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Occupational Versus Nonoccupational Injuries
Many injury causes that are common in the workplace are also common in other environments. Transportation events, violence, falls, and being struck by objects are examples of injury causes ...
Outcome: Illness From Intermittent, Short-Duration, High-Level Chemical Exposures
Fatalities associated with confined space entry dominate the documented instances of adverse health effects that result from short-duration, high-level chemical exposures in the manufacturi...
An Example Of Application Of The Matrix Approach: Manufacturing Sector
he Matrix Approach To Recognizing And Controlling Safety And Health Hazards
Relative risks of disabling occupational injury, stratified by occupational classification, are shown in Table 2. ...Generalized Elements Of A Workplace Health And Safety Management Program
The quality movement and other advances in the management and prevention of occupational safety and health risks made it clear that a comprehensive safety and health management system for a...
Analyzing Occupational Injury And Illnesses By Categories
To devise methods of reducing the burden of illness and injury arising from employment and the work environment, it is essential to analyze patterns of disease outcomes in ways that reflect...
General Statistical Measures Of Occupational Injury And Illness
In this section we provide a brief overview of the extent of occupational illness and injury. Much of our focus is on the United States, where conditions and production processes are compar...
Oral Cancer Awareness By The General Public And Health Professionals
Many studies have reported variable, and frequently suboptimal, levels of knowledge of oral cancer, risk factors, and diagnosis among both the public and health-care professionals. Although...
Potentially Malignant (Precancerous) Clinical Lesions
Some potentially malignant (precancerous) clinical lesions that can progress to OSCC include especially:
- Erythroplasia (erythroplakia): The most likely lesion to progress to se...
Environmental Contamination And Human Exposure
PCBs entered the air, water, and soil during the manufacture and use in a variety of applications. PCB wastes are placed in landfills. PCBs also entered the environment from accidental spil...
Classes Of Organohalogens And Background Information
Chlorinated hydrocarbons were synthesized as early as 1830. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were first synthesized in the early 1880s by Schmidt and Schultz (1881) and their commercial pro...