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Mortality attributable to occupational exposure in Sweden
"Objectives The objective of this study was to estimate the mortality from cancer, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases attributable to occupational exposure in Sweden.Methods Estimates were ...
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Impact of occupation on respiratory disease
"Objectives This study identified occupations with a marked impact on sick leaves due to respiratory disease.Methods A national sick-leave register containing information on all sick leaves exceeding ...
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Assessment of historical exposures in a nickel refinery in Norway
"Objectives The aim of the study was, on the basis of new information on nickel species and exposure levels, to generate a specific exposure matrix for epidemiologic analyses in a cohort of Norwegian ...
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Occurrence of asthma and chronic bronchitis among female hairdressers : a questionnaire survey
In a questionnaire survey of 3484 hairdressers and a reference group of 3357 shop personnel in Finland, the prevalence of asthma among the hairdressers was 5.6% in 1980 and 10.1% in 1995; the ...
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Juicio de Ardystil : crónica de una tragedia
"Durante la celebración del juicio se han podido escuchar descripciones de las condiciones de trabajo que nos remontan a un lejano tiempo."
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Pulmonary responses after wood chip mulch exposure
"Organic Dust Toxic Syndrome (ODTS) is a flu-like syndrome that can occur after inhalation of cotton, grain, wood chip dusts, or other organic dusts or aerosols. We investigated whether inflammatory ...
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The impact of REACH on occupational health with a focus on skin and respiratory diseases
"The study, done by the University of Sheffield, shows that REACH would help avoid 50,000 cases of occupational respiratory diseases and 40,000 cases of occupational skin diseases from exposure to ...