background & aim : low back pain (lbp) has developed as a major public health problem in the western industrialized societies, and the socio-economic burden of this problem has a huge dimension. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of body mechanics behavior on lbp of workers.| methods & materials : descriptive study includes convenience sample of 290 workers who work at car prod...

AIMS To compare the prevalence and incidence of respiratory symptoms and lung function values between hairdressing apprentices and office apprentices. METHODS A total of 322 hairdressing apprentices and 277 office apprentices (controls) were studied. Two cross sectional surveys were conducted in 1994 and 1996/97 with longitudinal follow up for a subgroup of apprentices (191 hairdressing appre...

Karenia brevis (formerly Gymnodinium breve) is a marine dinoflagellate responsible for red tides that form in the Gulf of Mexico. K. brevis produces brevetoxins, the potent toxins that cause neurotoxic shellfish poisoning. There is also limited information describing human health effects from environmental exposures to brevetoxins. Our objective was to examine the impact of inhaling aerosolized...

BACKGROUND In a cross-sectional study of musculoskeletal disorders, women employed in highly repetitive manual work (garment assembly) were found to have approximately double the risk observed in a population with more varied tasks (hospital work). It was suspected that this estimate might be biased if garment workers with musculoskeletal pain were more likely than others to leave employment. ...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia, have experienced unique demographic changes. The major population growth contributor in these countries is young migrants, which has led to a shift in the population age pyramid. Migrants constitute the vast proportion of GCC countries' population reaching >80% in Qat...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the association between labour market status and death by suicide with focus on admission with a psychiatric disorder. DESIGN Nested case-control study. Data from routine registers. SETTING Entire Danish population. PARTICIPANTS 9011 people aged 25-60 years who committed suicide during 1982-1997 and 180 220 matched controls. MAIN RESULTS In the general popula...

The presumption of a possibly elevated cancer risk in coalminers is based mainly on two hypotheses. Firstly most coalmine dusts include a relevant quartz dust fraction. With a view to the possibly causal relationship between pure quartz dust exposure/ silicosis and lung cancer excess risk it is of interest to investigate whether there exists an elevated lung cancer risk in coalminers. Secondly ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the occurrence of chronic respiratory effects of exposure to organic dust in the potato processing industry. METHODS Self reported chronic respiratory symptoms and spirometric lung function were assessed in a cross sectional study among 135 potato processing workers. A comprehensive study of current exposure to dust, endotoxin, and potato antigens had been performed p...