Remembering work: The 'Čajavec' company workers after privatisation

The Work of Forgetting and Remembering Places

Assessment of Post-work Peak Expiratory Flow Rate of Workers in Cement Company

SUMMARY: Exposure to cement dust has been linked to lung function impairment. However, there are few such studies in Nigeria. The main aim of this study was to assess the post-work Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) of workers in a cement company. Sixty workers in a cement factory were randomly selected; thirty were regarded as workers exposed to cement dust and the remaining as unexposed workers...

Work Stress, Sleepiness and Predicting Work Situation Awareness among Workers

Objective: An important factor in the prevention of industrial accidents is the employees’ ability to maintain their awareness of the work situation, understand the information it holds, and predict the development of the situations. In this study, we examined the role of work stress and sleepiness in predicting work situation awareness among workers.  Methods: The present study was a cross-...

Return to Work After Diskogenic Fusion in Workers' Compensation Subjects.

Lumbar fusion for degenerative disk disease (DDD) is associated with variable clinical outcomes. Patients with workers' compensation claims often have worse fusion outcomes than the general population. Few studies have evaluated the risk factors for poor outcomes within this clinically distinct population. The goal of this study was to identify preoperative predictors of return to work status a...

A longitudinal study of the influence of shift work on serum uric acid levels in workers at a telecommunications company.

BACKGROUND Hyperuricemia is a lifestyle-related disease. Although there have been many previous reports about the association of serum uric acid (UA) levels with lifestyle, including eating habits and alcohol intake, there has been no report of a longitudinal study of the relationship between serum UA levels and shift work. AIMS To clarify the influence of shift work on serum UA levels in Jap...