This is a selection of articles from the May 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Occupational Health headlines.
Emotional exhaustion and mental health problems among employees doing “people work”: the impact of job demands, job resources and family-to-work conflict
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Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - May 30, 2008 Tags: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: info
Fish consumption and body burden of organochlorines among lower hudson urban anglers
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Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - May 30, 2008 Authors: Kimberly Morland, Mary Wolff, Richard Bopp, James Godbold, Philip Landrigan Source Type: info
Occupational allergy due to seafood delivery: Case report
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Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - May 30, 2008 Authors: Cornelia S Seitz, Eva B Bröcker and Axel Trautmann Source Type: info
Cherry Creek Defends Firing of former Code Officer
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 29, 2008 Authors: asbestos-post Tags: Asbestos Exposure Asbestos Legislation Source Type: info
A new electromagnetic exposure metric: High frequency voltage transients associated with increased cancer incidence in teachers in a california school
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Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - May 29, 2008 Authors: Samuel Milham, L. Lloyd Morgan Source Type: info
Work organization and drinking: an epidemiological comparison of two psychosocial work exposure models
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Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - May 28, 2008 Tags: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: info
Effects of surface characteristics on the plantar shape of feet and subjects' perceived sensations.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 28, 2008 Authors: Witana CP, Goonetilleke RS, Xiong S, Au EY Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
A test of radon service providers available on the Internet
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Source: Indoor Air - May 27, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Residents can’t Return to Burned Boulder Apartments for Weeks
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 27, 2008 Authors: asbestos-post Tags: Asbestos Exposure Asbestos Abatement Source Type: info
Effect of extremely low frequency magnetic field on antioxidant activity in plasma and red blood cells in spot welders
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Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - May 27, 2008 Tags: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: info
Influence of arm and wrist support on forearm and back muscle activity in computer keyboard operation.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 26, 2008 Authors: Nag PK, Pal S, Nag A, Vyas H Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
Static and dynamic postural loadings during computer work in females: Sitting on an office chair versus sitting on an exercise ball.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 26, 2008 Authors: Kingma I, van Dieën JH Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
Measurements of projected areas of seated and standing people of southern Italy based on a statistical analysis.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 23, 2008 Authors: Calvino F, La Gennusa M, Rizzo G, Scaccianoce G, Simone A Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
California Man Convicted of Clean Air Act Violation
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 22, 2008 Authors: asbestos-post Tags: Asbestos Exposure Asbestos Litigation Source Type: info
Elderly persons with disabilities in Sweden: their experiences of everyday life
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Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 22, 2008 Authors: Anita Tollén, Carin Fredriksson, Kitty Kamwendo Source Type: info
Mannose-binding lectin gene polymorphisms and the development of coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Japan
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Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - May 22, 2008 Authors: Xintao Wang, Yoshinori Ohtsuka, Kiyonobu Kimura, Hiroshi Kaji, Junpei Saito, Yoshinori Tanino, Takashi Ishida, Mitsuru Munakata Source Type: info
Obesity does not reduce maximum acceptable weights of lift.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 22, 2008 Authors: Singh D, Park W, Levy MS Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
Comparison of visibility measurement techniques for forklift truck design factors.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 22, 2008 Authors: Choi CB, Park P, Kim YH, Susan Hallbeck M, Jung MC Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
Sick leaves in four factories-do characteristics of employees and work conditions explain differences in sickness absence between workplaces?
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - May 22, 2008 Authors: Virtanen P, Siukola A, Luukkaala T, Savinainen M, Arola H, Nygård CH, Kivimäki M, Helenius H, Vahtera J Tags: Scand J Work Environ Health Source Type: info
Longitudinal respiratory health study of the wood processing industry
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Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - May 21, 2008 Authors: Henry W. Glindmeyer, Roy J. Rando, John J. Lefante, Laurie Freyder, Joseph A. Brisolara, Robert N. Jones Source Type: info
Occupational therapy students' perceptions of their cultural awareness and competency
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Source: Occupational Therapy International - May 21, 2008 Authors: Ravyn Murden, Ayana Norman, Julissa Ross, Erin Sturdivant, Margaret Kedia, Surya Shah Source Type: info
Effects of pen design on drawing and writing performance.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 21, 2008 Authors: Goonetilleke RS, Hoffmann ER, Luximon A Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
The role of latent and active failures in workplace slips, trips and falls: An information processing approach.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 21, 2008 Authors: Bentley T Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
Self-administered questionnaire and direct observation by checklist: Comparing two methods for physical exposure surveillance in a highly repetitive tasks plant.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 21, 2008 Authors: Descatha A, Roquelaure Y, Caroly S, Evanoff B, Cyr D, Mariel J, Leclerc A Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
Risk factors in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems for occupant symptoms in US office buildings: the US EPA BASE study
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Source: Indoor Air - May 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Risk factors for dissatisfaction with the indoor environment in open-plan offices: an analysis of COPE field study data
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Source: Indoor Air - May 20, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Workplace violence against adolescent workers in the US
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Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - May 20, 2008 Authors: Kimberly J. Rauscher Source Type: info
Southwyck Mall Safe for Now
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 19, 2008 Authors: asbestos-post Tags: Uncategorized Asbestos Exposure Asbestos Abatement Source Type: info
Trends in suspected and recognized occupational respiratory diseases in Germany between 1970 and 2005
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Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - May 19, 2008 Authors: V. van Kampen, R. Merget, M. Butz, D. Taeger, T. Brüning Source Type: info
Mental stress in the workers exposed to humidity in a cheese processing factory
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Shushtarian SM, Hajipour AH, Rastegari Y Source Type: info
Zinc toxicology following particulate inhalation
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Cooper Ross G Source Type: info
A study on health status of women engaged in a home-based "Papad-making" industry in a slum area of Kolkata
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Roy Sima, Dasgupta Aparajita Source Type: info
Counseling at work place: A proactive human resource initiative
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Navare Smita Source Type: info
Noise exposure in oil mills
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Prasanna Kumar GV, Dewangan KN, Sarkar Amaresh Source Type: info
Awareness regarding global warming: Popular media like films need to contribute
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Pandve Harshal T Source Type: info
Safety and occupational health: Challenges and opportunities in emerging economies
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Meswani Hital R Source Type: info
A government under an asbestos roof
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Krishna Gopal Source Type: info
Industry influence on IAOH
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Joshi Tushar Kant Source Type: info
Monitoring of plasma butyrylcholinesterase activity and hematological parameters in pesticide sprayers
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Rastogi SK, Singh Vipul K, Kesavachandran C, Jyoti, Siddiqui M.K.J, Mathur N, Bharti RS Source Type: info
An ergonomic study of women workers in a woolen textile factory for identification of health-related problems
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Metgud DC, Khatri Subhash, Mokashi MG, Saha PN Source Type: info
Editor's response
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Kulkarni GK Source Type: info
Debate on industry influence on OH organizations/T.K. Joshi's tantrums!
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Parekh Ramnik Source Type: info
Ocular myasis and associated mucopurulent conjuctivitis acquired occupationally: A case study
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Jayaprakash K, Karthikeyan A Source Type: info
Environmental sanitation: An ignored issue in India
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Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Pandve Harshal T Source Type: info
The influence of individual and contextual work factors on workers' compliance with health and safety routines.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 16, 2008 Authors: Torp S, Grøgaard JB Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
From telephones to iPhones: Applying systems thinking to networked, interoperable products.
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Source: Applied Ergonomics - May 16, 2008 Authors: Walker GH, Stanton NA, Jenkins DP, Salmon PM Tags: Appl Ergon Source Type: info
[Review] Meta-analysis of benzene exposure and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: biases could mask an important association
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Steinmaus, C, Smith, A H, Jones, R M, Smith, M T Tags: Review Source Type: info
[Original articles] Adjustment for temporal confounders in a reanalysis of a case-control study of beryllium and lung cancer
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Schubauer-Berigan, M K, Deddens, J A, Steenland, K, Sanderson, W T, Petersen, M R Tags: Original articles Source Type: info
[Original articles] Arterial structure and function and environmental exposure to cadmium
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Schutte, R, Nawrot, T, Richart, T, Thijs, L, Roels, H A, Van Bortel, L M, Struijker-Boudier, H, Staessen, J A Tags: Original articles Source Type: info
[Original articles] Exposures and reported symptoms associated with occupational deployment to the Buncefield fuel depot fire, England 2005
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Morgan, O, Verlander, N Q, Kennedy, F, Moore, M, Birch, S, Kearney, J, Lewthwaite, P, Lewis, R, O'Brian, S, Osman, J, Reacher, M Tags: Original articles Source Type: info
[Miscellanea] New test discloses inflammation in asbestosis non-invasively
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Tags: Miscellanea Source Type: info
[PostScript] Authors' reply
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Takebayashi, T, Akiba, S, Kikuchi, Y, Taki, M, Wake, K, Watanabe, S, Yamaguchi, N Tags: PostScript Source Type: info
[Original articles] A normative study of levels of uranium in the urine of British Forces personnel
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Miller, B G, Colvin, A P, Hutchison, P A, Tait, H, Dempsey, S, Lewis, D, Soutar, C A Tags: Original articles Source Type: info
[PostScript] New occupational threats to Japanese physicians: karoshi (death due to overwork) and karojisatsu (suicide due to overwork)
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Hiyama, T, Yoshihara, M Tags: PostScript Source Type: info
[Education] Answers to the questions on Genetic susceptibility to occupational exposures by D C Christiani, A J Mehta and C-L Yu, on pages 430-6.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Tags: Education Source Type: info
[Original articles] Exposure to inhalable dust and its cyclohexane soluble fraction since the 1970s in the rubber manufacturing industry in the European Union
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: de Vocht, F, Vermeulen, R, Burstyn, I, Sobala, W, Dost, A, Taeger, D, Bergendorf, U, Straif, K, Swuste, P, Kromhout, H, on behalf of the EU-EXASRUB consortium Tags: Original articles Source Type: info
[PostScript] What can be learned from the Japanese study of mobile phone use and acoustic neuroma?
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Kundi, M Tags: PostScript Source Type: info
[Work in Brief] Work in Brief
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Palmer, K. Tags: Work in Brief Source Type: info
[Original articles] Maternal exposure to water disinfection by-products during gestation and risk of hypospadias
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Luben, T J, Nuckols, J R, Mosley, B S, Hobbs, C, Reif, J S Tags: Original articles Source Type: info
[Editorials] Reanalysis: lessons great and small
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Kriebel, D. Tags: Editorials Source Type: info
[Education] Genetic susceptibility to occupational exposures
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Christiani, D C, Mehta, A J, Yu, C-L Tags: Education Source Type: info
[Editorials] Occupational medicine, public health and disasters: a shared agenda?
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Morgan, O., Murray, V., Snashall, D. Tags: Editorials Source Type: info
[Original articles] Inequities in reporting asbestos-related lung cancer: influence of smoking stigma and physician's specialty, workload and role perception
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - May 16, 2008 Authors: Verger, P, Arnaud, S, Ferrer, S, Iarmarcovai, G, Saliba, M-L, Viau, A, Souville, M Tags: Original articles Source Type: info
Off-Roaders Protest Clear Creek Closure
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 15, 2008 Authors: asbestos-post Tags: Asbestos Exposure Source Type: info
Variations in arsenic methylation capacity and oxidative DNA lesions over a 2-year period in a high arsenic-exposed population
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Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - May 15, 2008 Tags: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: info
Answer to comments by A. Lerchl on “Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (UMTS, 1,950 MHz) induce genotoxic effects in vitro in human fibroblasts but not in lymphocytes” published by C. Schwarz et al. 2008
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Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - May 15, 2008 Tags: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Source Type: info
Inflammatory markers and secondhand tobacco smoke exposure among U.S. workers
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Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - May 15, 2008 Authors: John D. Clark III, James D. Wilkinson, William G. LeBlanc, Noella A. Dietz, Kristopher L. Arheart, Lora E. Fleming, David J. Lee Source Type: info
Natural Asbestos Deposits found at High School Construction Site
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - May 14, 2008 Authors: asbestos-post Tags: Asbestos Exposure Source Type: info
On the relation between capsaicin sensitivity and responsiveness to CO2: detection sensitivity and event-related brain potentials
