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Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:48
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Psychosocial demands and resources for working time organization in GP practices. Results from a team-based ethnographic study in Germany
General practitioners (GPs) are challenged, e.g. by long working hours, and as employers they are responsible for the creation of working conditions that prevent work-related psychosocial risks. Leadership beh...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:47 -
Start moving - benefits of an onsite workplace health program in the age of digitalization
The process of digitization should simplify our work and improve related processes (i.e. quality, transparency). Moreover, it enables the home office, which is greatly expanded due to the current pandemic. Reg...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:46 -
The impact of Post-COVID-Syndrome on functioning – results from a community survey in patients after mild and moderate SARS-CoV-2-infections in Germany
In COVID-19 survivors a relatively high number of long-term symptoms have been observed. Besides impact on quality of life, these symptoms (now called Post-COVID-Syndrome) may have an impact on functioning and ma...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:45 -
How to evaluate digital leadership: a cross-sectional study
With the increasing digitalization of the working environment, the demands on managers are changing fundamentally to the point of an emerging field of research in digital leadership. Municipal administrations ...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:44 -
Powered air-purifying respirators used during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic significantly reduce speech perception
Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, interventions in the upper airways are considered high-risk procedures for otolaryngologists and their colleagues. The purpose of this study was to eval...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:43 -
Digitally connected work and its consequences for strain – a systematic review
Evolving digitization has an impact not only on the organization of work, but also on the health of employees. Dealing with new technologies, integrating new processes and requirements into work, and restructu...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:42 -
Eating behaviour and weight development of European and Asian seafarers during stay on board and at home
Food choices on board merchant ships are limited and seafarers repeatedly described as being at high risk of developing overweight compared to the general population. Up to date, research has not distinguished...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:41 -
Genome-wide mRNA profiling identifies the NRF2-regulated lymphocyte oxidative stress status in patients with silicosis
The immunomodulatory abnormalities of silicosis are related to the lymphocyte oxidative stress state. The potential effect of antioxidant therapy on silicosis may depend on the variation in nuclear factor eryt...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:40 -
The pupillary light reflex (PLR) as a marker for the ability to work or drive – a feasibility study
The PLR (pupillary light reflex) can be a marker for pathological medical conditions, such as neurodegenerative or mental health disorders and diseases as well as marker for physiological alterations, such as ...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:39 -
Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis in polish healthcare workers: the comparison of tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) performance
Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide. Health care workers (HCW) are at particular risk of the disease due to their constant exposure to TB patients or their specimens...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:38 -
Electrocardiographic abnormalities in medically screened German military aircrew
A resting electrocardiogram (ECG) is a well-tolerated, non-invasive, and inexpensive test for overt electrical signs of cardiac pathology and is widely used in the screening of aircrew and other high-hazard oc...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:37 -
A mass casualty incident of infectious diseases at the port of Hamburg: an analysis of organizational structures and emergency concepts
The project “ARMIHN” (Adaptive Resiliency Management in Port) focuses on strengthening the capability to act in a mass casualty incident (MCI) due to an outbreak of infectious diseases (MCI-ID). In addition to...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:36 -
Online survey among maritime pilots: job-related stress and strain and the effects on their work ability
Maritime pilots often navigate ships through challenging waterways. The required 24 h standby rotation system (ROS) poses a stressful working situation. This study aims to describe the current job-related stre...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:35 -
Hepatitis C in healthcare personnel: follow-up analysis of treatments with direct-acting antiviral agents
Hepatitis C infections (HCV) are associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to update the results of treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) using a larger po...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:34 -
Misdiagnosis in occupational and environmental medicine: a scoping review
There has been no comprehensive review for misdiagnosis in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM). The possible ramifications of an occupational disease (OD) or an environmental disease (ED) misdiagnosi...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:33 -
Application of impedance measurement to investigate in vitro inhalation toxicity of bacteria
Workers of agriculture and intensive life stock farming are exposed to highly contaminated workplaces. Bioaerosol exposures are suspected to trigger respiratory health effects of the workers. So far, risk eval...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:32 -
Correction to: Serum levels of miR-21-5p and miR-339-5p associate with occupational trichloroethylene hypersensitivity syndrome
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:31 -
Correction to: Arterial abnormalities in the hands of workers with vibration white fingers – a magnetic resonance angiography case series
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:30 -
Association between household exposure and cycle threshold in COVID-19 infected health care workers
Household SARS-COV-2 contact constitutes a high-risk exposure for health care workers (HCWs). Cycle threshold (Ct) of reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction testing provides an estimate of COVID-19 vi...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:29 -
Burnout and work-life balance among physicians: the role of migration background
We want to analyze the effect of migration background (MB) on physician burnout and work-life balance.
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:28 -
Arterial abnormalities in the hands of workers with vibration white fingers – a magnetic resonance angiography case series
Vibration white finger (VWF) is a complication from exposure to hand-arm vibrations. Poor knowledge of the pathophysiology of VWF means that making an accurate prognosis is difficult. Thus, a better understand...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:27 -
Presentation of a participatory approach to develop preventive measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission in child care
It can be suspected that work in child care facilities is associated with an elevated exposure risk towards SARS-CoV-2 infections. It is still unclear under which conditions employees in those facilities can s...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:26 -
New methods for assessing secondary performance attributes of sunscreens suitable for professional outdoor work
Outdoor workers (OW) are highly exposed to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and thus at increased risk for developing skin cancer. An essential part of an overall strategy to reduce workplace UVR-exposure to ...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:25 -
Heart rate variability as a strain indicator for psychological stress for emergency physicians during work and alert intervention: a systematic review
The workloads of emergency physicians are severe. The prevalence of burnout among emergency physicians is higher than with other physicians or compared to the general population. The analysis of heart rate var...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:24 -
Sleep-time physiological recovery is associated with eating habits in distressed working-age Finns with overweight: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Association of physiological recovery with nutrition has scarcely been studied. We investigated whether physiological recovery during sleep relates to eating habits, i.e., eating behaviour and diet quality.
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:23 -
Respiratory Disease Occupational Biomonitoring Collaborative Project (ROBoCoP): A longitudinal pilot study and implementation research in the Parisian transport company
The ROBoCoP project is launched within the EU COST Action CA16113 “CliniMARK” aiming to increase the number of clinically validated biomarkers and focused on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) biomar...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:22 -
COVID-19 infection across workplace settings in Qatar: a comparison of COVID-19 positivity rates of screened workers from March 1st until July 31st, 2020
COVID-19 transmission was significant amongst Qatar’s working population during the March–July 2020 outbreak. The study aimed to estimate the risk of exposure for COVID-19 across various workplace settings and...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:21 -
Mortality from Parkinson’s disease and other causes among a workforce manufacturing paraquat: an updated retrospective cohort study
Epidemiological studies of the association between Parkinson’s disease (PD) and paraquat (PQ) exposure have given inconsistent findings. The aim of the study was to update information on the risk of PD and mor...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:20 -
Serum levels of miR-21-5p and miR-339-5p associate with occupational trichloroethylene hypersensitivity syndrome
Trichloroethylene (TCE) hypersensitivity syndrome (THS) is a dose-independent and potentially life-threatening disease. In this study, we sought to identify THS-related miRNAs and evaluate its potential clinic...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:19 -
Artificial intelligence and robotisation in the EU - should we change OHS law?
Technological progress in the twenty-first century offers real chances for economic development of the European Union (EU). The purpose of this publication is to analyse risks and threats relating to Occupatio...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:18 -
Correction to: Exposures to 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid with or without endotoxin upregulate small cell lung cancer pathway
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:17 -
Adverse health manifestations in the hands of vibration exposed carpenters - a cross sectional study
Despite EU regulatory standards, many workers suffer injury as a result of working with hand-held vibrating tools. Our aim of this study was to confirm whether carpenters, a highly exposed group, suffer more i...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:16 -
Pushing occupational rehabilitation – implementation of a therapy diary in the outpatient aftercare of psychosomatic rehabilitation may promote the occupational reintegration process: a survey of therapists and patients
Treatment results achieved after fulfilling an inpatient psychosomatic rehabilitation are often not permanent. Additional participation in outpatient rehabilitation aftercare may reduce the risk of recurrent d...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:15 -
Exposures to 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid with or without endotoxin upregulate small cell lung cancer pathway
Pesticide residues in food and environment along with airborne contaminants such as endotoxins pose health risk. Although herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) has been associated with increased ris...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:14 -
Effects of person-environment fit of gender-role orientation on burnout, engagement and hair steroids as stress biomarkers among women
Analysis on gender related differences in occupational stress and burnout levels usually reveal higher occupational stress and burnout levels for women compared to men, especially in male-dominated working env...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:13 -
The impact of chronic co-exposure to different heavy metals on small fibers of peripheral nerves. A study of metal industry workers
Chronic exposure to heavy metals affects various organs, among them the brain and peripheral nerves. Polyneuropathy is mainly length-dependent with predominantly sensory symptoms. There have been few studies o...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:12 -
Prevalence of second victims, risk factors and support strategies among young German physicians in internal medicine (SeViD-I survey)
Second victims, defined as healthcare team members being traumatised by an unanticipated clinical event or outcome, are frequent in healthcare. Evidence of this phenomenon in Germany, however, is sparse. Recen...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:11 -
Addressing future work ability of employees in GP consultations: results of a cross-sectional study
In this study we examined to what extent members of a best-practice integrated healthcare model in Germany discussed their subjective future work ability with their general practitioner (GP); furthermore, we e...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:10 -
Creating a measure to operationalize engaged well-being at work
Mental well-being and work engagement are both desirable, positive states of mind that help employees to better function in the workplace. While occupational researchers have argued in favor of considering bot...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:9 -
Sleep duration and satisfaction among physicians in tertiary public hospitals in China: a large sample national survey
To investigate the sleep duration and level of satisfaction among physicians in tertiary public hospitals in China, and to explore associated factors.
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:8 -
Symmetrical dental occlusion blocking – changes of body sway and weight distribution in healthy subjects across 4 age decades
Symmetrical dental occlusion blocking is used in dentistry as a quick diagnostic tool to test for potential influences of the craniomandibular system on body sway and weight distribution. This study presents t...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:7 -
Ongoing downplaying of the carcinogenicity of chrysotile asbestos by vested interests
Industries that mine, manufacture and sell asbestos or asbestos-containing products have a long tradition of promoting the use of asbestos, while placing the burden of economic and health costs on workers and ...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:6 -
Comparing burnout and work-life balance among specialists in internal medicine: the role of inpatient vs. outpatient workplace
Compared to the general population, physicians are more likely to experience increased burnout and lowered work-life balance. In our article, we want to analyze whether the workplace of a physician is associat...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:5 -
Oxidative stress induction in woodworkers occupationally exposed to wood dust and formaldehyde
Many workers are exposed to wood dust (WD) and formaldehyde (FA), whose carcinogenic activity is supposed to be oxidative stress-mediated. This study aims to assess to what extent the occupational exposure to ...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:4 -
Medical unfitness for work at sea: causes and incidence rate over a 12-year period in France
The purposes of the study were first to determine the incidence rate of medical unfitness for work at sea among French seafarers, second to identify the conditions (diseases or accidents) causing such incapaci...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:3 -
Sooty bark disease of maples: the risk for hypersensitivity pneumonitis by fungal spores not only for woodman
In the middle of the twentieth century, the from North America sooty bark disease (SBD) of maples was first discovered in England and has spread in the last decades in Central Europe, in particular. The trigge...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:2 -
Oxidative stress and DNA damage in agricultural workers after exposure to pesticides
Recent epidemiological studies on workers describe that exposure to pesticides can induce oxidative stress by increased production of free radicals that can accumulate in the cell and damage biological macromo...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:1 -
Outdoor air pollution from industrial chemicals causing new onset of asthma or COPD: a systematic review protocol
Until today, industrial sources contribute to the multifaceted contamination of environmental air. Exposure to air pollutants has the potential to initiate and promote asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2020 15:38 -
Promoting factors and barriers to participation in working life for people with spinal cord injury
It is still difficult for people with physical impairments to be and remain equally integrated into the labour market. For this reason, the question of occupational activity has explicitly been examined by the...
Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2020 15:37