since work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) have a high prevalence in different industries, in order to quantify the prevalence of wmsds of the upper limbs in of exposed group and find a relationship between exposure indices and effect indicators, this research was carried out. a total of 404 male exposed and of 120 male non-exposed workers of qaemshahre (northern iran) weaving factory...

The ENVISAT Satellite Payload includes the SCIAMACHY instrument designed to measure a number of chemically important atmospheric trace constituents on a global basis. Accurate determination of cloud information out of SCIAMACHY nadir measurements is needed for the retrieval of ozone and other trace gases and it is crucial for more demanding applications like aerosol retrieval and the retrieval ...

A total workforce of 5776 individuals (M=4005, F=1771, exposed n=3455 and controls n=2321) in thirty plants of the upholstered manufacturing industry in a large geographical area of Southern Italy was examined by a network of occupational health physicians over a 4-year period (2000-2003). More than 60 percent of the workforce studied was within large size companies (>500 employees). Exposed gr...

OBJECTIVE intervene a workline throughout ergonomic approach to diminish incidence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). METHODS AND MATERIALS an ergonomic intervention study was developed in workstations with highest index of musculoskeletal disorder (MED) associated to cumulative trauma. The Deparis method, Reba and Ocra check list methods were used, also morbility reviewes. National and interna...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to analyse the convergence of two methods by comparing exposure and the assessed risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders at 18 repetitive task workstations. The already established occupational repetitive actions (OCRA) and the recently developed upper limb risk assessment (ULRA) produce correlated results (R = 0.84, p = 0.0001). A discussion of the fac...