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Worldwide associations between air quality and health end-points: Are they meaningful?
Conclusions The World Health Organization’s world-wide data sets demonstrate the large disparity of our world. A careful and professional approach is needed as interpretation is difficult, especially for lay persons. Therefore, with publicly available data WHO should also provide interpretation and guidance. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - September 10, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Healthcare workers’ occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens: A 5-year observation in selected hospitals of the Małopolska province
Conclusions There was no upward or downward trend in the number of reported cases of exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the studied period in any of the hospitals. Statistically significant differences in the percentages of exposures were reported between individual hospitals in some years of the analyzed period, which confirms the need for registries in individual units in order to plan and evaluate the effectiveness of preventative measures. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - September 10, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Management of a patient with thermal burns and para-chloronitrobenzene poisoning
We present a case of a 23-year-old man suffering from thermal burns and p-CNB poisoning. In this case, severe methaemoglobinaemia was caused by the absorption of p-CNB through the burn wounds. Despite active treatment, such as the antidote of methylene blue, the patient’s methaemoglobinaemia progressed, with slowly increasing methaemoglobin (MetHb) level. This case highlights the complexity and difficulty of managing this type of injury. To our knowledge, this case can be the first case report describing methaemoglobinaemia induced by p-CNB in a patient with thermal burns. (Source: International Journal of Occupational M...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - August 29, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Across-shift changes of exhaled nitric oxide and spirometric indices among cotton textile workers
Conclusions FeNO increase after a work shift along with pulmonary function decrement and higher post-shift FeNO among subjects with respiratory complaints makes across-shift FeNO a non-invasive test for assessment of airway hyper-responsiveness in textile workers. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - August 29, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Thirty years of evolution of oral health behaviors in the working-age Poles
Conclusions Despite a noticeable improvement of the behaviours, gap between the Poles and citizens of other highly developed countries is around 20 years. A health promotion programme including oral health issues, if implemented in workplaces, might considerably reduce this gap. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - August 29, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Women performing repetitive work: Is there a difference in the prevalence of shoulder pain and pathology in supermarket cashiers compared to the general female population?
Conclusions The more frequent reports of shoulder pain in the supermarket cashiers are not correlated with a higher prevalence of imaging abnormalities. The causes of these more frequent complaints should be probably sought in the psycho-social and occupational environment. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - August 20, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes): A poorly known allergen in Western countries responsible for severe work-related asthma
Conclusions Here, we present the first European case of SM-induced occupational asthma, a disease more frequently occurring in Asia. Asthma attacks stopped when the patient avoided contact with shiitake mushrooms. No skin reactions and no IgE-binding proteins by immunoblotting were detectable with the other mushrooms tested. The positive skin test with shiitake mushrooms and IgE-binding components in the shiitake extract confirmed the IgE-mediated etiology of the reaction. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - August 20, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

The use of videonystagmography head impulse test (VHIT) in the diagnostics of semicircular canal injuries in patients with vertigo
Conclusions In the study group, in the VHIT, injuries in semicircular canals were reported in peripheral vertigo, mixed vertigo with non-compensated and compensated function of the labyrinth in 50.68% cases, whereas in the caloric test dysfunction of the labyrinth was found in 58.49% cases. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - August 1, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research

Temperamental correlates of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers
Conclusions Emotional reactivity was conducive to the increased trauma symptoms intensity in firemen, whereas briskness tended to reduce symptoms intensity only in the group of soldiers. (Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health)
Source: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health - August 1, 2014 Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research