Objectives This study investigated the ergonomic and safety hazards of small-scale miners in one of the largest small-scale mining area in the Philippines which is the area of Itogon, Benguet. Methods ...

Aims: To assess mortality and cancer morbidity in Canadian petroleum workers and explore exposure-response relations for specific petroleum agents. Methods: A total of 25 292 employees hired between ...

Objective To explore the level and influencing factors of frontline nurses’ post-traumatic growth (PTG) during COVID-19 epidemic. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in February 2020 in ...

Forty commercial saturation divers, mean age 34.9 (range 24-49) years, were examined one to seven years after their last deep dive (190-500 metres of seawater). Four had by then lost their divers' ...

Dr N Kawakami, Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japannorito{at}med.okayama-u.ac.jp OBJECTIVES To examine the ...

1 Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Division of Applied Research and Technology (DART), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ...

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Introduction India produces 200–250 billion clay bricks annually, the second largest producer of clay fired bricks, accounting for more than 10% of global production, in 1 50 000 to 2 00 000 brick ...