Disease relevance of Occupational Groups

• The incidence rates of high serum cholesterol level and overweight in the above occupational groups were higher as compared with the prevalence of these factors in the general male population in Poland [1].
• Hypertension can be considered work-related and, therefore, compensable when it[occurs] causes cardiac disease in occupational groups for whom cardiac ailments are legislated as being work-incurred and in workers exposed to certain nitrate explosives [2].
• CONCLUSIONS: The presence of manic and psychotic symptoms with fever and high transaminase and/or CPK levels in high risk occupational groups during rainy periods should alert the physician to the possibility of leptospirosis [3].

High impact information on Occupational Groups

• Lung cancer risk among occupational groups of women was reviewed [4].
• Blood glucose screening results, obtained using two different screening procedures, are reported from two occupational groups [5].
• The IL-1alpha(C(889)-T), IL-1beta(C(3954)-T) and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RN)(G(1812)-A, G(1887)-C and T(11100)-C) polymorphisms were genotyped in 131 middle-aged men from three occupational groups (machine drivers, carpenters and office workers) [6].
• A longitudinal investigation of adult-onset and adult-progression of myopia in an occupational group. Refractive and biometric findings [7].
• To assess the potential risk, portable passive monitors and blood concentrations were used to survey three different occupational groups in Mexico City. Passive monitors measured the personal exposure of 45 workers to benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, o-xylene and m-/p-xylene during a work shift [8].

Biological context of Occupational Groups

• When sera from occupational groups were compared to random blood donor sera, meat workers, freezing works veterinary surgeons and pest control officers had significantly higher seropositivity [9].

Associations of Occupational Groups with chemical compounds

• Odds ratios also were elevated for exposures to antifreeze, formaldehyde, pesticides, and carbon tetrachloride, but these findings, based on recall of specific chemical exposures, are more subject to recall bias than the findings based on occupational groups [10].
• Potassium dichromate, and epoxy resin allergy occurred significantly, more frequently, in the occupational group whereas fragrance-mix allergy was significantly more frequent in the non-occupational group [11].
• In our study, we used three different occupational groups (Group 1; engine repair workers, Group 2; taxi drivers, Group 3; traffic police) and two controls (Control I for Group 1 and Control II for Group 2 and Group 3) for the exposed groups [12].
• There are a number of occupational groups in which the use of latex gloves is both inappropriate and even hazardous, including food handlers, where the hazard relates particularly to their latex-sensitive customers [13].
• Charcoal meat grill workers are one of the many occupational groups that are subject to carbon monoxide exposure [14].

Gene context of Occupational Groups

• Therapeutic drug use during pregnancy: a comparison in four European countries. OECM Working Group. Occupational Exposures and Congenital Anomalies [15].
• The prevalence of a personal or family history of atopy was significantly lower in the occupational group (7%) than the non-occupational group (15%) (P less than 0.005) [11].
• PSP appears to favor no geographical, racial, ethnic or occupational group, though there is anecdotal evidence for hydrocarbon exposure as a candidate etiologic factor [16].
• The relationship between completeness of clinical records and K-ras mutations among cases with RM could not be accounted by age, gender, and occupational group [17].
• The rates of first surgery for CTS were compared between occupational groups and the total adult population with the standardised incidence ratio (SIR) method [18].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Occupational Groups

• In a study of three high-risk occupational groups using Rose Bengal and complement fixation tests, the highest prevalence (7.1%) was found among dairy farm workers and owners in randomly selected dairy-cattle farms, followed by veterinary personnel (4.5%) and inhabitants in pastoralist areas (3.0%) [19].
• Studies were carried out in the above occupational groups in the Province of Alberta. A survey of male grain handlers failed to demonstrate significant differences between their serum total IgE levels and allergen specific IgE profiles and those of a control group of sedentary workers [20].

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