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  1. Police officers are exposed to a particularly high risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and psychosocial stress due to their working conditions. Therefore, the aim of this project will be to assess the occ...

    Authors: Daniela Ohlendorf, Janna Schlenke, Yunes Nazzal, Faiz Dogru, Ioannis Karassavidis, Fabian Holzgreve, Gerhard Oremek, Christian Maurer-Grubinger, David A. Groneberg and Eileen M. Wanke
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2023 18:6
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  2. Workers across different occupations vary in their risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but the direct contribution of occupation to this relationship is unclear. This study aimed to investigate how infection risk di...

    Authors: Sarah Beale, Susan Hoskins, Thomas Byrne, Wing Lam Erica Fong, Ellen Fragaszy, Cyril Geismar, Jana Kovar, Annalan M. D. Navaratnam, Vincent Nguyen, Parth Patel, Alexei Yavlinsky, Anne M. Johnson, Martie Van Tongeren, Robert W. Aldridge and Andrew Hayward
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2023 18:5
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  3. Occupational health programmes have been successfully implemented to improve body composition, physical fitness and cardiovascular risk. However, most programmes have been small and have not included long-term...

    Authors: Nina Schaller, Katharina Blume, Markus Hornig, Ludger Senker, Bernd Wolfarth, Tibor Schuster, Martin Halle and Katrin Esefeld
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2023 18:4
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  4. To explore the patterns, trends, nature, and extent of changes in sickness absence among health care workers (HCWs) at the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Qatar-during the COVID-19 pandemic compared ...

    Authors: Asma Ali Al-Nuaimi, Sami Abdeen, Muna Abed Alah, Sameera AlHajri, Sandy Semaan and Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2023 18:3
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  5. Patients with work-related lung disease (WRLD) are at increased risk of death caused by severe lung tissue damage and fibrosis. This study aimed to assess the clinical outcomes of lung transplantation (LTx) fo...

    Authors: Chunrong Ju, Yalan Yang, Qiaoyan Lian, Lulin Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Bing Wei, Danxia Huang, Xin Xu and Jianxing He
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2023 18:2
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  6. Mesothelioma is associated with asbestos exposure. In this case series, we present 166 cases of individuals who had substantial asbestos exposure to cosmetic talc products as well as some who had potential or ...

    Authors: Jacqueline Moline, Kesha Patel and Arthur L. Frank
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2023 18:1
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  7. Snake envenomation is a major neglected tropical disease, lacking data in many countries including Cyprus, a Mediterranean island inhabited by the medically important blunt-nosed viper (Macrovipera lebetina). Rev...

    Authors: Daniel Jestrzemski, Maria Athanasiadou, Vasos Scoutellas, Parviz Ghezellou, Bernhard Spengler, Frank Gessler and Ulrich Kuch
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:25
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  8. Risk-based decision-making is used to identify risk factors for which threshold points have not been identified. The occupational mortality rate was referred to as a reference risk. This study aimed to analyze...

    Authors: Tatsuki Kimura, Michiya Sasaki and Takatoshi Hattori
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:24
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  10. The overall information on occupational health and safety (OHS)-related knowledge and workplace practices are scarce in Bangladesh. This study aimed to (i) examine the prevalence of occupational injuries, (ii)...

    Authors: Farhin Islam, MR Alam, SM Abdullah AL Mamun and Mohammad Sorowar Hossain
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:23
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  11. Pyrometallurgical nickel production exposes workers to a wide range of occupational risk factors, including nickel aerosol, occupational noise and heat, but occupational (compensation) claims do not get enough...

    Authors: Sergei Syurin and Denis Vinnikov
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:21
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  12. Fumigants are gaseous pesticides or biocides which eradicate pests by suffocation or poisoning. Worker exposure to fumigants is mainly via inhalation, followed by dermal contact and ingestion, leading to vario...

    Authors: Zeenathnisa Mougammadou Aribou and Wee Tong Ng
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:20
    Content type: Review Published on:

  13. Hazardous substances at the workplace can cause a wide variety of occupational incidents. This study aimed to investigate the nature and circumstances of acute occupational intoxications reported to the Dutch ...

    Authors: Anja P. G. Wijnands, Irma de Vries, Tim Verbruggen, Maxim P. Carlier, Dylan W. de Lange and Saskia J. Rietjens
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:19
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  14. Hip osteoarthritis (HOA) is a disabling disease affecting around 33 million people worldwide. People of working age and the elderly are at increased risk of developing HOA and the disease is associated with hi...

    Authors: Susanne Unverzagt, Ulrich Bolm-Audorff, Thomas Frese, Julia Hechtl, Falk Liebers, Konstantin Moser, Andreas Seidler, Johannes Weyer and Annekatrin Bergmann
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:18
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  15. Particulate matter (PM) emission caused by tobacco combustion leads to severe health burdens worldwide. Second-hand smoke exposure is extraordinarily high in enclosed spaces (e.g., indoor rooms, car cabins) an...

    Authors: Lukas Pitten, Dörthe Brüggmann, Janis Dröge, Markus Braun and David A. Groneberg
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:17
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  16. Whole body vibration (WBV) is a recognized occupational hazard for many workers such as drivers and operators of heavy and light machinery and exposure to it is accompanied by physical and mental repercussions...

    Authors: Sirvan Zarei, Somayeh Farhang Dehghan, Mohammad Hossein Vaziri, Mohammad Ali Sadighi Gilani and Soheila Khodakarim Ardakani
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:16
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  17. Short-term inhalation of occupationally relevant ultrafine zinc/copper (Zn/Cu) containing welding fumes has been shown to induce subclinical systemic inflammation, associated with an elevated risk for cardiova...

    Authors: Theresa Scheurer, Jan Steffens, Agnieszka Markert, Miriam Du Marchie Sarvaas, Christoph Roderburg, Lothar Rink, Frank Tacke, Tom Luedde, Thomas Kraus and Ralf Baumann
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:15
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  18. Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a non-invasive biomarker of respiratory tract inflammation, originally designated to identify eosinophilic airway inflammation and to predict steroid response. The mai...

    Authors: Marina Ruxandra Oțelea, Anne Kristin M. Fell, Claudia Mariana Handra, Mathias Holm, Francesca Larese Filon, Dragan Mijakovski, Jordan Minov, Andreea Mutu, Euripides Stephanou, Zara Ann Stokholm, Sasho Stoleski and Vivi Schlünssen
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:14
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  19. The Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) causes severe and often fatal encephalitis in humans. The virus is endemic in parts of Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria. As an increasing number of human BoDV-...

    Authors: Judith Reinmiedl, Heiko Schulz, Viktoria C. Ruf, Moritz R. Hernandez Petzsche, Jürgen Rissland and Dennis Tappe
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  21. The mental health effects of healthcare work during the COVID-19 pandemic have been substantial, but it is not known how long they will persist. This study aimed to determine if hospital workers’ burnout and p...

    Authors: Robert G. Maunder, Natalie D. Heeney, Jonathan J. Hunter, Gillian Strudwick, Lianne P. Jeffs, Leanne Ginty, Jennie Johnstone, Alex Kiss, Carla A. Loftus and Lesley A. Wiesenfeld
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:11
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  22. Respiratory symptoms at work are common among hairdressers. Various working materials, most notably bleaching ingredients such as ammonium persulfate, have been made responsible. The objective of this study is...

    Authors: Julia Hiller, Annette Greiner and Hans Drexler
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:10
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  23. This study aims to analyse the correlation between the incidence rate of hand injuries and various major economic indicators in Singapore. We hypothesise that the number of hand injuries is correlated to activ...

    Authors: Liau Zi Qiang Glen, Joel Yat Seng Wong, Wei Xuan Tay, Jiayi Weng, Gregory Cox and Andre Eu Jin Cheah
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:9
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  24. Several drugs for human use possess genotoxic properties as a necessary consequence of their intended therapeutic effect (e.g. antineoplastics). Health workers may be exposed to these chemicals in various occu...

    Authors: Johannes Gerding, Lea Anhäuser, Udo Eickmann and Albert Nienhaus
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:8
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  25. The cement industry experiences accident rate is high compared to other manufacturing industries. Hence, this study was aimed to assess the occupational injury and associated factors among cement factories wor...

    Authors: Demissu Seyoum Fresenbet, Ararso Tafese Olana, Abera Shibiru Tulu and Kababa Temesgen Danusa
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:7
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  26. Occupational respiratory diseases are the most prevalent occurring work-related diseases that contribute to global health concerns. The present study aimed to assess pulmonary function among detergent powder f...

    Authors: Farhad Malek, Elham Ranjbari, Majid Mirmohammadkhani and Daryoush Pahlevan
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:6
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  27. Although prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequent male cancer in industrialized countries, little is known about its aetiology. The literature has suggested an influence of the environment, including occupat...

    Authors: Wendy Bijoux, Emilie Cordina-Duverger, Soumaya Balbolia, Pierre-Jean Lamy, Xavier Rebillard, Brigitte Tretarre, Sylvie Cenee and Florence Menegaux
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:5
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  28. Social firms are companies on the general labour market which provide employment to people with severe disabilities. In this setting different job resources are offered for its employees, including social supp...

    Authors: Ann-Christin Kordsmeyer, Ilona Efimov, Julia Christine Lengen, Annegret Flothow, Albert Nienhaus, Volker Harth and Stefanie Mache
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:4
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  29. Employment is of great importance as it is associated with various positive effects. Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) are often excluded from competitive employment. Current data on employment of i...

    Authors: Uta Gühne, Alexander Pabst, Markus Kösters, Alkomiet Hasan, Peter Falkai, Reinhold Kilian, Andreas Allgöwer, Klemens Ajayi, Jessica Baumgärtner, Peter Brieger, Karel Frasch, Stephan Heres, Markus Jäger, Andreas Küthmann, Albert Putzhammer, Bertram Schneeweiß…
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:3
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  30. Due to accelerating wildland fire activity, there is mounting urgency to understand, prevent, and mitigate the occupational health impacts associated with wildland fire suppression. The objectives of this revi...

    Authors: Erica Koopmans, Katie Cornish, Trina M. Fyfe, Katherine Bailey and Chelsea A. Pelletier
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:2
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  31. Although occupational exposure to noise and vibration is common, its effect on psychological wellbeing is poorly understood. This study investigated the relationship between occupational exposure to noise and ...

    Authors: Minah Park, Fatima Nari, Wonjeong Jeong, Eun-Cheol Park and Sung-In Jang
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2022 17:1
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  32. In the United States, 88.3% of all 1,163,000 maids and housekeeping cleaners are female, and approximately half of them Latinas. Latinas are understudied and underrepresented in health research, particularly i...

    Authors: Erin Speiser, Genevieve Pinto Zipp, Deborah A. DeLuca, Ana Paula Cupertino, Evelyn Arana-Chicas, Elli Gourna Paleoudis, Benjamin Kligler and Francisco Cartujano-Barrera
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:52
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  33. Mental health and stress prevention aspects related to workplace in hospitals are gaining increasingly more attention in research. The workplace hospital is characterized by high work intensity, high emotional...

    Authors: Elena Tsarouha, Felicitas Stuber, Tanja Seifried-Dübon, Natalia Radionova, Susanne Schnalzer, Christoph Nikendei, Melanie Genrich, Britta Worringer, Maja Stiawa, Nadine Mulfinger, Harald Gündel, Florian Junne and Monika A. Rieger
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:51
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  34. Over the last almost 20 years COPSOQ (Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire) has become a well-established instrument to measure psychosocial stress at work. In Germany, a first validated version of COPSOQ was...

    Authors: Hans-Joachim Lincke, Martin Vomstein, Alexandra Lindner, Inga Nolle, Nicola Häberle, Ariane Haug and Matthias Nübling
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:50
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  35. There are few clinical data on retinal involvement after acute exposure to high concentrations mercury and the available reports are based on a small number of patients suffering chronic exposure. The purpose ...

    Authors: Salvador Pastor-Idoate, Rosa M. Coco-Martin, Iratxe Zabalza, Yrbani Lantigua, Itziar Fernández, Jose L. Pérez-Castrillón, Ruben Cuadrado, Jose A. de Lazaro, Angela Morejon, Antonio Dueñas-Laita and Jose C. Pastor
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:49
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  37. 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...

    Authors: Christine Preiser, Elena Tsarouha, Birgitta Weltermann, Florian Junne, Tanja Seifried-Dübon, Sigrid Hartmann, Markus Bleckwenn, Monika A. Rieger and Esther Rind
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:47
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  38. 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...

    Authors: Prem Borle, Franziska Boerner-Zobel, Harald Bias and Susanne Voelter-Mahlknecht
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:46
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  39. 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...

    Authors: Christina Lemhöfer, Christian Sturm, Dana Loudovici-Krug, Norman Best and Christoph Gutenbrunner
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:45
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  40. 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 ...

    Authors: Kevin Claassen, Dominique Rodil dos Anjos, Jan Kettschau and Horst Christoph Broding
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:44
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  41. 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...

    Authors: Roxanne Weiss, Leon Guchlerner, Tobias Weissgerber, Natalie Filmann, Birgit Haake, Kai Zacharowski, Timo Wolf, Sabine Wicker, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Sandra Ciesek, Timo Stöver and Marc Diensthuber
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:43
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  43. 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...

    Authors: Felix Alexander Neumann, Lukas Belz, Dorothee Dengler, Volker Harth, Thomas von Münster, Joachim Westenhöfer, Marcus Oldenburg and Birgit-Christiane Zyriax
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:41
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  44. 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...

    Authors: Yingzheng Zhao, Guangcui Xu, Haibin Li, Meiyu Chang, Cheng Xiong, Yingjun Tao, Yi Guan, Yuchun Li and Sanqiao Yao
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:40
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  45. 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 ...

    Authors: Andrea Kaifie, Martin Reugels, Thomas Kraus and Michael Kursawe
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:39
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  46. 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...

    Authors: Monika Szturmowicz, Beata Broniarek-Samson and Urszula Demkow
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:38
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  48. 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...

    Authors: Angelina Klein, Julian Heuser, Esther Henning, Nadine Sprössel, Ann-Christin Kordsmeyer, Marcus Oldenburg, Natascha Mojtahedzadeh, Jan Heidrich, Kristina Carolin Militzer, Lukas Belz, Thomas von Münster, Volker Harth, Lena Ehlers, Jens de Boer, Scarlett Kleine-Kampmann, Matthias Boldt…
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:36
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  49. 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...

    Authors: Marcus Oldenburg, Jan Herzog, Filip Barbarewicz, Volker Harth and Hans-Joachim Jensen
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:35
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  50. 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...

    Authors: Claudia Westermann, Dana Wendeler and Albert Nienhaus
    Citation: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021 16:34
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