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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
The association Between Occupational Exposure to silica and Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis (Review Article)
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease with systemic inflammatory arthritis. This meta-analysis was conducted to examine the association between occupational exposure to silica and the risk of developing RA among different…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Using Workers’ Compensation Claims Data to Describe Nonfatal Injuries among Workers in Alaska (Original Article)
Background: To gain a better understanding of nonfatal injuries in Alaska, underutilized data sources such as workers’ compensation claims must be analyzed. The purpose of the current study was to utilize workers’ compensation claims data to estimate…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital
Introduction: Plain radiographs remain a first-line trauma investigation. Most trauma radiographs worldwide are reported by junior doctors. This study assesses the accuracy of after-hour acute trauma radiograph reporting by emergency centre (EC)…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Verbal Aggression Against Teacher and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain (Original Article)
Background: This study investigated the relationship between verbal aggression against school teachers and upper extremity (neck, shoulder, upper limb, and/or upper back) musculoskeletal pain.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 525…
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 525…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Work Hours and Cognitive Function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (Original Article)
Background: Cognitive impairment is a public health burden. Our objective was to investigate associa-
tions between work hours and cognitive function.
Methods: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) participants (n 1⁄4 2,497; 50.7% men; age…
tions between work hours and cognitive function.
Methods: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) participants (n 1⁄4 2,497; 50.7% men; age…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 3 2020
A Taxonomy of the Common Tasks and the Development of a Risk Index for Physical Load Assessment in Nursing Job (Original Article)
Background: Nursing service is a nonroutine work with an excessive physical load and diverse tasks. This study derived representative common tasks based on the frequently occurring tasks with a high physical load in the nursing workers' daily work…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 3 2020
Application of Fuzzy Logic for Predicting of Mine Fire in Underground Coal Mine (Original Article)
Background: Spontaneous combustion of coal is one of the factors which causes direct or indirect gas and dust explosion, mine fire, the release of toxic gases, loss of reserve, and loss of miners' life. To avoid these incidents, the prediction of…
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 3 2020
Business Cycle and Occupational Accidents in Korea (Original Article)
Background: Occupational accidents occur for a variety of reasons, such as unsafe behaviors of workers and insufficient safety equipment at the workplace, but there are also various economic and social factors that can impact working conditions and…
Jurnal Internasional Aprika vol.12 issue 3 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Analysis of risk factors for wound infection after extremity fracture caused by machete cut in a resource-limited setting
Background: Machete cut fracture is a unique subset of open fracture. The sharp force of a wielded machete that cleanly divides soft tissue envelope with minimal or no contusion results in an open fracture wound that is relatively less prone to…