Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases.

Work-Related physical activity and coronary diseases

Introduction: Prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasing in the world. Modernization and reduction of physical activity in present century and also controversial results about relationship between work-related physical activity and CVD, lead to investigate the relationship between work-related physical activity and CVD. Methods: This cross-sectional study is based on data from f...

Epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases.

This paper is intended to give the reader an overview of the epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases and is restricted to primarily occupational exposure studies. However, some mention of nonoccupational exposures are made because of their direct relationship to a worker or to a secondary occupational source. Over 100 epidemiological studies are reviewed, dating back to the first case of asbe...

Work-Related Lung Diseases.

■ ■ Work-related Asthma: Asthma may be caused or made worse by work. People with work-related asthma often have more symptoms at work and improve away from work (on weekends and vacations). Many different exposures at work can cause occupational asthma. In addition, people who already have asthma may have work-exacerbated asthma due to asthma triggers at work, such as irritants, allergens, and ...

The epidemiology of work-related asthma.

Much has been learned from epidemiologic studies conducted in the past 4 decades that can be directly applied to the management of workers affected with occupational asthma. Studies have provided information about host factors, environmental exposure, and occupational agents posing the highest risks for development of severe irreversible airway obstruction and asthma disability. Investigators h...

Epidemiology of Malassezia-Related Skin Diseases