- ►annals.org KA Sepkowitz - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1996 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Health care workers are at occupational risk for a vast array of
infections that cause substantial illness and occasional deaths. Despite this,
few studies have examined the incidence, prevalence, or exposure-associated ... Cited by 136 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►annals.org WW Stead - Annals of internal medicine, 1995 - Am Coll Physicians Objective: To quantify the protection of previously infected persons from
developing tuberculosis after intense exposure. ... Setting: 6 hospitals and 22
nursing homes in which heavy tuberculosis exposure had occurred. Cited by 77 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
TD Matte, J Mulinare, JD Erickson - American journal of industrial medicine, 1993 - interscience.wiley.com Health care workers may be occupationally exposed to known and suspected
teratogens including viruses, anesthetic gases, sterilants, mercury, and
x-radiation. To assess the risk of congenital defects among offspring of ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
J Dutkiewicz, L Jablonski, SA Olenchock - American journal of industrial medicine, 1988 - interscience.wiley.com There are at least 193 important biological agents that show infectious,
allergenic, toxic, or carcinogenic activities in the working population. These
agents are viruses, bacteria, fungi, plant substances, invertebrate animals ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] L Shi, SE Chia - Occupational Medicine, 2001 - Soc Occupational Med The proportion of pregnant women who work during pregnancy is increasing as more
women move into previously male-dominated occupations. With this move,
occupational exposure to chemical or physical factors during pregnancy ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] LM Rodgers - Occupational Medicine, 1998 - Soc Occupational Med The objective of this study was to compare morbidity between ambulance staff and
other groups of health service workers, to facilitate planning of occupational
health (OH) services. A retrospective study of employees of the Eastern ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
E Pechter, LK Davis, C Tumpowsky, J Flattery, … - American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2005 - cdph.ca.gov Background Asthma morbidity has increased, posing a public health burden. Work-
related asthma (WRA) accounts for a significant proportion of adult asthma that
causes serious personal and economic consequences. Methods Cases were ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 5 versions
FL Cohen - The Nursing clinics of North America, 1986 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The question of the extent of paternal contributions to birth defects and
adverse reproductive outcomes gained new urgency with the concerns of Vietnam
veterans exposed to Agent Orange. There is well-established evidence for ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 2 versions
RM Moore… - American Journal of Infection Control, 1990 - Elsevier Health care workers are challenged by an imposing group of occupational hazards.
These hazards include exposure to ionizing radiation, stress, injury, infectious
agents, and chemicals. The magnitude and diversity of these hazards are not ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 3 versions
