Sentences with phrase «with occupational exposure»

(28) Women with occupational exposure to solvents improved after therapy that included sauna use.

The latency period for is 30 - 50 years so those diagnosed from occupational exposure are usually in their seventies whereas those diagnosed younger than 55 are rarely associated with occupational exposure.

Not exact matches

According to a study in Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, exposure to air fresheners during pregnancy and within the first six months of a baby's life was associated with diarrhea and earaches in infants, as well as headaches and depression in mothers.

«One of the surprising findings from this study was that even the subjects who had extreme exposure — two subjects who went to a music festival with 16 hours of exposure at 101 to 103 dBA (A-weighted decibels), which is around 1,000 percent of the daily occupational noise limit — had only temporary changes on some functional tests, with no evidence of permanent pathology,» Le Prell said.

Professor Nicola Cherry, originally from the University of Manchester but now at the University of Alberta, commented on a recent companion paper published by the group in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: «In addition to cannabis exposure shown in this paper, we also know that men exposed to paint strippers and lead are also at risk of having sperm with poor morphology.»

The authors recommend that individuals with significant occupational exposure to silica be offered screening beginning at age 50 years if they also have smoked the equivalent of one pack a day for at least 20 pack - years; what experts call 20 pack - years of smoking.

The incidence of malignant mesothelioma is higher in locations with known industrial and occupational exposure and for similar reasons the incidence is higher in men, with a male to female ratio of 4:1 to 8:1.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio collaborated with the North Dakota department of health to round up more than 30 individuals with high occupational exposure to erionite dust, including some who had worked in the quarries and on the crews that paved the roads.

Gulf War veterans with low - level exposure to chemical weapons show lasting adverse effects on brain structure and memory function, reports a study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Other changes seen after occupational exposure are: «alveolar proteinosis and wall thickening, diffuse pulmonary fibrosis, and interstitial emphysema,» along with some nodule formation.

The Kogevinas study found a 20 percent increased risk for all cancers with occupational dioxin exposure, but those who were most highly exposed (20 or more years of work experience) had an 8 percent decreased risk of all cancers.13

High lead, copper, manganese, or mercury levels are associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), impulsivity, anger, aggression, inability to inhibit inappropriate responding, juvenile delinquency and criminality.126 Occupational mercury exposure has been found to cause depression, anxiety, anger, antisocial behavior and aggressiveness.127

Those studies showing some negative effects of near infrared (who have nothing to do with their use in the sauna), they were for occupational exposure to welders and glass blowers.

Human epidemiological studies show no increase in pulmonary disease in occupational populations with chronic exposures to borate dust and no effect on fertility.»

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has actually set a recommended exposure limit (REL) for paraffin wax fumes for people who work with this manufactured ingredient: 2 mg / m3 of fume exposure over an 8 - hour workday.

Concurrently, the zoonotic profile of leptospirosis has shifted from an occupational hazard affecting mainly meat - production workers & veterinary personnel to a disease associated with recreational exposure to contaminated water & soil, e.g. boating, fishing, etc..

Occupational studies (of workers with lifelong exposure in factories making it) showed no evidence of cancer spikes (this info is in the links in my post).

Finally, the doses received from reactor accidents can fall into the range of occupational exposures, where excess cancers have been found with epidemiological data, when huge worker populations are merged, as I wrote in a previous message.

-- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish standards for protection against radiation (including occupational exposures) resulting from activities at facilities that use an advanced fuel recycling process, including facilities to fabricate fuel enriched with actinide elements other than uranium.

There is no reason to believe, based on the levels and frequencies of the sounds and the panel's experience with sound exposures in occupational settings, that the sounds from wind turbines could plausibly have direct adverse health consequences.

In our view, this decision increases the responsibility of employers with respect to occupational health and safety measures by broadening their criminal liability exposure.

In reference to criminal prosecution cases, we deal with all types of incidents including falls from height, trench collapses, electrocutions, collisions between plant and collisions between plant and pedestrians, overturning plant, crane collapses, incidents involving machinery and guarding, exposure to noxious gases and legionella cases as well as occupational health cases e.g. Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome.

And The Guardian reminded us about the interplay between health and environment with a report about new evidence in Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggesting a link between fat deposits and raised cortisol levels caused by exposure to traffic noise.

Evidence indicates that familial context (i.e. parents educational level or occupational status) and residence in deprived neighborhoods, with more exposure to deviant peer behavior and lower social support, are more related to externalizing problems [54, 55].