Arbete och Hälsa: Recent submissions
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Vetenskapligt underlag för hygieniska gränsvärden. 23
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2002)Scientific Basis for Swedish Occupational Standards. 23 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. XXIII
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2002)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 ... -
Mechanical Exposure Variability in Industrial Assembly Work
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Many industrial assembly tasks may be characterised as repetitive and monotonous, which increases the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders, in particular in the upper limbs. Hence, an increased variation within the ... -
Airborne birch and grass pollen allergens in driving compartments of coaches
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Background: Particulate and gaseous air pollutants originating from vehicular traffic have been shown to increase the allergenicity of birch and grass pollen particles and also to aggravate allergic inflammation. Thus ... -
Verktyg för skolans arbetsmiljö : En uppföljningsstudie av arbetsmiljö och välbefinnande bland personal inom projektet Skolmiljö 2000
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Tools for Work Environment in School. A Follow-Up Survey from a Personnel Perspective Regulation concerning Internal Control (IC) of the work environment has been in force in Sweden since 1993. IC regulation forms a part ... -
Hand Cooling, Protection and Performance in Cold Environments
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)This dissertation presents experimental data on hand/finger cooling responses and performance with and without gloves in cold environments. The first part concerned studies of hand/finger cooling behaviors under various ... -
Från matsal till matlåda : Ergonomiska belastningar vid distribution av portionsförpackad varm mat
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)From dining room to lunch box: Ergonomic loads in distribution of individually portioned warm food During the last years in Sweden, distribution of warm food have been a service more commonly offered, then other forms of ... -
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling in risk assessment : Development of Bayesian population methods
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)In risk assessment of risk chemicals, variability in susceptibility in the population is an important aspect. The health hazard of a pollutant is related to the internal exposure to the chemical, i.e. the target dose, ... -
Att ofta byta arbetsplats : En jämförelse mellan uthyrda och korttidsanställda
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Work place mobility: Comparing two groups of atypical workers This study compares employees in two forms of atypical employment deviating from the traditional norm of permanent, full-time employment. The groups compared ... -
Induction of a non-allergic inflammation in the human respiratory tract by organic dust
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Swine farming is an occupation associated with high exposure levels to organic dust, but gases such as ammonia and hydrogen sulphide are also contributing to the potentially hazardous exposure. The prevalences for respiratory ... -
Handintensivt arbete : En belastningsergonomisk kunskapsöversikt gällande människans kapacitet och interaktion med verktyg och arbetsuppgifter
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Hand intensive work : A scientific review of human capacity and interaction with tools and tasks The state of the art regarding different aspects on professional hand intensive work is summarised in a broad literature ... -
X2001 Exposure Assesment in Epidemiology and Practice
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)This book contains the extended abstracts to the X2001 Conference on Exposure Assessment in Epidemiology and Practice in Göteborg, Sweden, June 10-13, 2001. The excellent work performed by the contributing scientists has ... -
Förtidspensionärer i ett tioårsperspektiv : En jämförelse av de nya förtidspensionärerna 1988, 1993 och 1998
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)The main objective with this study was to compile a picture of the individuals granted disability pension in Sweden in 1988, 1993 and 1998. It presents an overall picture of the social and professional backgrounds of the ... -
Arbete och besvär i rörelseorganen : En vetenskaplig värdering av frågor om samband : Andra upplagan
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Denna bok är en nytryckning av boken med samma titel som tidigare getts ut i serien Arbete och Hälsa. Den är till innehållet och kapitelindelning praktiskt taget helt oförändrad. Dock har kapitel 2 Begreppet arbets-skada ... -
Physical load in computer mouse work : working technique, sex and stress aspects
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)The overall aim of this licentiate thesis was to evaluate how working technique, sex and stress influenced the physical load during computer mouse work. The thesis is based upon three separate studies, two laboratory studies ... -
The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals and The Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards : 127. Hydrogen sulphide
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a gas that can be generated in nature whenever organic material containing sulphur is present and oxygen is depleted. In addition it can be generated in several industrial settings. It is difficult ... -
Low back pain in a general population : Care seeking behaviour, life style factors, and methods of exposure assessment
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)This thesis is based on the MUSIC- Norrtälje study, a population-based case-referent study of low-back pain with a two-year follow-up. Included in the study were 449 female and 342 male cases. The specific aims were to ... -
Gränser i omsorgsarbete : En studie om arbetets innehåll, villkor och kvalitet
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Boundaries in home care work. A study of work content and its significance for working conditions and quality in care The aim of the study was to investigate work content and its significance for working conditions and ... -
Women s conditions in working life
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)This volume of Arbete och Hälsa (Work and Health) is a result of a workshop held in Brussels in September 2000. The workshop was one out of about 70 workshops that preceded the European Union Presidency Conference Work ... -
The Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals : 128. Triglycidyl isocyanurate
(Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001)Triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) is a solid, slightly soluble in water. It has a very low vapour pressure, and will therefore occur as dust at the workplace. TGIC is an epoxy compound containing three epoxy groups. Technical ...