Occupational Diseases

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A case-control study of airways obstruction among construction workers. 
  • A lift assist team in an acute care hospital-prevention of injury or transfer of risk during patient-handling tasks? 
  • A preliminary investigation of the parallelogram concept in genetic monitoring and risk estimation. 
  • A prospective study of firefighters' PTSD and depression symptoms: The first 3 years of service. 
  • A surgical oncology perspective on AIDS. 
  • ADHD and nonsuicidal self-injury in male veterans with and without PTSD. 
  • Acute eosinophilic pneumonia in a New York City firefighter exposed to World Trade Center dust. 
  • Administration of antineoplastic drugs and fecundity in female nurses. 
  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation. 
  • Advances in occupational health. 
  • Airways obstruction among older construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites. 
  • An assessment of occupational safety and health hazards in selected small businesses manufacturing wood pallets--part 1. Noise and physical hazards. 
  • An epidemiological study of the role of chrysotile asbestos fibre dimensions in determining respiratory disease risk in exposed workers. 
  • An integrated comprehensive occupational surveillance system for health care workers. 
  • Application of Athletic Movement Tests that Predict Injury Risk in a Military Population: Development of Normative Data. 
  • Are we failing vulnerable workers? The case of black women in poultry processing in rural North Carolina. 
  • Asbestos Fiber Concentrations in the Lungs of Brake Repair Workers: An Updated Analysis Using Several Regression Methods to Handle Nondetectable Measurements. 
  • Asbestos body content of the larnyx in asbestos workers. A study of five cases. 
  • Asbestos content of lung tissue in asbestos associated diseases: a study of 110 cases. 
  • Asbestos fiber concentrations in the lungs of brake repair workers: commercial amphiboles levels are predictive of chrysotile levels. 
  • Asbestos fibre dimensions and lung cancer mortality among workers exposed to chrysotile. 
  • Asbestos standards: Impact of currently uncounted chrysotile asbestos fibers on lifetime lung cancer risk. 
  • Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer: the Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution. 
  • Auricular sporotrichosis in a brick mason. 
  • Back injuries among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2003. 
  • Barrier protection against the human immunodeficiency virus. 
  • Blood lead levels in incinerator workers. 
  • Byssinosis and respiratory diseases of cotton mill workers. 
  • COPD risk among older construction workers-Updated analyses 2020. 
  • Can behavioural factors produce a sustained elevation of blood pressure? Some observations and a hypothesis. 
  • Cancer and noncancer mortality among aluminum smelting workers in Badin, North Carolina. 
  • Cancer incidence among union carpenters in New Jersey. 
  • Cancer mortality in IBM Endicott plant workers, 1969-2001: an update on a NY production plant. 
  • Carboxyhaemoglobin in lead workers. 
  • Carcinogenic effects of wood dust: review and discussion. 
  • Carcinogenicity of chrysotile asbestos: a case control study of textile workers. 
  • Carcinogenicity of gasoline: a review of epidemiological evidence. 
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome and its relationship with occupation and sex: from objective evaluation to patients' care. 
  • Clinical aspects of brucellosis. 
  • Coccidioidomycosis. An occupational disease in cotton mill workers. 
  • Cognitive functioning in lead workers. 
  • Cold provocation testing and hand-arm vibration syndrome--an audit of the results of the Department of Trade and Industry for the evaluation of miners (Br J Surg 2003; 90: 1076-1079). 
  • Cold provocation testing and hand-arm vibration syndrome--an audit of the results of the Department of Trade and Industry for the evaluation of miners (Br J Surg 2003; 90: 1076-1079). 
  • Comparison of seven Blastomyces dermatitidis antigens for the detection of antibodies in humans with occupationally acquired blastomycosis. 
  • Comparison of sputum and lung asbestos body counts in former asbestos workers. 
  • Compensation costs of work-related back disorders among union carpenters, Washington State 1989-2003. 
  • Consortium for health and military performance and American College of Sports Medicine Summit: utility of functional movement assessment in identifying musculoskeletal injury risk. 
  • Contrasting patterns of care for musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper extremity and knee through workers' compensation and private health care insurance among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989 to 2008. 
  • Corneal argyrosis associated with silver soldering. 
  • Correlation between the Voice Handicap Index and voice laboratory measurements after phonosurgery. 
  • Design and conduct of occupational epidemiology studies: I. Design aspects of cohort studies. 
  • Design and conduct of occupational epidemiology studies: II. Analysis of cohort data. 
  • Design and conduct of occupational epidemiology studies: III. Design aspects of case-control studies. 
  • Design and conduct of occupational epidemiology studies: IV. The analysis of case-control data. 
  • Detection of Bartonella species in the blood of veterinarians and veterinary technicians: a newly recognized occupational hazard? 
  • Development and validation of the Singing Voice Handicap-10. 
  • Differences in psychiatric symptoms and barriers to mental health care between volunteer and career firefighters. 
  • Dimple sign in mail carrier's ulnar neuropathy. 
  • Direct costs and patterns of injuries among residential carpenters, 1995-2000. 
  • Disabling back injuries in nursing personnel. 
  • Does occupation explain gender and other differences in work-related eye injury hospitalization rates? 
  • Ebola Virus Disease in Health Care Workers--Guinea, 2014. 
  • Effectiveness of interventions to prevent work-related eye injuries. 
  • Emergence of occupational medicine in Victorian times. 
  • Endemic work-related febrile respiratory illness among construction workers. 
  • Environmental aspects of fibrous glass production and utilization. 
  • Epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases. 
  • Ergonomic risk factors for low back pain in North Carolina crab pot and gill net commercial fishermen. 
  • Ergonomics in office-based surgery: a survey-guided observational study. 
  • Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys. 
  • Estimates of dose-response for respiratory cancer among chrysotile asbestos textile workers. 
  • Estuary-associated syndrome in North Carolina: an occupational prevalence study. 
  • Evaluation of direct workers' compensation costs for musculoskeletal injuries surrounding interventions to reduce patient lifting. 
  • Examining injury trends in parcel delivery drivers in the United States: Challenges and opportunities. 
  • Exploration of work and health disparities among black women employed in poultry processing in the rural south. 
  • Exponential models for analyses of time-related factors, illustrated with asbestos textile worker mortality data. 
  • Exposures and mortality among chrysotile asbestos workers. Part II: mortality. 
  • Factors associated with perception of singing voice handicap. 
  • Fear-avoidance beliefs and temporal summation of evoked thermal pain influence self-report of disability in patients with chronic low back pain. 
  • Feasibility study of respiratory questionnaire and peak flow recordings in autobody shop workers exposed to isocyanate-containing spray paint: observations and limitations. 
  • Finger systolic blood pressures: effects of cold provocation on the reference finger. 
  • Follow-up study of chrysotile asbestos textile workers: cohort mortality and case-control analyses. 
  • Follow-up study of chrysotile textile workers: cohort mortality and exposure-response. 
  • Formaldehyde case reports. 
  • Frequency of physical activity, exercise capacity, and atherosclerotic heart disease risk factors in male police officers. 
  • Functional insufficiency of the system responsible for reactive oxygen species generation by blood neutrophils. 
  • Genomic analysis of human lung fibroblasts exposed to vanadium pentoxide to identify candidate genes for occupational bronchitis. 
  • Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in a hard-metal worker. Cytologic, histologic and analytical electron microscopic investigation. 
  • Global and regional burden of cancer in 2016 arising from occupational exposure to selected carcinogens: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. 
  • Global and regional burden of disease and injury in 2016 arising from occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. 
  • Global perspectives of emerging occupational and environmental lung diseases. 
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. 
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. 
  • Health aspects of the North Carolina electronics industry. 
  • Health care utilization for musculoskeletal back disorders, Washington State union carpenters, 1989-2003. 
  • Health education using the theory of planned behavior to modify ergonomic posture in hospital computer users: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Hearing loss among older construction workers: Updated analyses. 
  • How much have adverse occupational health outcomes among construction workers improved over time? Evidence from 25 years of medical screening. 
  • Identifying psychosocial variables in patients with acute work-related low back pain: the importance of fear-avoidance beliefs. 
  • Implementation and adoption of mechanical patient lift equipment in the hospital setting: The importance of organizational and cultural factors. 
  • In vivo bone lead measurements: a rapid monitoring method for cumulative lead exposure. 
  • Incidence and characteristics of McCollough aftereffects following video display terminal use. 
  • Increased lung cancer mortality among chrysotile asbestos textile workers is more strongly associated with exposure to long thin fibres. 
  • Increasing colorectal cancer screening among individuals in the carpentry trade: test of risk communication interventions. 
  • Indications for replantation in the adult upper extremity. 
  • Indium lung disease. 
  • Individualized ergonomic wellness approach for the practicing gastroenterologist (with video). 
  • Industrial hygiene involvement in occupational epidemiology. 
  • Informal social status among coworkers and risk of work-related injury among nurse aides in long-term care. 
  • Injury and fitness outcomes during implementation of physical readiness training. 
  • Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel - 33 U.S. Sites, January-March 2021. 
  • Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and predictive validity for a Likert-based version of the Sources of occupational stress-14 (SOOS-14) scale. 
  • Interventions in response to chemically dependent nurses: effect of context and interpretation. 
  • Job strain and blood pressure in African Americans: the Pitt County Study. 
  • Job stress and preeclampsia. 
  • Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza among live poultry market workers in Chongqing, China. 
  • Latency analysis in occupational epidemiology. 
  • Latex allergy symptoms among health care workers: results from a university health and safety surveillance system. 
  • Lead astray? 
  • Leptospirosis in the West of Scotland. 
  • Letter: Possible needle-associated Rocky Mountain spotted fever. 
  • Lifetime trauma exposure among those with combat-related PTSD: Psychiatric risk among U.S. military personnel. 
  • Localized injections of botulinum toxin for the treatment of focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm. 
  • Longitudinal decline in lung function among older construction workers. 
  • Lung cancer mortality among construction workers: implications for early detection. 
  • Lung cancer mortality in North Carolina and South Carolina chrysotile asbestos textile workers. 
  • Malignant mesothelioma in the jewelry industry. 
  • Mandatory reporting of occupational health problems. A new surveillance program in North Carolina. 
  • Minimization of heatwave morbidity and mortality. 
  • Modeling asymptomatic infections and work-related human circulation as drivers of unstable malaria transmission in low-prevalence areas: A study in the Northern Peruvian Amazon. 
  • Models of toxicity of diacetyl and alternative diones. 
  • Modifying attributions of colorectal cancer risk. 
  • Monitoring of ovulation in the assessment of reproductive hazards in the workplace. 
  • Morphologic, biochemical, and cytogenetic studies of bone marrow and circulating blood cells in painters exposed to ethylene glycol ethers. 
  • Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a medical screening program. 
  • Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a respiratory screening program. 
  • Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy (DOE) nuclear sites: follow-up through 2011. 
  • Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy nuclear sites: Follow-up through 2016. 
  • Mortality patterns among female and male chrysotile asbestos textile workers. 
  • Mortality patterns among fibrous glass production workers. 
  • Mortality patterns among hard rock gold miners exposed to an asbestiform mineral. 
  • Mortality patterns among miners and millers of non-asbestiform talc: preliminary report. 
  • Mortality patterns of rock and slag mineral wool production workers: an epidemiological and environmental study. 
  • Mule spinners' cancer and the wool industry. 
  • Musculoskeletal injuries among hospital patient care staff before and after implementation of patient lift and transfer equipment. 
  • Musculoskeletal symptoms among commercial fishers in North Carolina. 
  • Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka. 
  • Musculoskeletal symptoms among poultry processing workers and a community comparison group: Black women in low-wage jobs in the rural South. 
  • Mycotoxins and interstitial lung disease. 
  • Neonatal intensive care unit safety culture varies widely. 
  • Night shift work and cardiovascular disease biomarkers in female nurses. 
  • Non-A, non-B hepatitis and chronic dialysis--another dilemma. 
  • Non-fatal construction industry fall-related injuries treated in US emergency departments, 1998-2005. 
  • Non-fatal contact injuries among workers in the construction industry treated in U.S. emergency departments, 1998-2005. 
  • Non-malignant respiratory disease among workers in industries using styrene-A review of the evidence. 
  • Nonfatal construction industry-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States, 1998-2005. 
  • Nonfatal tool- or equipment-related injuries treated in US emergency departments among workers in the construction industry, 1998-2005. 
  • Normative data for vascular and neurological tests of the hand-arm vibration syndrome. 
  • Obesity as a predictor of poor antibody response to hepatitis B plasma vaccine. 
  • Occupational Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Among Healthcare Workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 
  • Occupational and environmental lung disease. 
  • Occupational aspects of scrotal cancer and epithelioma. 
  • Occupational chemicals and pancreatitis: a link? 
  • Occupational hazards in the hospital, doctor's office, and other health care facilities. 
  • Occupational health issues in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. 
  • Occupational health issues of oral health care workers in Edo State, Nigeria. 
  • Occupational health outcomes for workers in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector: implications for immigrant workers in the southeastern US. 
  • Occupational impairment and disability among applicants for Social Security disability benefits in Pennsylvania. 
  • Occupational risk factors for low back pain among drivers of three-wheelers in Sri Lanka. 
  • Occurrence of oral and pharyngeal cancers in textile workers. 
  • Ocular Argyrosis Mimicking Conjunctival Melanoma. 
  • Of hogs and men. Does North Carolina's hog industry raise the risk of infectious disease? 
  • One-time screening to define the problem: Legionella exposure in an electric power company. 
  • Oral and pharyngeal cancer in the North-west and West Yorkshire regions of England, and occupation. 
  • Organization of work in the agricultural, forestry, and fishing sector in the US southeast: implications for immigrant workers' occupational safety and health. 
  • Patient-days: a better measure of incidence of occupational bloodborne exposures. 
  • Physical pain and musculoskeletal discomfort in vascular surgeons. 
  • Physical strain and urgent need for ergonomic training among gynecologic oncologists who perform minimally invasive surgery. 
  • Predictors of lost time from work among nursing personnel who sought treatment for back pain. 
  • Predictors of obesity in Michigan Operating Engineers. 
  • Predictors of shoulder and back injuries in nursing home workers: a prospective study. 
  • Predictors of web-based follow-up response in the Prevention Of Low Back Pain In The Military Trial (POLM). 
  • Prevalence and Predictors of Moral Injury Symptoms in Health Care Professionals. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors associated with low back pain among health care providers in a Kuwait hospital. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors associated with self-reported carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among office workers in Kuwait. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders among Sri Lankan rubber tappers. 
  • Prevention of laboratory animal allergy in the United States: a national survey. 
  • Prevention of laboratory animal allergy. 
  • Primary and Posttraumatic Knee Osteoarthritis in the Military. 
  • Primary and secondary allergies to laboratory animals. 
  • Product liability forecasting for asbestos-related personal injury claims: a multidisciplinary approach. 
  • Proportionate mortality among union members employed at three Texas refineries. 
  • Prospective study of occupational asthma to laboratory animal allergens: stability of airway responsiveness to methacholine challenge for one year. 
  • Psychosocial factors in hypertension. 
  • Psychotropic medication claims among religious clergy. 
  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in workers at an indium processing facility. 
  • Pulmonary fibrosis and ferruginous bodies associated with exposure to synthetic fibers. 
  • Pulmonary fibrosis, carcinoma, and ferruginous body counts in amosite asbestos workers. A study of six cases. 
  • Quality of occupational history assessments in working age adults with newly diagnosed asthma. 
  • RE: Asbestos in brakes: exposure and risk of disease. 
  • Racial differences in knee osteoarthritis pain: potential contribution of occupational and household tasks. 
  • Radiation hand exposure during restoration of flow to the thrombosed dialysis access graft. 
  • Radiation-associated lens opacities in catheterization personnel: results of a survey and direct assessments. 
  • Radiation-induced eye lens changes and risk for cataract in interventional cardiology. 
  • Rates and costs of respiratory illness in coal mining: a cross-industry comparative analysis. 
  • Re: Breast cancer mortality among female electrical workers in the United States. 
  • Recognition and assessment of shift work disorder. 
  • Relationship between all-cause mortality and cumulative working life course psychosocial and physical exposures in the United States labor market from 1968 to 1992. 
  • Reproduction and work. 
  • Respiratory diseases among union carpenters: cohort and case-control analyses. 
  • Respiratory symptoms among crab processing workers in Alaska: epidemiological and environmental assessment. 
  • Risk factors for increased airway responsiveness to methacholine challenge among laboratory animal workers. 
  • Risk factors for reduced glomerular filtration rate in a Nicaraguan community affected by Mesoamerican nephropathy. 
  • Risks, reactions, regulations, and reality. Health care workers with HIV infection. 
  • Salud ocupacional. 
  • Scrotal cancer in the north-west of England, 1962-68. 
  • Serological evidence of cross infection in a dialysis unit hepatitis-B epidemic. 
  • Silica-induced pleural disease: an unusual case mimicking malignant mesothelioma. 
  • Singing voice handicap and videostrobolaryngoscopy in healthy professional singers. 
  • Skin coverage in occupational hand injuries. 
  • Social support, stress, and suicidal ideation in professional firefighters. 
  • Some ethical problems of hazardous substances in the working environment. 
  • Sources of work-related acute fatigue in United States hospital nurses. 
  • Squamous cell skin cancer in the north-west of England, 1967--69, and its relation to occupation. 
  • Stress and work-related upper extremity disorders: implications for prevention and management. 
  • Stress reduction for pediatric intensive care nurses 
  • Structure and Control of Healthy Worker Effects in Studies of Pregnancy Outcomes. 
  • Surgeon's foot: a report of sural nerve palsy. 
  • Surveillance of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders in a diverse cohort of workers at a tertiary care medical center. 
  • Surveillance of work-related musculoskeletal injuries among union carpenters. 
  • Survey of neuromuscular injuries to the patient and surgeon during urologic laparoscopic surgery. 
  • Symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders in ophthalmologists. 
  • The Effects of Lighting Problems on Eye Symptoms among Cleanroom Microscope Workers. 
  • The Impact of Ergonomics on Recruitment to Surgical Fields: A Multi-Institutional Survey Study. 
  • The Positive Effect of Resilience on Stress and Business Outcomes in Difficult Work Environments. 
  • The association of alcohol consumption patterns with self-rated physical health and psychiatric distress among Afghanistan- and Iraq-era U.S. veterans. 
  • The effect of job strain on nighttime blood pressure dipping among men and women with high blood pressure. 
  • The effectiveness of a model-based health education intervention to improve ergonomic posture in office computer workers: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • The pathology of interstitial lung disease in nylon flock workers. 
  • The relationship between 'job strain,' workplace diastolic blood pressure, and left ventricular mass index. Results of a case-control study. 
  • The role of smoking and exposure to asbestos and man-made vitreous fibers in a questionable case of mesothelioma. 
  • The toxicity of Upstate New York talc. 
  • Thermal thresholds, vibrotactile thresholds and finger systolic blood pressures in dockyard workers exposed to hand-transmitted vibration. 
  • Three perspectives on work-related injury surveillance systems. 
  • Throw caution to the wind instruments. 
  • Transmissible agents and the surgeon. 
  • Transmission of hepatitis B by a human bite: an occupational hazard. 
  • Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress in cross-cultural mission assignments. 
  • Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference? 
  • Treatment responsiveness of the Singing Voice Handicap Index. 
  • Tremolite and mesothelioma. 
  • Tuberculosis among health care workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a retrospective cohort analysis. 
  • Upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders among a cohort of women employed in poultry processing. 
  • Upper respiratory problems. 
  • Upper-extremity musculoskeletal symptoms and physical health related quality of life among women employed in poultry processing and other low-wage jobs in northeastern North Carolina. 
  • Use of qualitative methods to map job tasks and exposures to occupational hazards for commercial fishermen. 
  • Use of surface electromyography to estimate neck muscle activity. 
  • Use of the CABS methodology to assess biomechanical stress in commercial crab fishermen. 
  • Using effort-reward imbalance theory to understand high rates of depression and anxiety among clergy. 
  • Voice disorders in primary school teachers and barriers to care. 
  • Warehouse workers' headache. 
  • Warehouse workers' headache. Carbon monoxide poisoning from propane-fueled forklifts. 
  • What Risk Factors Are Associated With Musculoskeletal Injury in US Army Rangers? A Prospective Prognostic Study. 
  • What do you work with? 
  • What happens in lead poisoning? 
  • What should we do about work related cancer? 
  • Who is paying the bills? Health care costs for musculoskeletal back disorders, Washington State Union Carpenters, 1989-2003. 
  • Work and home stress: associations with anxiety and depression symptoms. 
  • Work stress precipitates depression and anxiety in young, working women and men. 
  • Work-related eye injuries among union carpenters. 
  • Work-related illness and injury claims among nationally certified athletic trainers reported to Washington and California from 2001 to 2011. 
  • Work-related injuries in drywall installation. 
  • Work-related injuries in residential and drywall carpentry. 
  • Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among construction workers in the United States from 1992 to 2014. 
  • Work-site clinical and neurobehavioral assessment of solvent-exposed microelectronics workers. 
  • Workers' compensation claims for musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper extremity and knee among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2008. 
  • Workers' compensation experience of North Carolina residential construction workers, 1986-1994. 
  • Working with visual display units. 
  • Working with visual display units. 
  • [Occlusions of finger arteries in pointers of a pipe-drawing plant]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Anderson, Ruth A., Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Cohen, Seth Morris, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
  • Dement, John McCray, Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • Kimbrel, Nathan Andrew, Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
  • McConnell, Eleanor Schildwachter, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing