OBJECTIVES To extend our knowledge of how exposure to neurotoxic substances during working life affects cognitive functioning in the long term. Does long term occupational exposure to organic solvents lead to aggravated cognitive impairment later in life? METHODS A follow up was conducted of floor layers exposed to solvents and their unexposed referents (carpenters) 18 years after the baselin...

Abstract Background Despite EU regulatory standards, many workers suffer injury as a result of working with hand-held vibrating tools. Our aim this study was to confirm whether carpenters, highly exposed group, more injuries their hands than painters, group assumed be less vibration. Methods 193 carpenters (participation rate 100%) and 72 painters 67%), all men, answered questionnaire underwent...

background exposure to the excessive levels of occupational noise is one of the principal harmful agents affecting the workers’ health. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the occupational noise exposure and the hearing loss caused by working in small-scale service industries in the city of damavand, close to the metropolitan capital city of tehran, iran. methods this descr...

background: morning reports are one the most popular clinical education in hospital setting. the first step to improve quality of this educational method is to know about current situation. the aim of this study was to study the effect of educational workshop on quality of morning report in golestan university of medical sciences. methods: in this interventional study, using census sampling 147...

The rapid growth in the number of seismic retrofitting old wooden houses carried out Kochi prefecture has attracted attention. However, many other prefectures, this not increased. Collaboration among stakeholders is important for promotion because a variety are involved, including prefectural and city governments, architects, carpenters. This study examined ways to promote while considering coll...

Manual material handling (MMH) is unavoidable because of the nature of jobs or tasks as and man-machine interfaces in a construction worksystem. Data were collected from six strata of workers viz., masons, mason helpers, carpenters, welders, gas cutters and ground-level helpers (259 out of 700 workers) from a construction site of a steel plant located in India to analyze different types of occu...