Occupational and Environmental Medicine / Arbets- och miljömedicin: Recent submissions
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Event analysis and feedback as intervention techniques to stimulate activity for safe and healthy work
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)The general aim of this licentiate thesis was to contribute to the research-based knowledge about working-life interventions for improved safety and health. Interventions were made among Swedish fishermen (problem: high ... -
En studie av ungdomars och anställdas syn på arbete i två kommuner i Dalarna
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)A study of youths and employees opinions on work in two municipalities in Dalarna During the second half of the 1980:s attention was drawn to the difficulties for the industry to recruite youths. The difficulties to recruite ... -
Neurotoxicity after poisonings with organophosphate pesticides in Nicaragua
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)In Nicaragua rates of acute human poisonings caused by pesticides, in spite of significant underreporting, are among the highest in the world. Hence the unrestricted availability of pesticides and their misuse, as well as ... -
Human responses to cold and wind
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)Cold is stressful for the human being and has physical, subjective and physiological effects. Body cooling must be prevented to provide for the worker s comfort and safety in cold workplaces. The effects of cold were ... -
Utveckling av arbetsmiljö och upplevd hälsa : en longitudinell undersökning av anställda i kraftindustrin
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)Effects of the work environment on subjective health : a nine-year longitudinal investigation of workers in the electric power industry The effects of the work environment on the subjective health of 440 workers in the ... -
Organisatoriska faktorers betydelse för långa sjukskrivningar i kommuner
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)The Effect of Organizational Factors on Long-term Sick Leave in Swedish Municipalities The aim with this study was to explain the variation in long-term sick leave within the public sector among workers in different ... -
Temperature limit values for cold touchable surfaces : Final report on the project: SMT4-CT97-2149
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)The aim of the project was to find and compile information on human responses to contact the cold surfaces. The work has covered 1) literature search and field study; 2) experimental studies with human subjects; 3) simulation ... -
Relationer som arbete : Förutsättningar för omsorgsfulla möten i hemtjänsten
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)Relating as a primary task Prerequisites for sustainable caring relations in home-care service The overall purpose of this thesis is to examine job content and work conditions in home care for the elderly and disabled from ... -
Tre år efter avvecklingen : arbete, hälsa och hälsoutveckling för uppsagd civilanställd personal inom Försvaret
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)Three years after the closure : employment, health and health development for laid-off civil servants within the Swedish Armed Forces The study focuses on mental health and employment for civil servants within the Swedish ... -
Physical load, psychosocial and individual factors in visual display unit work
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)The overall aim of this thesis was to explore associations between physical load, psychosocial and individual factors in visual display unit (VDU) work. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate whether perceived muscular ... -
The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals and The Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards : 132. Formaldehyde
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)Formaldehyde is a colourless, flammable, reactive gas, which readily polymerises, and forms explosive mixtures with air and oxygen. It is used as a raw material in chemical reactions, and as an intermediate in the manufacture ... -
Work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and develop methods for describing, analysing and assessing work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks, and to study how the work technique is related to personal ... -
Positiv och negativ påverkan på livssituationen vid långtidssjukskrivning
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)The influence of longterm sick leave on daily life The aim of the study was to analyse the influence of long-term sick leave on different aspects of daily life. The study group consisted of 862 men and women with a consecutive ... -
The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals and the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards : 133. Tetrachloroethylene (PER)
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)At ambient temperatures, tetrachloroethylene (PER) is a colourless liquid with an ethereal odour. It is used as a solvent in dry cleaning, extraction and vapour degreasing of metals, as an intermediate in chemical synthesis, ... -
Vetenskapligt underlag för hygieniska gränsvärden. 24
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)Scientific Basis for Swedish Occupational Standards. 24 Critical review and evaluation of those scientific data which are relevant as a background for discussion of Swedish occupational exposure limits. This volume consists ... -
Scientific Basis for Swedish Occupational Standards. XXIV
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)Critical review and evaluation of those scientific data which are relevant as a background for discussion of Swedish occupational exposure limits. This volume consists of the consensus reports given by the Criteria Group ... -
Occupational exposure limits approaches and criteria : Proceedings from a NIVA course held in Uppsala, Sweden, 24-28 September 2001
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003)This volume presents selected lectures given at the course Occupational exposure limits approaches and criteria, third international course . The main objectives were to: describe and differentiate between the various ... -
Small enterprises in Sweden : Health and safety and the significance of intermediaries in preventive health and safety
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2002)This report is the Swedish part of the SALTSA B project, Health and safety in small enterprises in Europe: The significance and sustainability of the translator function of intermediaries in preventive health and safety. ... -
The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals and the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards : 129. Chlorotrimethylsilane
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2002)Chlorotrimethylsilane is a colourless liquid with a sharp hydrogen chloride-like odour. The chlorotrimethylsilane vapour is heavier than air, and travels along surfaces. At elevated temperatures or combustion, the substance ... -
Organic dust from pig environment induces activation of human T cells
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2002)Farmers suffer more frequently from inflammatory airway disorders than the population in general and a ongoing airway inflammation has been shown also in symptom free healthy farmers. Exposure in a swine confinement building ...