Workaholism phenomenon affects a quarter of the employed world population. The concept has been used to describe hardworking employees, which is not resulting from external requirements. Considering that organizations with well-developed workplace spirituality have employees more committed achieving self-development, but also serve company, relationship between workaholism and straightforward, ...

background health care workers (hcws) are at high risk for acquisition of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection due to occupational exposure to potentially infectious body fluids. this study was carried out to determine the prevalence of hbv markers and vaccination compliance among different categories of hcws in fars province, iran. patients and methods a total of 346 hcws working at gerash and ev...

background: to establish a balance between work (physical exercise) and human, the aerobic capacity (vo2max) could be used as a measure. assessing heart rate in association to physiological symptoms is the most commonly used tools for the assessment of fatigue during physical exercise. this study aimed to investigate the association between the aerobic capacity and the heart rate of workers fro...

Retired-worker families: Worker only------------------------------------. Male ________________________________________--. Female ____________ ____________________--------. Worker and aged wife ____________________________ Survivor families: Aged widow---.---.---_------------------------. Widowed mother and 2 children ________________. Disabled-worker families: Worker only-----.___-----__------...

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is characterized by the unexplained losses of large numbers of adult worker bees (Apis mellifera) from apparently healthy colonies. Although infections, toxins, and other stressors have been associated with the onset of CCD, the pathogenesis of this disorder remains obscure. Recently, a proteomics study implicated a double-stranded DNA virus, invertebrate iridesce...

The influence of occupational exposures on total mortality and respiratory mortality and morbidity was examined, employing a population specific Job Exposure Matrix (JEM). Moreover, the relationship between time-related variables of exposure to dust and chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD) incidence was analysed, using time since first exposure and duration of exposure. Occupational exposur...

Information on the healthy worker hire effect in relation to asthma is scant. We aimed to assess whether and how childhood asthma-related characteristics (before hire) relate to occupational exposures at first hire. Analyses were conducted in 298 children examined at the first survey of the Epidemiological Study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (1991-1995), who reported a training peri...

Pathways assigned Grace a community health worker who for eight months visited her at home and brought her supplies before Grace had the courage to leave her house and re-enter the world. Grace resumed services from community mental health and began treatment for her diabetes. After 18 months of support from her community health worker and regular counseling, Grace’s diabetes is now under contr...

BACKGROUND Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) is an imperative chemical substance used in the production of polyurethane foams, elastomers, paints and coatings that cause a variety of health problems in workers who are exposed in work places. This study aimed to determine the asthma symptoms and serum specific IgE levels in TDI exposed workers and comparing the results with healthy control group. MET...