Occupational Diseases - Etiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A national survey of support and counselling after maternal death.

30 Oct 2009 The 2000-2002 Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health report highlighted several cases of maternal death where the staff who had been involved, were not offered support. The report recommended that 'Trusts must make provision for the ... Read more...

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...

Squatting, sitting on the floor, or cycling: are life-long daily activities risk factors for clinical knee osteoarthritis? Stage III results of a community-based study.

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between occupations, sports, life-long daily activities, and knee osteoarthritis. METHODS: In this case-control study, we randomly recruited 480 subjects with knee osteoarthritis, who had participated in the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Occupational Diseases - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A national survey of support and counselling after maternal death. 30 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders in the working population. 13 Oct 2009
• Squatting, sitting on the floor, or cycling: are life-long daily activities risk factors for clinical knee osteoarthritis? Stage III results of a community-based study. 13 Oct 2009
• Sodium fluoroacetate (1080): assessment of occupational exposures and selection of a provisional biological exposure index. 9 Sep 2009
• "Harpist's finger: case report of a trauma-induced blister in a beginner harpist and review of string instrument-assocaited skin problems in musicians". 30 Aug 2009
• Occurrence of frostbite in the general population--work-related and individual factors. 30 Aug 2009
• [The requirements and difficulties of patient movement during medical nursing] 14 Aug 2009
• Short-term effects of implemented high intensity shoulder elevation during computer work. 8 Aug 2009
• Is contraction of hepatitis B occupational hazard? Case on point: Fidelity and Guaranty Ins. Co.v. Polk County, 2009-FL-3377 (7/14/2009)-FL. 30 Jul 2009
• ALS in Italian professional soccer players: the risk is still present and could be soccer-specific. 30 Jul 2009
• Musculoskeletal disorders in physically active conscripts: a one-year follow-up study in the Finnish Defence Forces. 20 Jul 2009
• Influence of occupational stress on mental health among Chinese off-shore oil workers. 7 Jul 2009
• A 'pilot' study on air-travel and venous thromboembolism. 4 Jul 2009
• Musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial risk factors among veterinarians in Queensland, Australia. 29 Jun 2009
• Occupational vocal health: an emerging workplace wellness issue. 29 Jun 2009
• Formative research in occupational health and safety intervention for diverse, underserved worker populations: a homecare worker intervention project. 29 Jun 2009
• Ethnographic evaluation of a lay health promoter program to reduce occupational injuries among Latino poultry processing workers. 29 Jun 2009
• A conceptual framework for integrating workplace health promotion and occupational ergonomics programs. 29 Jun 2009
• Asbestos, lung cancer and mesothelioma in the British Journal of Industrial Medicine. 29 Jun 2009
• Do all occupational respiratory sensitisers follow the united airways disease model? 29 Jun 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