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Rischio da stress lavoro-correlato e disturbi muscolo-scheletrici in operatori socio-sanitari di residenze assistenziali per anziani.
No full textRischio da stress lavoro-correlato e disturbi muscolo-scheletrici in operatori socio-sanitari di residenze assistenziali per anziani
Correlations between SARS-CoV-2 Infections and the Number of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered in Three Italian Provinces
Full text linkThe aim of this ecological study is to evaluate correlations between the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in three Italian provinces—one in the south, one in the center and one in the north of the country—and the registered numbers of COVID-19 cases in the same areas. The period of January 2021–September 2022 was considered, with specific analysis for fractions of times corresponding to the spread in Italy of the different SARS-CoV-2 variants. The results confirm the reduction of the effectiveness of the vaccines in preventing new COVID-19 cases in Italy, regardless of latitude, after the appearance of the first omicron variants. The new variants omicron 4 and 5 showed an extremely high spread during the Italian summer months; fortunately, the effects of the vaccinations in preventing new cases was improved compared to the previous omicron variants, showing a negative correlation between the new COVID-19 cases and the number of vaccine doses administered
Stress occupazionale e sottopopolazioni linfocitarie e citochine infiammatorie nei lavoratori.
No full textStress occupazionale e sottopopolazioni linfocitarie e citochine infiammatorie nei lavoratori
Solar radiation: a neglected health risk in exposed workers.
Full text linkSolar radiation: a neglected health risk in exposed workers
Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and health surveillance according to the european directive 2013/35/eu
Full text linkIn the European Union, health surveillance (HS) of electromagnetic fields (EMF)-exposed workers is mandatory according to the Directive 2013/35/EU, aimed at the prevention of known direct biophysical effects and indirect EMF’s effects. Long-term effects are not addressed in the Directive as the evidence of a causal relationship is considered inadequate. Objectives of HS are the prevention or early detection of EMF adverse effects, but scant evidence is hitherto available on the specific procedures. A first issue is that no specific laboratory tests or medical investigations have been demonstrated as useful for exposure monitoring and/or prevention of the effects. Another problem is the existence of workers at particular risk (WPR), i.e., subjects with specific conditions in-ducing an increased susceptibility to the EMF-related risk (e.g., workers with active medical devices or other conditions); exposures within the occupational exposure limit values (ELVs) are usually adequately protective against EMF’s effects, but lower exposures can possibly induce a health risk in WPR. Consequently, the HS of EMF-exposed workers according to the EU Directive should be aimed at the early detection and monitoring of the recognized adverse effects, as well as an early identification of WPR for the adoption of adequate preventive measures
The Occupational Health Surveillance of Workers Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields and the Problem of ‘Workers at Particular Risk’
No full textElectromagnetic fields (EMF) represent a recognised occupational risk factor, and the number of potentially exposed workers is huge; but, to date, the problem of an adequate occupational health surveillance (OHS) programme for the protection of EMF-exposed workers is still open. So far, scant agreement is available, especially on the OHS-specific contents to adequately ensure an effective prevention and early detection of adverse effects such as the stimulation of muscles, nerves or sensory organs, and limb currents or thermal effects, generally not expected in the usual working situations, commonly not exceeding exposure limits; but that can appear especially in the case of overexposures. A further problematic aspect of OHS programme is the protection of workers with conditions inducing their higher susceptibility (‘workers at particular risk’) as are, in the case of EMF exposure, for example, subjects with implanted medical devices and pregnant workers. It should be considered that the adverse effects are usually prevented in the case of strict compliance with occupational exposure limit values, but an exceeding of the limits is possible, at least during certain working activities. Furthermore, the current occupational limits may not provide an adequate protection for workers at particular risk. For this reason, an adequate information of the workers on the risk, on exposure levels and on conditions possibly inducing a particular susceptibility to EMF, as well as an early identification and a medical periodical examination of these workers, should be an essential component of any appropriate OHS programme. A last point to be raised here is the fact that the overall results of the OHS should be adequately collected and preserved in a suitable form in order to be consulted at a later date, as required by the European legislation, offering a potential important source of evidence on the possible EMF-related effects; but the unavailability of shared OHS programmes makes it almost impossible. Unfortunately, at our knowledge to date no international effort is ongoing, and apparently none is planned to overcome these challenges
Long-Term Eye Effects And Occupational Exposure To Solar Radiation: A Systematic Review Of The Recent Literature.
Full text linkLong-Term Eye Effects And Occupational Exposure To Solar Radiation: A Systematic Review Of The Recent Literature
Occupational Exposure to Non-Ionizing radiation. Main effects and criteria for health surveillance of workers according to the European Directives
Full text linkOccupational exposure to Non-Ionizing radiation (NIR), including Electromagnetic fields (EMF) and Optical radiation (OR), is almost ubiquitous. EMF may induce various effects: in the case of direct short term effects, static and low-frequency fields interact with the biological tissues through the induction of currents, while high frequency fields through thermal mechanisms. EMF can also induce indirect effects, as interference, causing a specific risk e.g. in workers with active medical devices as pacemakers. The induction of various long term effects has also been proposed, but up now data supporting a causal effect are considered insufficient by almost all authoritative international agencies. Moving to OR, sources can be artificial (incoherent or coherent in the case of LASER) or natural; the main source of occupational OR exposure is natural: the Sun, exposing millions of outdoor workers worldwide. The main targets of OR effects are the skin and the eye. Among OR bands, the ultraviolet component is of particular relevance, inducing photochemical alterations in human cells that can cause both acute and long term effects as burns and skin cancers or cataract. For all workers NIR risk should be evaluated and, in case of significant risk, an adequate health surveillance (HS) should be implemented, also considering the possible presence of workers with conditions inducing a higher susceptibility to the risk, as subjects with active medical devices for EMF or subjects with a fair skin photo-type or eye alterations as aphakia or aniridia for OR. Aims of HS of occupational NIR exposure are the prevention and early detection of related health effects. The appropriate specific HS content depends on the NIR band(s) and on the specific work activities but, in general, at least a screening of the conditions inducing a particular risk and an active seeking of symptoms possibly induced by exposure should be performed before of the employment, and periodically repeated
Esposizione professionale a radiazione solare: il dosaggio di dimeri di timina urinari per la stima del danno cutaneo da UV.
No full textEsposizione professionale a radiazione solare: il dosaggio di dimeri di timina urinari per la stima del danno cutaneo da UV
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