report

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  35. Worldwide used pesticides containing different adjuvants like Roundup formulations, which are glyphosate-based herbicides, can provoke some in vivo toxicity and in human cells. These pesticides are commonly fo...

    Authors: Céline Gasnier, Nora Benachour, Emilie Clair, Carine Travert, Frédéric Langlois, Claire Laurant, Cécile Decroix-Laporte and Gilles-Eric Séralini

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:29

    Content type: Research

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  36. Most of hydrogen sulfide poisoning has been reported as industrial accidents in Japan. However, since January 2008, a burgeoning of suicide attempts using homemade hydrogen sulfide gas has become evident. By A...

    Authors: Daiichi Morii, Yasusuke Miyagatani, Naohisa Nakamae, Masaki Murao and Kiyomi Taniyama

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:28

    Content type: Short report

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  37. Anyone working in the hospital may become a victim of violence. The effects of violence can range in intensity and include the following: minor physical injuries, serious physical injuries, temporary or perman...

    Authors: Jihane Belayachi, Kamal Berrechid, Fatiha Amlaiky, Aicha Zekraoui and Redouane Abouqal

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:27

    Content type: Short report

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  38. The ability of drugs to reduce noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) has been evaluated in diverse experimental conditions (animal species, noise intensities, durations, assessment techniques, etc), making it diff...

    Authors: Sharon Tamir, Cahtia Adelman, Jeffrey M Weinberger and Haim Sohmer

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:26

    Content type: Research

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  39. According to the Report on Carcinogens, formaldehyde ranks 25th in the overall U.S. chemical production, with more than 5 million tons produced each year. Given its economic importance and widespread use, many pe...

    Authors: Susana Viegas, Carina Ladeira, Carla Nunes, Joana Malta-Vacas, Mário Gomes, Miguel Brito, Paula Mendonça and João Prista

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:25

    Content type: Research

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  40. Hairdressers often come into contact with various chemical substances which can be found in hair care products for washing, dyeing, bleaching, styling, spraying and perming. This exposure can impair health and...

    Authors: Claudia Peters, Melanie Harling, Madeleine Dulon, Anja Schablon, José Torres Costa and Albert Nienhaus

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:24

    Content type: Review

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  41. A German cohort study on 1,528 carbon black production workers estimated an elevated lung cancer SMR ranging from 1.8-2.2 depending on the reference population. No positive trends with carbon black exposures w...

    Authors: Peter Morfeld and Robert J McCunney

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:23

    Content type: Research

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  42. The risk of tuberculosis (TB) in healthcare workers (HCWs) is related to its incidence in the general population, and increased by the specific risk as a professional group. The prevalence of latent tuberculos...

    Authors: José Torres Costa, Rui Silva, Raul Sá, Maria João Cardoso and Albert Nienhaus

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:22

    Content type: Research

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  43. Peripheral neuropathy is one of the principal clinical disorders in workers with hand-arm vibration syndrome. Electrophysiological studies aimed at defining the nature of the injury have provided conflicting r...

    Authors: Helena Sandén, Andreas Jonsson, B Gunnar Wallin, Lage Burström, Ronnie Lundström, Tohr Nilsson and Mats Hagberg

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:21

    Content type: Research

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  44. The current analyses focus on the need for services from the perspective of individuals considering preventive measures. A new approach imported from social and health psychology is used for assessing subjecti...

    Authors: Uwe Rose, Linda Zimmermann, Ruth Pfeifer, Thomas Unterbrink and Joachim Bauer

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:20

    Content type: Research

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  45. Lead is a significant occupational and environmental hazard. Battery industry is one of the settings related to lead intoxication. Published information on the use of oral chelating agents for the treatment of...

    Authors: George Dounias, George Rachiotis and Christos Hadjichristodoulou

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:19

    Content type: Case report

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  46. Sleep disturbances induce proinflammatory immune responses, which might increase cardiovascular disease risk. So far the effects of acute sleep deprivation and chronic sleep illnesses on the immune system have...

    Authors: Anke van Mark, Stephan W Weiler, Marcel Schröder, Andreas Otto, Kamila Jauch-Chara, David A Groneberg, Michael Spallek, Richard Kessel and Barbara Kalsdorf

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:18

    Content type: Research

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  47. Organotin compounds (OTCs) have been widely used as stabilizers in the production of plastic, agricultural pesticides, antifoulant plaints and wood preservation. The toxicity of triphenyltin (TPT) compounds wa...

    Authors: Chung-Hsun Lee, I-Hui Chen, Chia-Rong Lee, Chih-Hsien Chi, Ming-Che Tsai, Jin-Lian Tsai and Hsiu-Fen Lin

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:17

    Content type: Research

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  48. Occupational demands of educators are not very well researched. Nevertheless their work is subject to several requirements. Whether these demands have an effect on the work ability and the health status of emp...

    Authors: Bianca Kusma, Albert Nienhaus, Michael Spallek, David Quarcoo, David A Groneberg and Stefanie Mache

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:16

    Content type: Study protocol

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  49. A method of individually assessing former exposure to asbestos fibres is a precondition of risk-differentiated health surveillance. The main aims of our study were to assess former levels of airborne asbestos ...

    Authors: Michael K Felten, Lars Knoll, Christian Eisenhawer, Diana Ackermann, Khaled Khatab, Johannes Hüdepohl, Wolfgang Zschiesche and Thomas Kraus

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:15

    Content type: Research

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  50. Adults spend about one third of their day at work and occupation may be a risk factor for obesity because of associated socioeconomic and behavioral factors such as physical activity and sedentary time. The ai...

    Authors: Margaret A Allman-Farinelli, Tien Chey, Dafna Merom and Adrian E Bauman

    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5:14

    Content type: Research

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