Health Profiles of Workers Exposed to Acrylonitrile.

Health of workers exposed to electric fields.

The results of health questionnaire interviews with 390 electrical power transmission and distribution workers, together with long term estimates of their exposure to 50 Hz electric fields, and short term measurements of the actual exposure for 287 of them are reported. Twenty eight workers received measurable exposures, averaging about 30 kVm-1h over the two week measurement period. Estimated ...

The health of workers exposed to ionizing radiations.

[Hearing health of workers exposed to noise and insecticides].

OBJECTIVE To examine the peripheral auditory disorders in a group of workers exposed to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides, used in vector control campaigns. METHODS The prevalence study examined a population of 98 individuals who sprayed insecticides in campaigns for the prevention of Dengue, Chagas disease and Yellow fever. The sampling approach was finalistic, and included the wor...

Health surveillance of workers exposed to laboratory animal allergens.

BACKGROUND Laboratory animal allergy (LAA) remains prevalent among workers exposed to laboratory animals. Pre-placement and health surveillance procedures vary between different employers. AIMS To determine evidence-based strategies for pre-placement and periodic health assessments for workers exposed to laboratory animals. METHODS Literature was searched systematically using Medline and EM...

Health effects among refrigeration repair workers exposed to fluorocarbons.

Refrigeration repair workers may be intermittently exposed to fluorocarbons and their thermal decomposition products. A case of peripheral neuropathy (distal axonopathy) in a commercial refrigeration repairman prompted an epidemiological investigation of the health of refrigeration repair workers. No additional cases of peripheral neuropathy were identified among the 27 refrigeration repair wor...