BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death world-wide. Among the possible causes, occupational risk factors play a major role and are potentially preventable. We reviewed the scientific evidence about lung cancer burden due to occupation. METHODS We reviewed the literature and selected population case-control and cohort studies which provided estimates of ...

The ESA INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophyisics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is composed of two main instruments (IBIS and SPI) for the γ−ray astrophysics (20 keV – 10 MeV), plus two monitors (JEM-X and OMC) for X-ray and optical counterparts. It was launched on October 17 th , 2002, from the Baikonur cosmod-rome (Kazakhstan) and it will be active at least up to 2008. A selection of its main scientific ...

From the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (ADP, NRC, PMR, JEB), the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Cardiovascular Research (ADP, NRC, PMR), the Leducq Center for Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disorders (PMR), the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (PMR) and Preventive Medicine (ADP, NRC, JEM, PMR, JEB), Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, ...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Das Einatmen von beruflich bedingten Noxen (Dämpfe, Gase, Stäube, Rauche) kann zu unterschiedlichsten Gesundheitsproblemen führen. Beschäftigte aus dem Gesundheitsdienst und der Wohlfahrtspflege sind bei ihrer Tätigkeit z. B. Inhalationsanästhetika, Desinfektionsmitteln -reinigern chirurgischen Rauchgasen ausgesetzt. Fragestellung In dieser Untersuchung soll ermittel...

AIMS To determine if a job exposure matrix (JEM) could be developed using the California Department of Pesticide Regulation Pesticide Usage Database in conjunction with crop, time, and county specific self reported work history and to determine if this was a feasible method to obtain exposure estimates to triazine herbicides. METHODS Agricultural work histories were gathered from women enroll...

There is a long history of the microbe-collection experiments at high altitude. Microbes have been collected using balloons, aircraft and meteorological rockets. Spore forming fungi and Bacilli, and Micrococci have been isolated in these experiments. It is not clear how high do microbes go up. If the microbes might have been present even at higher altitudes, the fact would endorse the possibili...

The influence of occupational exposures on total mortality and respiratory mortality and morbidity was examined, employing a population specific Job Exposure Matrix (JEM). Moreover, the relationship between time-related variables of exposure to dust and chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD) incidence was analysed, using time since first exposure and duration of exposure. Occupational exposur...

OBJECTIVES The role of occupational exposures in hairy cell leukaemia was investigated through a multicentre, hospital based, case-control study. This paper analyses the role of exposure to solvents other than benzene in hairy cell leukaemia. METHODS The study included 226 male cases and 425 matched controls, exposure to solvents was evaluated by expert case by case review of the detailed dat...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) using a job-exposure matrix (JEM) to assess exposure to occupational magnetic fields at the power frequencies of 50/60 Hz. METHODS The study population consisted of 694 cases of NHL, first diagnosed between 1 January 2000 and 31 August 2001, and 694 controls from two regions in Australia, matched by age, sex and region of reside...

JEM © The Rockefeller University Press $8.00 Vol. 203, No. 1, January 23, 2006 21–26 www.jem.org/cgi/doi/10.1084/jem.20052093 21 One of the most characteristic features of the mucosal immune system of most mammals is the dominant presence of SAbs, particularly secretory IgA (SIgA), an antibody class unique to the mucosae. At least 80% of all Ig-producing plasma cells in the body are found in th...