The first recognition of the profession of occupational hygienist was preceded by at least 200 years of developments in disease prevention practices in the workplace, many of which could readily be characterized as occupational hygiene. The nature and pace of adoption of these practices depended on the contemporary state of technology, science, medicine and social concern. At first it was a mat...

1 IARC, Lyon, France; 2 Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Uomo e dell’Ambiente, Universita’ di Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3 Institute of Hygiene, Public Health, Health Services and Management, Bucharest, Romania; 4 Institute of Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia; 5 Department of Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland; 6 National Inst...

1 IARC, Lyon, France; 2 Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Uomo e dell’Ambiente, Universita’ di Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3 Institute of Hygiene, Public Health, Health Services and Management, Bucharest, Romania; 4 Institute of Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia; 5 Department of Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland; 6 National Inst...

BACKGROUND In 2010, an accreditation system for occupational health services (OHS) in Norway was implemented. AIMS To examine OHS experiences of the accreditation system in Norway 4 years after its implementation. METHODS A web-based questionnaire was sent to all accredited OHS asking about their experiences with the accreditation system. Responses were compared with a similar survey conduc...

OBJECTIVE Through a content analysis of qualitative research published 1993-2011, we sought to determine how qualitative research can inform clinical reasoning among occupational therapy practitioners to support evidence-based, occupation-focused services for children and youth with autism and their families. METHOD A qualitative literature search of journals inside and outside occupational t...

This paper summarizes what is known about preventable causes of occupational cancer, including single agents, complex mixtures, and broad occupational associations. Epidemiologic methods have been very successful in documenting cancer risks associated with single agents. Epidemiologic data are most conclusive when an exposure-response relationship can be demonstrated. Examples of agents for whi...

Norway has an area of approximately 320,000 square kilometres, with a population of only about 3*2 millions. About 30% of the population live in the cities, whereas 20% live in suburban and industrial areas and other population centres, and the remaining 50% in rural areas. The main occupations in Norway are agriculture and forestry, fishing and whaling, manufacturing and trade, as well as busi...

background: with the rising of baking industries in bangladesh, more female workers are surprisingly engaged compared to male workers. the major aim of this study was to observe the working conditions, available safety facilities and hygiene maintained by the female workers. methods: a cross sectional survey was carried out among the randomly selected 384 female workers from different baking in...