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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
OFFICAIR project: Indoor Air quality and health effects in European modern office buildings
Introduction: Indoor air quality related problems are common in offices, and should be addressed by occupational health care providers when evaluating the health risks of a work environment.
Materials and Methods: “OFFICAIR project - On the…
Materials and Methods: “OFFICAIR project - On the…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
The past as prologue: How the history of occupational illness and injury teaches us about today
The question posed in this presentation is not limited to “what” history teaches us about the occupational illness and in injury we see around us today but, as importantly, how does history teach us. If we gain the insights into the “how,” we can be…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Designing interventions to maintain work ability
Introduction: The working population is ageing and people are now
encouraged to work for longer. As a result many workers are extending their exposure to musculoskeletal risk factors when their work capacity is declining. This study aimed to examine…
encouraged to work for longer. As a result many workers are extending their exposure to musculoskeletal risk factors when their work capacity is declining. This study aimed to examine…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Indoor air humidity - the forgotten indoor parameter; impact on health, work performance, and risk of infection
Introduction: Epidemiological and experimental studies in office-like environments have shown the effects of the indoor air humidity, room temperature, and ventilation on human health, work and cognitive performance, and risk of infection.…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Preventing Tuberculosis (TB) in health workers and silica-exposed occupations
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the importance of workplace exposures and transmission in the control of airborne infectious diseases. The importance of workplace transmission of Tuberculosis (TB) has been well documented for decades, yet…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
The complex interface between occupational health, public health and travel medicine
The complex interface between occupational health, public health and travel medicine
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Investigating Adverse Respiratory Health Effects After a Major Disaster: the World Trade Center Experience
Introduction: Workers and volunteers participating in the recovery, rescue, and service restoration at the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site in 2001-2002 were exposed to a poorly characterized mix of inhaled toxicants. We outline our approach to…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Protecting the Unprotected e Occupational health and safety among informal workers in Southern Africa
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that approximately 2 billion people, about 61% of all globally employed people, are in the informal economy. This statistic is substantially higher for continental Africa (approximately 86%), and…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Child Labor in Conflict Settings
A high child labor rate is one of the greatest misfortunes that can be imposed on a society, destroying the innocence of the young, harming their health, and making them economically weak. Child labor is defined by the International Labor…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
Disability and physical examination signs among workers with shoulder pain
Introduction: The study investigated shoulder pain, physical examination and disability among workers from different occupations.
Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 3,480 office and production workers from meat and garment industry,…
Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 3,480 office and production workers from meat and garment industry,…