AIMS To investigate the awareness and knowledge of hazardous drinking limits among the general population in Sweden and the extent to which people estimate their alcohol consumption in standard drinks to assess their level of drinking. METHODS A population-based study involving 6000 individuals selected from the total Swedish population was performed. Data were collected by means of a postal ...

Aims: To investigate the awareness and knowledge of hazardous drinking limits among the general population in Sweden and the extent to which people estimate their alcohol consumption in standard drinks to assess their level of drinking. Methods: A population-based study involving 6000 individuals selected from the total Swedish population was performed. Data were collected by means of a postal ...

Need for an online hazardous waste tracking system Suneel Pandey Hazardous waste management is one of the most challenging aspects of any environmental management system for any industry. There are more than 50 000 chemical substances, with one million combinations, used in industrial activities. Hazardous wastes – in the form of solids, liquids gases or sludge – are generated by a wide range o...

We introduce a novel simulation-based approach to identify hazards that result from unexpected worker behavior in human-robot collaboration. Simulation-based safety testing must take into account the fact human is variable and error can occur. When only expected simulated, critical remain undis...

This study empirically evaluates whether the increasingly large numbers of private outpatient healthcare facilities (HCFs) within the European Union (EU) countries comply with the existing European waste legislation, and whether compliance with such legislation affects the fraction of healthcare waste (HCW) classified as hazardous. To that end, this study uses data collected by a large survey o...

BACKGROUND The number of American study abroad students increased more than 150% in the past decade, along with growth in destinations with increased health risks. This study investigated travel health risk perceptions and prevention behaviors to guide interventions that address the emerging health needs of US study abroad students. METHOD A cross-sectional design was used to collect data fro...

BACKGROUND Considering the high socioeconomic inequalities prevailing in Brazil and lifestyle as a strong determinant of morbidity and premature mortality, our purpose was to evaluate the degree of socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of health behaviors among Brazilian adult population using data from the 2013 Brazilian National Health Survey. METHOD Based on a sample of 49,025 indivi...

How people perceive the nature of a hazardous substance may determine how they respond when potentially exposed to it. We tested a new Perceptions AbouT Hazardous Substances (PATHS) questionnaire. In Study 1 (N = 21), we assessed the face validity of items concerning perceptions about eight properties of a hazardous substance. In Study 2 (N = 2030), we tested the factor structure, reliability a...

Main results For men, both hazardous/harmful and non/occasional drinkers reported higher symptom scores and lower positive affect than light drinkers. The mental health of non-drinkers could not be explained by a history of hazardous/harmful drinking or current tobacco or cannabis use. Higher levels of distress were accounted for by poorer physical health and lower extraversion. For women, haza...