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An Investigation of the Immune Response to Hepatitis B Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients at Dialysis Centers of Tehran (2016) 德黑兰透析中心血液透析患者乙肝疫苗免疫应答调查(2016)

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.4.171

H. Hatami, P. Movafagh, A. Ramezankhani

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An Assessment of Work Ability, Psychosocial Status, and the Quality of Life among Physiotherapists in Lagos State, 2017 2017年拉各斯州物理治疗师的工作能力、社会心理状态和生活质量评估

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.4.207

A. Akodu, Babatunde x Ileyemi, Kamilat Adebisi

{"title":"An Assessment of Work Ability, Psychosocial Status, and the Quality of Life among Physiotherapists in Lagos State, 2017","authors":"A. Akodu, Babatunde x Ileyemi, Kamilat Adebisi","doi":"10.29252/johe.8.4.207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/johe.8.4.207","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background: There are many factors affecting work ability among health practitioners, but none has been investigated among physiotherapists in Nigeria. This study investigated the correlation among work ability, psychosocial status, and the quality of life among physiotherapists in Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria. Materials & Methods: A survey was carried out among 111 physiotherapists (52 males and 59 females) using 3 standard questionnaires; work ability index, SF-12 quality of life questionnaire and Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire that captured information on work ability, quality of life, and psychosocial status. Inferential statistics of Spearman’s correlation was used to determine the correlation between variables. Results: The highest scores of the work ability, quality of life and psychosocial status among the respondents were found to be 58.60%, 89.90%, and 55.80%, respectively. There was a significant positive correlation (rs= 0.262, p= 0.007) between work ability and psychosocial status; but a negative correlation (rs= 0.072, p=0.456) between work ability and the quality of life among the respondents. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation (rs= 0.224, p= 0.022) between the quality of life and psychosocial status. Conclusions: This study showed high work ability, a moderate quality of life, and good psychosocial status among physiotherapists in Lagos State, Southwestern Nigeria. According to the results, work ability had no effect on the quality of life but had an effect on psychosocial status among physiotherapists in Lagos State. In addition, their quality of life had an effect on psychosocial status.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124842043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating the Association between Workaholism and Occupational Ethics with the Mediating Role of Work-Family Conflict among Medical Staff Members of Health Centers in Bojnourd County, Iran (2018-2019) 2018-2019年伊朗博伊努德县卫生院医务人员工作家庭冲突与工作狂、职业道德的关系研究

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.4.215

L. Reisy, B. Barati, S. Ahmadboukani, Mostafa Galavand

{"title":"Investigating the Association between Workaholism and Occupational Ethics with the Mediating Role of Work-Family Conflict among Medical Staff Members of Health Centers in Bojnourd County, Iran (2018-2019)","authors":"L. Reisy, B. Barati, S. Ahmadboukani, Mostafa Galavand","doi":"10.29252/johe.8.4.215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/johe.8.4.215","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background: Considering the crucial role of healthy communication and adherence to the ethical principles of workplace, this study aims to investigate the association between workaholism and occupational ethics with the mediating role of work-family conflict among the medical staff members of health centers in Bojnourd County. Material and Methods: This is a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of this study included all members of medical staff at Bojnourd medical centers in 2018-2019, among which 200 individuals were selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected using the demographic questionnaire, workaholism questionnaire, work-family conflict questionnaire, and the occupational ethics scale. The data were analyzed using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient and path analysis through SPSS19.0 and AMOS21.0. Results: According to the results of this study, workaholism and work-family conflict have a direct negative effect on occupational ethics; in contrast, workaholism has a direct positive effect on work-family conflict. The results also show that work-family conflict plays a mediating role in the relationship between workaholism and occupational ethics (P <0.001). Conclusions: In line with other findings, the results verified the mediating role of familywork conflict between workaholism and occupational ethics. The ethical nature of the work performed by medical staff members at medical centers stresses the necessity of paying more attention to occupational, individual, and family damage and conflicts.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125722596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Association between Noise Annoyance and General Health among Iranian Nurses at Tabriz Pediatric Hospital 大不里士儿科医院伊朗籍护士噪音烦恼与一般健康之间的关系

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.4.190

Mehran Eivazzadeh, Akbar Gholampour, M. Jafarabadi, G. Moradi

{"title":"The Association between Noise Annoyance and General Health among Iranian Nurses at Tabriz Pediatric Hospital","authors":"Mehran Eivazzadeh, Akbar Gholampour, M. Jafarabadi, G. Moradi","doi":"10.29252/johe.8.4.190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/johe.8.4.190","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background: This study aimed to measure the sound level and assess the association between noise annoyance and general health in Iranian nurses at Tabriz Pediatric Hospital in neonatal, infectious, internal, NICU, and emergency care wards. Materials and Methods: The noise level was measured continuously according to ISO9612. The general health questionnaire-28, the noise annoyance scale based on ISO15666, and demographic characteristics were the questionnaires used in this study. The study was conducted at Tabriz specialty and subspecialty Hospital for children, which includes different care wards and admits many patients to the hospital. Results: The highest 24-hour mean noise level (dBA) was measured in the emergency (69.65±1.68) ward. The highest mean noise level during the morning, afternoon, and night shifts belonged to the emergency ward at 69.53±0.27, 69.30±0.39, and 69.85±0.43, respectively. According to the results, the association between the equivalent sound exposure level and noise annoyance was significant. The highest mean score of the total GHQ (39.78 ±12.01) was obtained in the emergency ward, and the lowest mean score (30.20 ±7.15) was obtained in the neonatal ward. The rassociation between the total scale of GHQ-28 and GHQ-28 subscales was significantly positive in all wards. Conclusion: The mean of the LAeq (dBA), in different wards of the studied hospital, was higher than the levels suggested by the US-EPA, the WHO, the AAP, and the national standard. Accordingly, since the mentioned wards play a vital role in treatment procedures, effective management–technical noise reduction measures are required to be adopted in these wards.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125676428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Job Satisfaction and Psychiatric Morbidity among Resident Doctors in Selected Teaching Hospitals in Southern Nigeria: A web-based Survey 尼日利亚南部选定教学医院住院医生的工作满意度和精神疾病发病率:一项基于网络的调查

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.4.199

S. Bello, R. Afolabi, D. Adewole, Population in Medical

{"title":"Job Satisfaction and Psychiatric Morbidity among Resident Doctors in Selected Teaching Hospitals in Southern Nigeria: A web-based Survey","authors":"S. Bello, R. Afolabi, D. Adewole, Population in Medical","doi":"10.29252/johe.8.4.199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/johe.8.4.199","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background: Job satisfaction is a means of contributing to overall life satisfaction and employees’ mental health. This study aimed to assess the level of job satisfaction and to determine the association between job satisfaction and psychiatric morbidity. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was a web-based survey conducted among 187 resident doctors in four selected teaching hospitals in Southern Nigeria. Data were collected within the time period of August-October, 2018. Job satisfaction was assessed using a single-item satisfaction measure scored on a 5-point Likert scale. In addition, psychological morbidity was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-12 as the instrument. The Pearson’s correlation coefficient and the chi-squared statistic were used to assess the association between job satisfaction and psychological morbidity. Results: The respondents mean age was 36.5 ± 5.4. The majority of them (60.9%) were married, 58.1% were male, and 69.8% were senior registrars. The mean years of work experience was 9.8 ± 4.2. Only 50 (26.7%) respondents expressed overall job satisfaction. The mean score of the GHQ-12 instrument was 14.4 ± 7.4 using the Likert scoring scale and 4.0 ± 3.5 using the GHQ scoring method. About three-quarters (76.7%) and 57.2% of the participants were probable psychiatric cases when the Likert and GHQ cut-offs were applied, respectively. There was a moderate and significant correlation between job satisfaction scores and scores of the GHQ-12 instrument (r = 0.5, p = 0.01). Conclusion: The respondents demonstrated a low level of job satisfaction and a corresponding high level of psychiatric morbidity.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114314814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

The Mediator Role of Procrastination in the association between Job Characteristics and Job Stress among Employees of Shahid Rajaee Customs Office, Bandar Abbas, Iran (2017) 拖延在工作特征与工作压力关系中的中介作用——以伊朗阿巴斯港海关员工为例(2017)

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.4.221

Mohamad Ziaaddini, H. Alinezhad

{"title":"The Mediator Role of Procrastination in the association between Job Characteristics and Job Stress among Employees of Shahid Rajaee Customs Office, Bandar Abbas, Iran (2017)","authors":"Mohamad Ziaaddini, H. Alinezhad","doi":"10.29252/johe.8.4.221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/johe.8.4.221","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background: This study aimed to examine the association between job characteristics and procrastination with the mediating role of job stress among the official staff of Shahid Rajaee Customs Office, Bandar Abbas, Iran, 2017. Materials and Methods: This descriptive research is a pathway analysis. The statistical population included all staff members (n=650) at Shahid Rajaee Customs Office. Based on the Guernsey and Morgan’s table, 242 staff were selected as the samples through random sampling. To collect data, we employed three questionnaires, including job characteristics, job stress, and procrastination questionnaires. The content validity of the instruments was approved. In addition, reliability was reported at 0.78, 0.79, and 0.86 for the abovementioned questionnaires, respectively. The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics software V.21.0. Results: A significant association was observed between job characteristics and procrastination (r = -0.420, P < 0.01). Moreover, a significant negative association was found between job stress and procrastination in the staff (r = 0.538, P < 0.01). According to the results of the present research, job stress could mediate the association between job characteristics and procrastination. Conclusion: According to the importance job characteristics theory, it could be used in decreasing job stress in organizations.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126739743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Association between prospective, retrospective memories and job performance of nurses in the city of Ahvaz, Iran, in 2016 2016年伊朗阿瓦士市护士前瞻性、回顾性记忆与工作绩效之间的关系

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-07-10 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.3.129

Z. Ebadi

{"title":"Association between prospective, retrospective memories and job performance of nurses in the city of Ahvaz, Iran, in 2016","authors":"Z. Ebadi","doi":"10.29252/johe.8.3.129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/johe.8.3.129","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background: Nurses continuously carry out several activities and need to develop certain cognitive mechanisms to be able to concentrate on their tasks. These activities and tasks affect and deal with the health and safety of people and their job performance. This study aims to investigate the association between prospective and retrospective memories and job performance of nurses in Imam Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran, in 2016. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 150 nurses (67 males and 83 female) of Imam Hospital in Ahvaz based on an available sampling method. The Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ) determined the amount of prospective and retrospective memories, and job performance was evaluated using Steinmetz questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive tests, analysis of variance, and Pearson correlation. Results: The mean score of prospective memory, retrospective memory and job performance were 20.89 (±5.87), 19.43 (±5.12) and 52.46 (±8.14), respectively. Regression model showed that 22% of the variance in job performance is explained by prospective memory and retrospective memory. Conclusion: We concluded prospective and retrospective memories were associated with the job performance of nurses working in Imam Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran. It is very important for the safety of the patients to improve the ability of the nurses who perform different tasks. In PM's tasks, they implemented strategies.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115477620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers in Fasa city, Southwestern Iran, 2017 2017年，伊朗西南部法萨市医护人员被针扎和锐器刺伤

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-07-10 DOI: 10.29252/JOHE.8.3.156

Zhila Fereidouni, Mehdi Amirkhani, Javad Salami, M. N. Kalyani

{"title":"Needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers in Fasa city, Southwestern Iran, 2017","authors":"Zhila Fereidouni, Mehdi Amirkhani, Javad Salami, M. N. Kalyani","doi":"10.29252/JOHE.8.3.156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JOHE.8.3.156","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background:Among the most common occupational hazards threatening healthcare workers are needle stick injuries, injuries caused by sharp and cutting instruments, and contact with infectious pathogens transmitted by blood. This study aims to determine the prevalence and associated factors of needle stick injuries, injuries caused by sharp and cutting instruments,as well as blood and body fluids affecting healthcare workers. Material and Methods: This research adopted a descriptive cross-sectional approach in which all healthcare workers at the two training hospitals affiliated with Fasa University of Medical Sciences were selected in 2017. After receiving ethical approval (IR.FUMS.REC.1396.243), the data collected by the researcher using a questionnaire and proportional sampling. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed prior to use. Data analysis was performed by SPSS Statistics V22.0, using mean, frequency, and a Chi-Square test. Results: According to the results of this study, 51.0% of the staff had experienced at least an injury caused by cutting tools, and 26.7% of them considered carelessness as the main cause of the injury. Nurses had the highest prevalence (24.4%) of the experience among other staff. Conclusions: The results imply that injuries caused by needles and sharp objects need more attention. In addition, improper reactions at the time of the injuries necessitate educating healthcare workers and increasing their knowledge about the dangers posed","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117265259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Selection of internal safety auditors in an Indian construction organization based on the SWARA and ARAS methods 基于SWARA和ARAS方法的印度建筑组织内部安全审核员的选择

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-07-10 DOI: 10.29252/johe.8.3.134

R. Prasad

{"title":"Selection of internal safety auditors in an Indian construction organization based on the SWARA and ARAS methods","authors":"R. Prasad","doi":"10.29252/johe.8.3.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/johe.8.3.134","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background: The effectiveness and adequacy of occupational health and safety management system should be monitored and evaluated at organization level on a regular basis. Safety audit has a clear role in the development of organizations safety management systems. Internal safety audit is a method to appraise to the management the current status of occupational health and safety at workplace. Selection of internal safety auditors is a crucial decision making process which depend on several criteria. The purpose of the study was to select internal auditors among the safety officers in a construction organization using step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) and additive ratio assessment (ARAS) method. Materials and Methods: The study is based on the subjective evaluation of performance criteria by decision makers and 19 safety officers eligible to conduct safety audit were considered. Finally, six safety officers were considered for the position of internal safety auditors. The SWARA method was applied to calculate weights for criteria of selection and ARAS method was adopted to rank the safety officers. Results: Seven criteria were considered as per the requirement of the organization and calculated the weights. The overall performance index was calculated based on criteria weights to rank the safety officers. Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that the SWARA and ARAS methods are useful to select the internal safety auditors. The analysis is simple and can be adopted in practical in situations where the number of criteria varies.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122953461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

Risk assessment and identification of accident points at a highway construction site and drawing Safety Contour Maps (Southeastern Iran, 2019) 某公路施工现场事故点风险评估识别及安全等高线地图绘制(伊朗东南部，2019)

Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology Pub Date : 2019-07-10 DOI: 10.29252/JOHE.8.3.148

Hossein ElahiShirvan, S. Zare, Edris Gharanjik, A. Matin, M. Bateni, Davood Hasanvand, M. R. G. Ravandi

{"title":"Risk assessment and identification of accident points at a highway construction site and drawing Safety Contour Maps (Southeastern Iran, 2019)","authors":"Hossein ElahiShirvan, S. Zare, Edris Gharanjik, A. Matin, M. Bateni, Davood Hasanvand, M. R. G. Ravandi","doi":"10.29252/JOHE.8.3.148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/JOHE.8.3.148","url":null,"abstract":"Article Info Background:The number of occupational safety incidents has been a major concern in terms of human, economic, and legal considerations. Risk assessment is a logical method for the assessment of risks, which specifies risks and their potential implications for individuals, materials, equipment, and the environment. This study aims to identify both risks and risk assessment methods at a highway construction site using the FMEA method and by drawing safety contour maps, making use of ArcGIS 10.2. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in 9 general steps, including 1. Reviewing demographic data, 2. Identifying human risks, 3. Identifying risk causes, 4. Identifying risk effects, 5. Determining the severity and occurrence of risks, 6. Rating risks, 7. Controlling risks, 8. Entering the coordinates and RPNs of occupations for each location in ArcGIS, and 9. Drawing safety contour maps using ArcGIS 10.2. The mean and standard deviation of the data were reported using SPSS Statistics V 22.0. Results: At the site of this study, 62.97% of the units had moderate risks, and the rest had low risks (37.03%). The highest RPNs were for light machines and asphalt rollers with the values of 42.91 and 41.3, respectively. In contrast, the lowest RPNs were obtained for the laboratory and the water supply plant. Conclusions: Most of the site units had moderate risks, so it is expected that the risk of the units would be minimized by implementing the recommendations.","PeriodicalId":140710,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120949093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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