The Ontario government has launched Canada’s first Occupational Exposure Registry (OER), a digital portal designed to help workers track and document their exposure to hazardous substances in the ...

Little is known about the etiology of hepatoblastoma. We aimed to confirm the results of a previous study evaluating the association between parental occupational exposures and hepatoblastoma. In our ...

Major advances in the chemical industry have resulted in the development of a very wide range of chemicals and commercial products used to fight pests (weeds, insects and fungi), and to a large ...

New guidelines from the United States Public Health Service update the recommendations for the management of healthcare personnel with occupational exposure to HIV and use of postexposure prophylaxis ...

After any occupational exposure to HIV, healthcare personnel (HCP) should immediately receive a postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) regimen containing at least 3 antiretroviral drugs, according to updated ...

Patients with occupations that involve exposure to potentially noxious agents appear to be at an increased risk of developing both anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) + or ACPA − rheumatoid ...

A study with more than 3,300 participants in 12 countries has established a relationship between occupational exposure to biological dusts, gases, fumes and pesticides and COPD. The researchers did a ...

The processes for establishing voluntary occupational exposure limits (OELs) by nonprofit organizations have been legally and scientifically challenged recently. This follows a long history of legal ...

Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a fairly common illness. According to statistics reported by OSHA in 2010, NIHL accounted for approximately 12 percent of all recordable illnesses in the United ...

CHICAGO (August 6, 2013) – New guidelines from the United States Public Health Service update the recommendations for the management of healthcare personnel (HCP) with occupational exposure to HIV and ...