Improvement of working conditions in small-scale enterprises and the informal economy (SSE-IE) is essential to raise the occupational safety and health (OSH) level in a country, as majority of labour population is working in SSE-IE in any countries. Small-scale enterprises and the informal economy promote industry and expand employment opportunities, develop a pool of skilled and semiskilled wo...

Hard metals are an important material due to their specific properties, such as high degree of hardness and resistance to abrasive wear, and they are in wide use today. There are indications that hard metal aerosols can endanger human health. Discussions are ongoing as to how to categorize hard metals as hazardous as a result. This categorization will require deciding in particular how to deter...

The knowledge-intensive information economy is upon us while at the same time existing working organisation and tools are not anymore appropriate to support remote knowledge workers collaborating together, their concurrent tasks and related information “tsunami” over flooding them. As a consequence, working organisation is shifting towards networked individuals driven simultaneously by the nece...

Initial Outcomes Selected for the ASSIST Evaluation .................................................... 119 Cigarette Price ...................................................................................................................120 Strength of Clean Indoor Air Legislation ............................................................................122 Smoke-free Workplaces .............

Background: Formaldehyde is one of the most serious air contaminant that can be found everywhere. Some of the source of formaldehyde include product of building materials, decorated materials, cigarette smoke, etc. Aldehydes compounds especially formaldehyde are used as disinfectants for sterilization in different industries. In this study we measured formaldehyde workplace exposure with NIOS...

The results of the dust content study at workplaces foundry parts with different production patterns are considered. It is noted that in sections working area air exceeds maximum permissible concentrations all workplaces, while greatest exceedances mass workshops. impact exposed to cutters, cleaners and casting technicians.

BACKGROUND The six most important cost-effective policies on tobacco control can be measured by the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS). The objective of our study was to describe the correlation between the TCS and smoking prevalence, self-reported exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and attitudes towards smoking restrictions in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU27). METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDING...

OBJECTIVE In this research, we aimed to evaluate the support for asbestos health consultation in health centers. METHOD In this exploratory descriptive study, a self-administered original questionnaire was developed and used. Among all 517 health centers, valid responses were returned from 323 (62.5%) consenting centers. RESULT Consultations in the previous year ranged from 0-108 cases, wit...

I . SOURCES AND LEVELS OF RADON EXPOSURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 A . Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 B . Indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...