AIMS To re-examine aerodigestive cancer risk in a cohort of autoworkers exposed to metal working fluids (MWF), using improved case definition and more recently diagnosed cases. METHODS The autoworker cohort included 31 100 hourly workers alive on 1 January 1985 who worked at three automobile plants in Michigan. A case-cohort design was carried out that included incident cases of cancers of th...

This article highlights the importance of organizational resources and individual capabilities for interactions relationships among social partners in European sectoral dialogue committees (SSDCs). We use an actor-centred approach to investigate work programme setting hospital metalworking SSDCs. Our research reveals differences how partner organizations coordinate integrate members In hospital...

in march 2004, a fluxgate gradiometer survey was conducted over tepe ghabristan, covering approximately 6ha of ground. it identified further areas of the iron age cemetery with possible grave pits (areas b and c). in addition, an irrigation channel was discovered which could be contemporary to these iron age graves (area d). the anomalies in area e can be interpreted as buried structural remain...

PROBLEM/CONDITION Cases of work-related asthma (WRA) are sentinel health events that indicate the need for preventive intervention. WRA includes new-onset asthma caused by workplace exposure to sensitizers or irritants and preexisting asthma exacerbated by workplace exposures. REPORTING PERIOD This report reviews cases of WRA identified by state health departments from January 1, 1993, throug...

1. Toyama Y , Chin K , Chihara Y , et al . Association between sleep apnea, sleep duration, and serum lipid profi le in an urban, male, working population in Japan . Chest . 2013 ; 143 ( 3 ): 720 728 . 2. Sharma SK , Agrawal S , Damodaran D , et al . CPAP for the metabolic syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea . N Engl J Med . 2011 ; 365 ( 24 ): 2277 2286 . 3. Nakayama-Ashida Y , Ta...

Metalworking equipment is designed to modify a sheet, rod, or block of metal material in order to shape it for a specific application. This equipment can operate on the metal by bending it, drilling through it, or by cutting it. For small-scale operations, many tools require a significant amount of manual input. Unless the operator has extensive training and experience, the manual input may not...

Using the methods of soil analysis and geostatistics combined with GIS, this paper determined and mapped the spatial distribution of soil DTPA-extractable copper (Cu) in cultivated fields of Shenyang suburbs of China, aimed to assess the roles of industries and agricultural managements in affecting the spatial heterogeneity of soil Cu in this region. The results showed that the soil DTPA-extrac...

This research examines the capital budgeting practices used by small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) in two Portuguese industries, footwear metalworking, aiming at answering following questions: How much knowledge do managers have about practices? What are most importance they attribute to applying them? The was conducted through an online survey with a response rate of 14.9%. results document th...