Issue 1/2016
Content (57 Articles)
Involvement of lysosomal dysfunction in silver nanoparticle-induced cellular damage in A549 human lung alveolar epithelial cells
Takamitsu Miyayama, Masato Matsuoka
Burnout among young physicians and its association with physicians’ wishes to leave: results of a survey in Saxony, Germany
Birte Pantenburg, Melanie Luppa, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Erratum to: Vaccination against hepatitis b virus: are Italian medical students sufficiently protected after the public vaccination programme?
Monica Lamberti, Alfredo De Rosa, Elpidio Maria Garzillo, Anna Rita Corvino, Nicola Sannolo, Stefania De Pascalis, Eliana Di Fiore, Claudia Westermann, Antonio Arnese, Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Albert Nienhaus, Antônio Paulino Ribeiro Sobrinho, Nicola Coppola
Consequences of tuberculosis among asylum seekers for health care workers in Germany
Roland Diel, Robert Loddenkemper, Albert Nienhaus
Physicians’ working conditions in hospitals from the students’ perspective (iCEPT-Study)—results of a web-based survey
Jan Bauer, David A. Groneberg
Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among textile factory workers at Hawassa Town, Southern Ethiopia
Sebsibe Tadesse, Temesgen Kelaye, Yalemzewod Assefa
Health status of male steel workers at an electric arc furnace (EAF) in Trentino, Italy
Roberto Cappelletti, Marcello Ceppi, Justina Claudatus, Valerio Gennaro
An updated re-analysis of the mortality risk from nasopharyngeal cancer in the National Cancer Institute formaldehyde worker cohort study
Gary M. Marsh, Peter Morfeld, Sarah D. Zimmerman, Yimeng Liu, Lauren C. Balmert
Use of an audience response system to maximise response rates and expedite a modified Delphi process for consensus on occupational health
Tar-Ching Aw, Tom Loney, Anza Elias, Soha Ali, Balázs Ádám
Fipronil induces lung inflammation in vivo and cell death in vitro
Kaitlin Merkowsky, Ram S. Sethi, Jatinder P. S. Gill, Baljit Singh
Work-related diabetes distress among Finnish workers with type 1 diabetes: a national cross-sectional survey
Pirjo Hakkarainen, Leena Moilanen, Vilma Hänninen, Jarmo Heikkinen, Kimmo Räsänen
Daily commuting to work is not associated with variables of health
Daniel Mauss, Marc N. Jarczok, Joachim E. Fischer
German version of the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ): translation and validation
Steffi Kreuzfeld, Reingard Seibt, Mohit Kumar, Annika Rieger, Regina Stoll
Design and methodology of the Geo-social Analysis of Physicians’ settlement (GAP-Study) in Germany
David A. Groneberg, Michael Boll, Jan Bauer
Awareness of occupational hazards and associated factors among welders in Lideta Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sebsibe Tadesse, Kassahun Bezabih, Bikes Destaw, Yalemzewod Assefa
Occupational injuries among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sebsibe Tadesse, Dagnachew Israel
Endotoxin, dust and exhaled nitrogen oxide among hand pickers of coffee; a cross-sectional study
Bente Elisabeth Moen, Akwilina Kayumba, Gloria Sakwari, Simon Henry David Mamuya, Magne Bråtveit
Identification of metal sensitization in sarcoid-like metal-exposed patients by the MELISA® lymphocyte proliferation test — a pilot study
Elizabeth Fireman, Amir Bar Shai, Yifat Alcalay, Noa Ophir, Shmuel Kivity, Vera Stejskal
Standardized assessment of psychosocial factors and their influence on medically confirmed health outcomes in workers: a systematic review
Susel Rosário, João A. Fonseca, Albert Nienhaus, José Torres da Costa
Wellbeing and occupational risk perception among health care workers: a multicenter study in Morocco and France
Doina Ileana Giurgiu, Christine Jeoffrion, Christine Roland-Lévy, Benjamin Grasset, Brigitte Keriven Dessomme, Leila Moret, Yves Roquelaure, Alain Caubet, Christian Verger, Chakib El Houssine Laraqui, Pierre Lombrail, Christian Geraut, Dominique Tripodi
Could the significantly increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis reported in Italian male steel workers be explained by occupational exposure to cadmium?
Daniel Murphy, Benjamin James, David Hutchinson
“Decision-critical” work: a conceptual framework
Xiangning Fan, Charl Els, Kenneth J. Corbet, Sebastian Straube
Stonefish envenomation of hand with impending compartment syndrome
Terence Khai Wei Tay, Han Zhe Chan, Tunku Sara Tunku Ahmad, Kok Kheng Teh, Tze Hau Low, Nuraliza Ab Wahab
Influence of the Kinaesthetics care conception during patient handling on the development of musculoskeletal complaints and diseases – A scoping review
Alice Freiberg, Maria Girbig, Ulrike Euler, Julia Scharfe, Albert Nienhaus, Sonja Freitag, Andreas Seidler
Cardiovascular risk factors among industrial workers: a cross–sectional study from eastern Nepal
Prajjwal Pyakurel, Prahlad Karki, Madhab Lamsal, Anup Ghimire, Paras Kumar Pokharel
Health behaviour, health status and occupational prospects of apprentice nurses and kindergarten teachers in Germany: a cross-sectional study
Tanja Wirth, Agnessa Kozak, Grita Schedlbauer, Albert Nienhaus
Drillers and mill operators in an open-pit gold mine are at risk for impaired lung function
Denis Vinnikov
A decade of an HIV workplace programme in armed conflict zones; a social responsibility response of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Stéphane Du Mortier, Silas Mukangu, Charles Sagna, Laurent Nyffenegger, Sigiriya Aebischer Perone
Using IFN-gamma release assay to confirm tuberculin skin test improves the screening of latent tuberculosis infection in Italian healthcare workers
Raffaela Olivieri, Sara Scarnera, Annalisa Ciabattini, Giulia De Vuono, Pietro Manzi, Gianni Pozzi, Giuseppe Battista, Donata Medaglini
Multiple subcutaneous granulomas and severe rhinitis after intradermal deposition of epoxy: a case report
Steffen Roth, Anne Kristin Møller Fell
Toll-like receptor 9 partially regulates lung inflammation induced following exposure to chicken barn air
David Schneberger, Gurpreet Aulakh, Shankaramurthy Channabasappa, Baljit Singh
Acetylsalicylic acid as a potential pediatric health hazard: legislative aspects concerning accidental intoxications in the European Union
Menen E. Mund, Christoph Gyo, Dörthe Brüggmann, David Quarcoo, David A. Groneberg
Quantification of cell-free DNA for evaluating genotoxic damage from occupational exposure to car paints
Mónica Villalba-Campos, Sandra Rocío Ramírez-Clavijo, Magda Carolina Sánchez-Corredor, Milena Rondón-Lagos, Milcíades Ibáñez-Pinilla, Ruth Marien Palma, Marcela Eugenia Varona-Uribe, Lilian Chuaire-Noack
Standard values of the upper body posture and postural control: a study protocol
Daniela Ohlendorf, Christoph Mickel, Natalie Filmann, Eileen M. Wanke, David A. Groneberg
A case-case study on sinonasal cancer prevention: effect from dust reduction in woodworking and risk of mastic/solvents in shoemaking
Enzo Emanuelli, Enrico Alexandre, Diego Cazzador, Vera Comiati, Tiziana Volo, Alessia Zanon, Maria Luisa Scapellato, Mariella Carrieri, Alessandro Martini, Giuseppe Mastrangelo
Does the Low-level occupational exposure to volatile organic compounds alter the seasonal variation of selected markers of oxidative stress? A case–control study in nail technicians
Peter Grešner, Radosław Świercz, Magdalena Beata Król, Ewa Twardowska, Jolanta Gromadzińska, Wojciech Wąsowicz
Malignant mesothelioma incidence by nation-wide cancer registry: a population-based study
Kristinn Tomasson, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Haraldur Briem, Vilhjalmur Rafnsson
It is worth 10 million working hours a year to have your toilet paper folded?
Rickard Ljung, Hedvig Ljung, Harald Ljung
Is outdoor work associated with elevated rates of cerebrovascular disease mortality? A cohort study based on iron-ore mining
Ove Björ, Håkan Jonsson, Lena Damber, Lage Burström, Tohr Nilsson
Job satisfaction of foreign-national physicians working in patient care: a cross-sectional study in Saxony, Germany
Birte Pantenburg, Katharina Kitze, Melanie Luppa, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Holi colours contain PM10 and can induce pro-inflammatory responses
Katrin Bossmann, Sabine Bach, Conny Höflich, Kerttu Valtanen, Rita Heinze, Anett Neumann, Wolfgang Straff, Katrin Süring
Gendermetrics.NET: a novel software for analyzing the gender representation in scientific authoring
Michael H. K. Bendels, Dörthe Brüggmann, Norman Schöffel, David A. Groneberg
Improved method for measurement of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in rat lung
Makoto Ohnishi, Masaaki Suzuki, Masahiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Kasai, Hirokazu Kano, Hideki Senoh, Ichiro Higashikubo, Akihiro Araki, Shoji Fukushima
Total and respirable dust exposures among carpenters and demolition workers during indoor work in Denmark
Lilli Kirkeskov, Dorte Jessing Agerby Hanskov, Charlotte Brauer
Fungal cell wall agents and bacterial lipopolysaccharide in organic dust as possible risk factors for pulmonary sarcoidosis
Sanja Stopinšek, Alojz Ihan, Barbara Salobir, Marjeta Terčelj, Saša Simčič
Imbalances in the German public health system - numbers of state-certified occupational physicians and relation to socioeconomic data
Christoph Gyo, Michael Boll, Dörthe Brüggmann, Doris Klingelhöfer, David Quarcoo, David A. Groneberg
Work-related injuries among farmers: a cross-sectional study from rural Nepal
Devendra Bhattarai, Suman Bahadur Singh, Dharanidhar Baral, Ram Bilakshan Sah, Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Paras K. Pokharel
Alternative drugs go global: possible lead and/ or mercury intoxication from imported natural health products and a need for scientifically evaluated poisoning monitoring from environmental exposures
Lygia Therese Budnik, Xaver Baur, Volker Harth, Axel Hahn
Use of moulded hearing protectors by child care workers - an interventional pilot study
Peter Koch, Johanna Stranzinger, Jan Felix Kersten, Albert Nienhaus
Prevalence and predictors of musculoskeletal pain among Danish fishermen – results from a cross-sectional survey
Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff, Helle Østergaard, Jørgen Riis Jepsen
Hepatitis C among healthcare personnel: secondary data analyses of costs and trends for hepatitis C infections with occupational causes
Claudia Westermann, Madeleine Dulon, Dana Wendeler, Albert Nienhaus
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers at a hospital in Naples, Italy, a low-incidence country
Monica Lamberti, Mariarosaria Muoio, Antonio Arnese, Sharon Borrelli, Teresa Di Lorenzo, Elpidio Maria Garzillo, Giuseppe Signoriello, Stefania De Pascalis, Nicola Coppola, Albert Nienhaus
A diagnostic bias might be a much simpler explanation for the apparently elevated risk for nasopharyngeal cancer with respect to formaldehyde
Matthias Möhner, Andrea Wendt
Hydrofluoric acid burns in the western Zhejiang Province of China: a 10-year epidemiological study
Yuanhai Zhang, Jianfen Zhang, Xinhua Jiang, Liangfang Ni, Chunjiang Ye, Chunmao Han, Komal Sharma, Xingang Wang
Selected toxic and essential heavy metals in impacted teeth and the surrounding mandibular bones of people exposed to heavy metals in the environment
Piotr Malara, Agnieszka Fischer, Beata Malara
Differential activation of RAW 264.7 macrophages by size-segregated crystalline silica
Steven E. Mischler, Emanuele G. Cauda, Michelangelo Di Giuseppe, Linda J. McWilliams, Claudette St. Croix, Ming Sun, Jonathan Franks, Luis A. Ortiz