Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Sep 2011
Sarcoidosis diagnosed after September 11, 2001, among adults exposed to the World Trade Center disaster.
Explore relationships between World Trade Center (WTC) exposures and sarcoidosis. ⋯ Working on the WTC debris pile was associated with an elevated risk of post-9/11 sarcoidosis. Occupationally exposed workers may be at increased risk.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Sep 2011
Respiratory symptoms necessitating spirometry among soldiers with Iraq/Afghanistan war lung injury.
New-onset asthma rates are higher among US soldiers deployed to Iraq/Afghanistan than stateside, but overall respiratory symptom and spirometry rates among soldiers returning from Iraq/Afghanistan have not yet been addressed. We determined these rates in soldiers deployed to Iraq/Afghanistan versus troops stationed elsewhere. ⋯ New-onset Iraq/Afghanistan war lung injury is common and rates of symptoms leading to a diagnosis requiring spirometry are high.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · May 2011
Assault rates and implementation of a workplace violence prevention program in the Veterans Health Care Administration.
This study examined the relationship between changes in assault rates over time and the implementation of a workplace violence prevention (WVP) program in 138 Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities. ⋯ Particular attention should be given to these dimensions because they may be associated with lower facility-level assault rates.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Apr 2011
Health maintenance care in work-related low back pain and its association with disability recurrence.
To compare occurrence of repeated disability episodes across types of health care providers who treat claimants with new episodes of work-related low back pain (LBP). ⋯ In work-related nonspecific LBP, the use of health maintenance care provided by physical therapist or physician services was associated with a higher disability recurrence than in chiropractic services or no treatment.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Feb 2011
Associations of outdoor air pollution with hemorrhagic stroke mortality.
Evidence linking short-term exposure to outdoor air pollution with hemorrhagic stroke is inconsistent. ⋯ This study suggests that short-term exposure to outdoor air pollution increases the risks of hemorrhagic stroke mortality as well as ischemic stroke mortality.