Occupational Diseases - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Risk factors for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in the working population.

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative importance of personal and occupational risk factors for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in the working population. METHODS: A total of 3,710 workers (58% men) participating in a surveillance program of ... Read more...

Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers.

29 Sep 2009 This study examined the relationship between routine work environment stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of police officers (N = 180) who were first assessed during academy training and reassessed 1-year later. In a ... Read more...

[EBC: a new matrix for assessment of airway and lung inflammation. Current aspects of environmental and occupational medicine]

5 Aug 2009 For many environmental and occupational pollutants the respiratory system represents the route of entry. Inflammation is a fundamental process in the pathophysiological cascade leading to respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Occupational Diseases - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Risk factors for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in the working population. 13 Oct 2009
• Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers. 29 Sep 2009
• Tennis elbow. 31 Aug 2009
• [Renewed review during continuous investigation--in reality a reconsideration] 30 Aug 2009
• [EBC: a new matrix for assessment of airway and lung inflammation. Current aspects of environmental and occupational medicine] 5 Aug 2009
• [Limit the Swedish Social Insurance Agency's review of occupational injury cases] 30 Jul 2009
• [Nocturnal pain in the hands] 21 Jul 2009
• Musculoskeletal disorders in physically active conscripts: a one-year follow-up study in the Finnish Defence Forces. 20 Jul 2009
• [An unusual interstitial pneumonitis] 29 Jun 2009
• [The interest of otoacoustic emissions in medical expertises for noise-induced hearing loss] 29 Jun 2009
• Occupational constrictive bronchiolitis with normal physical, functional and image findings. 29 Jun 2009
• Follow-up diagnostic procedures in lung cancer screening. 29 Jun 2009
• Lead poisoning. 25 Jun 2009
• [A 35-year old bricklayer with malperfusion of the left hand] 22 Jun 2009
• [Carpal tunnel syndrome as possible occupational disease. Occupational medicine assessment] 21 Jun 2009
• [Carpal tunnel syndrome as a possible occupational disease. Neurologic assessment] 21 Jun 2009
• Analyzing musculoskeletal neck pain, measured as present pain and periods of pain, with three different regression models: a cohort study. 17 Jun 2009
• [Validity and reliability of a screening instrument for the identification of extensive work-related problems in patients with chronic diseases (SIMBO-C)] 7 Jun 2009
• [Quality of life and musculoskeletal symptoms in hospital housekeeping workers] 30 May 2009
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by occupational exposure to phytase. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Occupational Diseases'

Definition: Diseases due to factors involved in one's employment. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

Descriptor UI: D009784

Alternative terms: Occupational Diseases; Diseases, Occupational; Disease, Occupational; Occupational Disease;

Related Mesh Headings: Accidents, Occupational;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.447;

Technical Notes: the patient or disease: differentiate from INDUSTRY (the realm of labor, capital & trade) & OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE (the med specialty): Manual 31.14, 31.16; coord IM with specific dis (IM); DF: OCCUP DIS