Industry - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

How long is long enough? Evaluating sampling durations for low back EMG assessment.

29 Sep 2008 Few ergonomic measurement tools explicitly state when and how to sample exposures. Traditional ergonomic sampling has used short, task-based or worst-case measurements, but these may misrepresent exposures, since they neglect the temporal ... Read more...

Circumstances of fatal lockout/tagout-related injuries in manufacturing.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Over the past few decades, hundreds of manufacturing workers have suffered fatal injuries while performing maintenance and servicing on machinery and equipment. Using lockout/tagout procedures could have prevented many of these deaths. ... Read more...

Development and sensitivity of a 12-h laboratory test with Daphnia magna Straus based on avoidance of pulp mill effluents.

7 Sep 2008 Studies on avoidance of contaminants by aquatic organisms verified that such behavior may have crucial ecological implications. Yet, avoidance tests have not been considered in ecological risk assessments. This study aimed at developing a ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Industry'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? Yes. 30 Sep 2008
• Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? No. 30 Sep 2008
• How long is long enough? Evaluating sampling durations for low back EMG assessment. 29 Sep 2008
• Circumstances of fatal lockout/tagout-related injuries in manufacturing. 29 Sep 2008
• Swollen with success. 16 Sep 2008
• President's page: disclosures, transparency, and firewalls protect integrity. 7 Sep 2008
• Development and sensitivity of a 12-h laboratory test with Daphnia magna Straus based on avoidance of pulp mill effluents. 7 Sep 2008
• Re: A rebuttal: secret ties to industry and conflicting interests in cancer research, March, 2007; 50(3):227-233. 30 Aug 2008
• Can a transitional work grant program in a workers' compensation system reduce cost and facilitate return to work? 30 Aug 2008
• Formaldehyde exposure in U.S. industries from OSHA air sampling data. 30 Aug 2008
• It takes an entrepreneur. 30 Aug 2008
• The need for a regen industry voice. 30 Aug 2008
• Lockout basics. 30 Aug 2008
• How to use the 'minor service exception'. 30 Aug 2008
• All eyes on the prize. 30 Aug 2008
• Curbing forklift impacts. 30 Aug 2008
• Steering patients to safer hospitals? The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions. 27 Aug 2008
• Soil radionuclide concentrations and radiological assessment in and around a refining and petrochemical company in Warri, Niger Delta, Nigeria. 18 Aug 2008
• Getting the party started. Industry hopes healthcare is priority at nominating conventions. 16 Aug 2008
• Lung cancer mortality in towns near paper, pulp and board industries in Spain: a point source pollution study. 12 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Industry'

Definition: The aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principle product, as "the automobile industry", "the steel industry". It includes the ownership and management of companies, factories, industrial plants, etc. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D007221

Alternative terms: Industry; Industries; Tertiary Sector; Sector, Tertiary; Sectors, Tertiary; Tertiary Sectors; Industrialization;

Related Mesh Headings: Commerce; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Medicine; Workplace; Ethics, Business;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.576;

History Note: 73

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; relation to INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE see OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE & OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES: Manual 31.2, 31.14; DF: INDUST