improvements in science and technology and the use of modern machinery in manufacture have led to increase in the number of workers exposed to hazardous agents including noise. this study evaluated the effects of occupational noise on hearing loss and blood pressure in welders after 4 years.in this cohort study, all of the welders working at one of neyshabur's water heater producing factories w...

length, introduction, background, purpose/goal, methods, results, discussion, and implications for practice. The use of tables and figures is also discussed.

The aerial spray prediction model AgDRIFT embodies the computational engine found in the near-wake Lagrangian model AGricultural DISPersal (AGDISP) but with several important features added that improve the speed and accuracy of its predictions. This article summarizes those changes, describes the overall analytical approach to the model, and details model implementation, application, limits, a...

Efficiency is one of the most important elements competition. In order for enterprises to maintain their competitiveness in market, it inevitable that they reduce unit costs products produce and increase efficiency, depending on collected study information. At same time, businesses know which product, how what time so can use resources best way. Work study; It carried out determine a job with l...

Malaysia has become part of the world’s manufacturer among Asian country. This has put manufacturing industry as a major sector in the foreign direct investment (FDI) in this country. However, this recognition has created occupational safety and health (OSH) issues among the workers while they are at work. These emerging OSH issues impacted additional noise sources, use of hazardous material, i...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to estimate occupational exposure to wood dust in the furniture industry in a minor industrial estate in Bursa, Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted between October 2006 and May 2007. In this study, a total of 656 persons, 328 woodworkers and 328 controls were included. A questionnaire was used in the study. Physical examination and the pu...