Adverse work and environmental conditions predict occupational injuries

Article Abstract:

Adverse environmental and work conditions, when objectively assessed, can be the basis for predicting occupational injuries. A study to test whether the total objective adverse work and environmental conditions expressed as the ergonomic stress level (ESL) would predict occupational injuries over a 2-year period has been carried out with a study involving 4,096 men from 21 factories in six industrial sectors in Israel, 1985-87. Ot the usbjects, all of whom participated int he Israel Cardiovascular Occupational Risk Factors Determination in Israel Study, 80% could be classified as blue collar. Ergonomic evaluations were performed independently at different plants. Higher ESLs correlated with higher injury incidence.

Workplace accidents, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Prevention, Ergonomics, Health surveys, Statistics (Mathematics)

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Occupations at increased risk of hepatitis A: a 2-year nationwide historical prospective study

Article Abstract:

A nationwide investigation into which occupations are at increased risk of hepatitis A in Israel, 1993-94, is discussed. The approach can be used to measure samples in large or small countries if socioeconomic conditions are similar to those of Israel and showed teachers, daycare staffers, and healthcare workers to be at high risk.

Health aspects, Statistical Data Included, Methods, Physicians, Medical professions, Statistics, Nurses, Medical personnel, Occupational diseases, Day care centers, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies, Experimental design, Research design

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The presence of hepatitis A antibodies in dental workers: a seroepidemiologic study

Article Abstract:

Dental personnel who work in areas where hepatitis A infection is common should consider being vaccinated with the hepatitis A vaccine. A survey of Israeli dental personnel found that a positive hepatitis A test was more common in those who had worked in dentistry the longest.

Diseases, Dental personnel

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