14:15 - 15 :45 - ICOH

Free Papers Program 

March 19th, 2012 

ICOH Congress 2012 

14:15 - 15 :45 Chair/Presenter 

Free Paper 31.1: Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health Wilmar Schaufeli 

A1201 Prevalence of burnout among Belgian workers assessed through the 

occupational healthcare system. 

A1689 Interpersonal and work-related predictors of perceived team climate and 

collaboration among physicians: a nationwide 15-year longitudinal study. 

A1136 Development of a new questionnaire to assess mental workload in the 

return-to-work process. 

A1137 Assessing mental workload in the return-to-work process: a question of 

perspective. 

Philippe Mairiaux (Belgium), Nathalie 

Schippers, Julie De Cia, Jean-Paul Panda, 

Lutgart Braeckman, Isabelle Hansez. 

Erling Hillestad (Norway), Tore Gude, 

Reidar Tyssen. 

Valérie Tremblay Boudreault (Canada), 

Marie-josé Durand, Marc Corbière. 

Valérie Tremblay Boudreault (Canada), 

Marie-josé Durand, Marc Corbière. 

A1164 Relation between type of mobbing behavior and triggering event. Debora Miriam Raab Glina (Brazil), Lys 

Rocha. 

A1327 Job strain and ambulatory blood pressure: A meta-analysis. Paul Landsbergis (United States), Marnie 

Dobson, Peter Schnall. 

Free Paper 38.1 : Occupational Health Conditions of Health Care Workers 

in Developing countries Fernando Arias 

A1133 Patient cost and physician medical liability in a population with high Srdjan Denic (United Arab Emirates), 

prevalence of benign neutropenia. 

Mukesh Agarwal. 

A1255 Evaluation of Blood and Fluids Exposure to Health of Health Care Workers in Tom Eliatu (Uganda). 

Uganda. 

A1955 Violence and aggression in an emergency department – Belo 

Andrea Maria Silveira (Brazil), Ana Candida 

Horizonte/Brazil. 

Lima, Marcela Nascimento, Carine Santos, 

Lorena Melo. 

A1800 Insomnia and Burnout in medical students. Anabel Camacho Avila (Mexico), Arturo 

Juárez-garcía. 

A1264 Work social environment in a teaching hospital of Lima-Perú,2010. Alfredo Riboty (Peru), Gino Cavani, 

Ariadna Velasco. 

Free Paper 58.1: Shiftwork & Working Time Frida Marina Fischer 

A1081 Shift work and health. Charlotte Wikholm (Sweden). 

A1697 Development of recovery over time after compressed and extended Suzanne Merkus (Netherlands), K. A. 

working weeks in the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry. 

Holte, A. J. Van Der Beek, W. Van 

Mechelen. 

A1106 Workload variations and its reflection in parameters of cognitive 

performance and cardiovascular system functioning in electricity 

distribution network controllers. 

Nataliya Bobko (Ukraine). 

A1510 The effect of long working hours and night work for mental health among Inah Kim (Korea, Rep.), Sin Ye Lim, Hyun 

employees in South Korea. 

Joo Kim, Kyung-ja June, Jin-wook Park, So 

Yeon Kim, Won June Jang.




A1437 The effects of work schedule aspects on sickness absence in flight 

personnel. 

Alwin Van Drongelen (Netherlands), Cécile 

R.l. Boot, Evelien R. Leffelaar, Jurriaan 

Penders, Hynek Hlobil, Allard J. Van Der 

Beek, Tjabe Smid. 

Free Paper 41 : History of Occupational Health in Mexico and Latin 

America Arturo Juárez García 

A1056 Occupational medicine in Mexico. Brief history of its origin and 

Hugo Fernández De Castro Peredo 

development. 

(Mexico). 

A1404 The effect of the occupational mortality over the economy. Magdalena’s Leonardo Briceno (Colombia), Leonardo 

Fevers and tobacco farming in Colombia in XIX century. 

Briceno-ayala, Mariela Mesa. 

A2185 History of the Occupational Health in Brazil. Ruddy Facci (Brazil). 

A2141 History of Occupational Health in Mexico and Latin America. Rodolfo Nava Hernandez (Mexico). 

Free Paper 17: Health risks and Prevention Tools in the Construction 

Industry Jean Francois Boulat 

A1034 Evidence-based pre-employment medical examination in the Dutch Vincent Gouttebarge (Netherlands), Henk 

construction industry. 

F. Van Der Molen, J. Cor Van 

Duivenbooden, Judith K. Sluiter, Monique 

H.w. Frings-dresen 

A1069 Active and passive tobacco smoke exposures: a construction workplace Alberto J. Caban Martinez (Unites States), 

health assessment pilot study. 

David J. Lee, Tainya C. Clarke, Evelyn P. 

Davila, John D. Clark Iii, Manuel A. Ocasio, 

Diana Kachan, Lora E. Fleming. 

A1776 Promoting Practical Prevention Tools through a National "Research-to- 

Practice" (r2p) Initiaitve in Construction. 

A1731 Methodology of survey of working conditions : an example in 

watertightness companies. 

Robin Baker (Unites States), Charlotte 

Chang, Matt Gillen. 

Jean-françois Boulat (France), Dominique 

Leuxe, Jean Francois Bergamini. 

A1733 National Network for Monitoring and Prevention of Occupational Diseases. Claudie Lebaupain (France). 

Free Paper 47: Biomonitoring of Chemical exposures experiences in 

Developing countries Francisco Mercado Calderon 

A1653 CYP2E1 activity in Mexican workers occupationally exposed to low levels of Octavio Jimenez Garza (Mexico), Sergio 

toluene. 

Márquez-gamiño, Arnulfo Albores, 

Cipriana Caudillo-cisneros, Mariella 

Carrieri, Giovanni Battista Bartolucci, 

Maurizio Manno. 

A1691 The Prevalence of Green Tobacco Sickness and Urinary cotinine 

Kwan Lee (Korea, Rep.), Sung-jun Park, 

Concentrations among Korean Tobacco Harvesters. 

Jong-seuk Kim, Hyun-sul Lim. 

A1210 Hazardous behaviours and health state, according to the exposure duration, Kara Peketi Koffi (Togo). 

among 431 cotton-farmers.


A2041 



Evidenced-based biomonitoring program development for the oil industry. Lope Barrero (Colombia), César Lizarazo, 

Enrique Guerrero, Ana Gutiérrez, Jean 

Pulido, Marlene Acosta. 

A1545 Exposure to indoor air pollutants in mexican indigenous women. Ivan Nelinho Perez Maldonado (Mexico), 

Lucia Guadalupe Pruneda Alvarez, 

Francisco Javier Perez Vazquez, Mariana 

Salgado Bustamante, Octavio Gaspar 

Ramirez, Sandra Teresa Orta Garcia. 

Free Paper 36.1: Work Disability Prevention and Integration Ellen Maceachen 

A2079 Manuals for evaluation of impairment: 16 yearsof experience and evolution 

in Colombia. 

A1001 This intervention appears to be effective in reducing low back pain 

associated workers compensation costs. 

A1016 The correlation between clinical and demographic parameters and sickness 

absences in diabetic employees. 

A1758 Learning from our mistakes – evaluation of an implementation failure of a 

return-to-work program in France. 

A1807 The challenge of implementing return to work programs from research to 

practice – a review of barriers in a systemic perspective. 

Julietta Rodriguez Guzman (Colombia), Dr. 

Sandra E. Gallegos Mejia. 

Konstantin Vladimirovich Berestnev 

(Russian Federation), Gary Moffitt, Judith 

Green-mckenzie, Dan Vancil, Frances 

Shofer. 

Shlomo Moshe (Israel), Irena Golob, 

Chodick Gabriel, Cohen Joseph, Zak Oren. 

Jean-Baptiste Fassier (France), Dr. Jacques 

Lapierre, Dr. Martine Soulatzky, Dr. Annemarie 

Pillon, Dr. Béatrice Luminet, Dr. 

Catherine Charruel, Pr. Alain Bergeret. 

Jean-Baptiste Fassier (France), Quan Nha 

Hong, Marie-josé Durand, Patrick Loisel. 

Free Paper 3.1: Promoting health and Well-being at work Carel Hulshof 

A1311 Worksite Wellness: Successful Implementation at a Large Manufacturing Jeannie K. Hanna (United States), Dr. 

Facility in Monterrey, Mexico. 

Rafael Martinez. 

A1322 The lamplighter program on health promotion at the workplace. - the India Kishore Madhwani (India), Hv Ravi Mohan, 

experience. 

Sudip Gupta, Himanshu Shukla, Ravindra 

Udiavar, Ranjana Thate, Mira Santiago, 

Dean Patterson, Thirumalai Rajgopal. 

A1390 Health Organization and Future - Characteristics of organizations with 

healthy employees. 

Britta Carlström (Sweden), Magnus 

Svartengren, P Bergman, M Parmsund, U 

Stoetzer, E Vingård. 

A1234 What factors have greater influence on workability?. Masaharu Kumashiro (Japan), Yoshiyuki 

Higuchi, Hiroyuki Izumi, Tadayuki Yokota. 

A1160 Self-estimated health and practice related to smoking among employees of 

health institutions in Serbia. 

Srmena Krstev (Serbia), Jelena Marinkovic, 

Snezana Simic, Ana Jovicevic, Ljiljana 

Markovic-denic.




A2091 Overview of Japanese Workplace Health Promotion for Obesity and 

preliminary Evaluation of the Japanese National Project: Specialized Health 

Screenings and Health Guidance for Metabolic Syndrome. 

Free Paper 50.1: Advances in Biological Monitoring Maurizio Manno 

A1680 New analytical methods and old BEI lead to the risk to underestimate 

styrene occupational exposure. 

A1668 Biomonitoring during large-scale maintenance works in the chemical 

industry - the benzene experience. 

Hiroshi Fukuda (Japan), Tomomi Haniu, 

Hirohide Yokokawa,Fukuko Oka, Miki 

Ooike, Kazutoshi Fujibayashi, Teruhiko 

Hisaoka. 

Giovanna Tranfo (Italy), Renata Sisto, 

Monica Gherardi, Enrico Paci, Mariapia 

Gatto, Patrizia Garofani, Andrea Gordiani, 

Bruno Papaleo. 

Michael Bader (Germany), Wolfgang Will, 

Mei Yong, Sabine Neumann, Rolf Peter 

Pluto, Christoph Oberlinner, Michael 

Nasterlack. 

A1350 Elimination and biological half-time of cadmium in kidney. Magnus Akerstrom (Sweden), Thomas 

Lundh, Lars Barregard, Gerd Sallsten. 

A1400 Urinary biomarkers for the exposure assessment of 2-chloroprene. Thomas Göen (Germany), Elisabeth 

Eckert, Wolfgang Gries, Gabriele Leng. 

A1377 Biomarkers of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure in German Coke 

Oven Workers. 

Glenn Talaska (United States), Jeffrey 

Thoroman, Brenda Schumann, Heiko 

Kafferlein. 

A2049 Firefighter Occupational Exposures Project: Enhancing Biomonitoring. Rupali Das (United States), Leslie Israel, 

Sandra Mcneel, Berna Watson, Frank 

Barley, Myrto Petreas. 

Free Paper 19.1: OH for Health Care Workers Annalee Yassi 

A1146 A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Dental Practitioners: Effect of Scaler David Michael Rempel (United States), 

Handle Design. 

Peter Loomer, David Lee. 

A1672 Portuguese Doctors´ Health: psychosocial factors relevant for burnout 

prevention. 

Alvaro Durao (Portugal). 

A1643 QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the diagnosis of Latent Michele Augusto Riva (Italy), Giovanni De 

Tuberculosis Infection: an analysis among healthcare students. 

Vito, Marco Italo D"orso, Carlo Rodella, 

Raffaele Latocca, Giancarlo Cesana. 

A2059 Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens nn Brazil - A Voluntary 

National Surveillance System (PSBio). 

A1272 Occupational health surveillance in healthcare: Developing standardized 

indicators for international use. 

Free Paper 5.1: Improving quality in Occupational Health Practice Ira Madan 

Cristiane Rapparini (Brazil), Guilherme 

Côrtes Fernandes, Valéria Saraceni, 

Alcyone Artioli Machado, Vitória Vellozo, 

Paulo Feijó Barroso,Surveillance Network 

Psbio. 

Annalee Yassi (Canada), Lyndsay Ohara, 

Elayne Kornblatt Phillips, Susan Wilburn, 

Ahmed Gomaa, William Buchta.


A1423 



Compliance with uk oh accreditation standards: A national survey of NHS John Harrison (United Kingdom), 

occupational health services. 

Andrew Gilbey, Kit Harling. 

A1269 Implementing social media communication in an OHS organisation. Pär Pihlqvist (Sweden). 

A1092 Evaluation of the Accreditation of Occupational Health Services in Norway. Arve Lie (Norway). 

A1292 A specialised clinic for occupational and environmental medicine within a Stephan Keirsbilck (Belgium), Els Adams, 

university hospital. 

Ben Nemery. 

A1175 Integrated ICT solutions strategically boost prevention practice. Bart Viaene (Belgium), Marc Beurms. 

Free Paper 51: Radiation and Work Maila Hietanen 

A1055 Practical recommendations to occupational physicians for medical 

monitoring and dose assessment of internal exposure of nuclear workers to 

radionuclides. 

Nicolas Blanchin (France), Anne Laure 

Agrinier, Philippe Berard, Eric 

Blanchardon, Laurent Bourgaut, Cécile 

Challeton De Vathaire, Robert Fottorino, 

Didier Franck, Paul Fritsch, Michèle Gonin, 

Jean Piechowski, Benoit Quesne. 

A1581 Cancer incidence in the cohort of Chernobyl accident fighters. Ilya Veyalkin (Belarus), Vladimir Masyakin, 

Alexey Okeanov, Eldar Nadyrov, Yury 

Averkin. 

A1991 Evaluation of Occupational and Environmental Exposure to Extremely Low 

Frequency-Magnetic Fields in Workers: Results of Two Days Personal 

Monitoring in 543 Workers. 

A2098 UVA radiation: reconsidering protection features in light of the emerging 

data on biological effects and exposure levels due to occupational sources. 

Fabriziomaria Gobba (Italy), Paolo Rossi, 

Gian Marco Contessa, Giulia Bravo. 

Massimo Borra (Italy), Carlo Grandi, 

Andrea Militello. 

A2196 Safety and Radiation Protection Culture. Richard Vetter (United States), Kelly 

Classic, Bernard Le Guen, Kenneth Kase. 

16:00 - 17:30 Chair/Presenter 

Free Paper 32: Psychosocial Interventions for Prevention of Stress at Work 

Maureen Dollard 

A1067 Implementation of a new screening method for incipient exhaustion 

disorder in occupational health services. 

Artur Tenenbaum (Sweden), Stefan Gram 

Presenter, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr, Björn 

Karlson, Kai Österberg. 

Krister Skoglund (Sweden). 

A1308 How can companies and individuals secure against information and 

communication technology stress in the workplace?. 

A1070 Occupational disparities in physiologic stress among U.S. workers. Alberto J. Caban Martinez (United States), 

Frank C. Bandiera, Tainya C. Clarke, 

Manuel A. Ocasio, Diana Kachan, Brittny T. 

Major, Kristopher L. Arheart, Lora E. 

Fleming, David J. Lee. 

A1138 Probable PTSD and Functional Impairment among High-Risk Workers who 

Witnessed an Occupational Fatality. 

Rich Blake (United States), Dr. Jeffrey M 

Lating, Dr. Martin F. Sherman, Dr. 

Matthew W. Kirkhart.




A1300 A step-wise implementation of Psychosocial Risk Management Approach 

(PRIMA) from onshore into offshore organisations in company in the 

petroleum industry. 

A2151 Subjective Success at Work and Work-related Attitudes – A three Wave 

Study. 

A1597 Web-based intervention to improve work engagement: A randomized 

controlled trial. 

Siri Hinna (Norway). 

Celine Muehlethaler (Switzerland), Nora 

Haiduk, Nathalie Scheuber, Norbert 

Semmer 

Norito Kawakami (Japan), Koutaro 

Imamura, Kanami Tsuno, Katsuyuki 

Nanba, Masao Tuchiya, Kyoko Shimada, 

Akihito Shimazu. 

Free Paper 34: Psychosocial Factors: How to Intervene Judith K Sluiter 

A1129 Work related stress measurement and intervention. Rebeca Alma Navarro Cruz (Mexico). 

A1248 Company Emergency Management - a new concept exemplified by the Astrid Olga Barbara Brammertz 

Aachen City Administration. 

(Germany). 

A1365 Sick leave after a counseling intervention for burnout gets doctors back on Karin Isaksson Ro (Sweden), Reidar 

track: A three-year follow-up study of Norwegian doctors. 

Tyssen, Tore Gude, Olaf Aasland. 

A1716 Developing a comprehensive workload model for better interventions in the Sylvie Montreuil (Canada), Pierre- 

workplace. 

sebastien Fournier, Jean-pierre Brun. 

A1440 The effect on return to work and absenteeism of a multidisciplinary stress 

treatment programme. ISRCTN52839015. 

Bo Netterstrøm (Denmark), Lene Friebel, 

Yun Ladegaard. 

Free Paper 31.2: Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health Rashaun Roberts 

A1198 Worktime control and mental health of employees working long hours: the 

role of age and gender. 

Dorota Zolnierczyk Zreda (Poland). 

A1145 Need for recovery and Self Rated Health Status in Slovenian physicians. Tihomir Ratkajec (Slovenia), Vadnjal 

Gruden Zora, Manfredo Irena, Lovse 

Bojan. 

A1214 The association between level of job control and suicide and suicide 

attempt in middle aged men. 

Tomas Hemmingsson (Sweden). 

A1477 Associations between mobile phone and computer use and mental health Sara Thomée (Sweden), 

symptoms among young adults - a prospective cohort study. 

Annika Härenstam, Mats Hagberg. 

A1688 Participatory problem-solution methods in use of Occupational Health Maria Helena Rautio (Colombia), Anne 

Service (OHS). 

Väisänen, Päivi Jalonen. 

A1482 Predictors of psychological detachment from work during off-job time. Akihito Shimazu (Japan), 

Jan De Jonge, Sabine Sonnentag, Kazumi 

Kubota, Norito Kawakami. 

Free Paper 38.2 : Occupational Health Conditions of Health Care Workers 

in Developing countries 

Fernando Arias 

A1456 Working conditions and , sickness of nursing workers in Brazil. Vanda Andres Felli (Brazil), Patrícia 

Baptista, Aline Martins, Fábio Silva, Marcia 

Karino.


A2099 



Work Ability among registered nurses in operating room. Sara Arphorn (Thailand), Umarat 

Kaewcharern, Orawan Kaewboonchoo, 

Chalermchai Chaikittiporn, Vichai 

Pruktharathikul, Wattasit Siriwong. 

A1796 Impacts of participatory work improvement training in health care settings 

in the Republic of Burundi. 

A2195 Chemical Hazard Communication Comprehensibility in South Africa: Safety 

Implications for the adoption of the GHS. 

Toru Yoshikawa (Japan), Kazutaka Kogi, P 

Ndayongeje, Jb Nduwarugira, Marie 

Bukuru, Hiroshi Tasei, Kazuhiro Abe. 

Leslie London (South Africa), Aqiel Dalvie, 

Hanna-andrea Rother. 

Free Paper 58.2: Shiftwork & Working Time Frida Marina Fischer 

A1563 Evaluation of the design of the shift work in an open pit coal mine using Hugo Piedrahita (Colombia), Daniel 

paired comparison methodology. 

Cuervo, Liana Urbina. 

A1874 Night-work and health: a study on a population of workers in the 

Manfredi Montalti (Italy), Nicola Mucci, 

Metropolitan Area of Florence, Italy. 

Costanza Bini, Francesco Sofi, Vincenzo 

Cupelli, Giulio Arcangeli. 

A1084 Age-friendly shift systems - do they exist?. Mikko I. Härmä (Finland), Katriina 

Viitasalo, Sampsa Puttonen. 

A2130 Retrospective Cohort Study of the Risk of Hypertension among Shift Tatsuhiko Kubo (Japan), Ichiro Oyama, Koji 

Workers. 

Kadowaki, Masamizu Kunimoto, Kiyoyumi 

Shirane, Hidetoshi Tabata, Zenzaburo 

Ishihara, Ken Sabanai, Takehiro Nakamura. 

Free Paper 28: Small-scale enterprises and the Informal Sector Toru Itani 

A1528 A preliminary mapping methodology for occupational hazards and 

biomechanical risk evaluation: presentation of a simple, computerized tool 

kit for ergonomic hazards identification and risk assessment. 

A1388 Low-Cost Technical Solutions to Reduce Occupational Hazards of Waste 

Workers in Developing Countries. 

A2094 Occupational health hazards, work-related illness and injury, work 

behaviors among informal workforce: Case study in baby corn planting 

farmer group. 

A1812 Availability of promoting health for small sized enterprises in Korea - the 4 

years experience. 

A1425 Occupational health purchasing behaviour by SMEs – testing a new 

theoretical model. 

Loretta Montomoli (Italy), Daniela 

Colombini, Enrico Occhipinti. 

Daniela Bleck (Germany). 

Free Paper 36.2: Work Disability Prevention and Integration Ellen Maceachen 

A1203 Partnership in medicine: how to promote the collaboration between 

general practitioners, occupational physicians and social insurance 

physicians?. 

Thanee Kaewthummanukul (Thailand), 

Chawapornpan Chanprasit. 

Dae Seong Kim (Korea, Rep.), Seong-kyu 

Kang, Jungsun Park. 

John Harrison (United Kingdom), Adrian 

Woods, Keith Dickson. 

Philippe Mairiaux (Belgium), Marc 

Vanmeerbeek, Nathalie Schippers, Katrien 

Mortelmans, Peter Donceel.




A1252 A mixed method approach into disease-specific and generic predictors of 

paid work in older individuals with depression, osteoarthritis and 

cardiovascular disease. 

A1918 The effectiveness of two active interventions compared to self-care in nonacute 

low back pain. A randomised, controlled trial with a 4-year follow-up 

of employees in the occupational health setting. 

Cécile Boot (Netherlands), Dorly Deeg, 

Allard Van Der Beek, Tineke Abma. 

Jarmo Rantonen (Finland), Satu Luoto, Aki 

Vehtari, Markku Hupli, Jaro Karppinen, 

Antti Malmivaara, Simo Taimela. 

A1928 The effectiveness of additional oral advice compared to self-care 

Jarmo Rantonen (Finland), Satu Luoto, Aki 

information booklet alone in early phase occupational low back trouble: A 4- Vehtari, Markku Hupli, Jaro Karppinen, 

year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. 

Antti Malmivaara, Simo Taimela. 

A1711 ‘Arthritis -at-Work’ : feasibility of an E-health intervention to support work 

functioning in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 

Jan Lucas Hoving (Netherlands), Marrit 

Van Der Meer, Simone Put, Carin 

Logtenberg, Niek De Vries, Paul-peter Tak, 

Judith Sluiter, Monique Frings. 

Free Paper 56: Work and Vision. Functional and Clinical Aspects Bruno Piccoli 

A1736 Eyes @ Work - a critical but creative view upon ergophthalmology. Horst Mayer (Sweden), Peder Wolkoff, 

Thomas Kaercher, Ellen Kraus-mackiw. 

A1611 Retinal hazards from occupational blue light exposure to high intensity 

discharge lamps: A summary of relevant literature for development and 

action. 

Bruno Piccoli (Italy), Silvano Orsini, Dino 

Pisaniello, Maurizio Possenti, Pierluigi 

Zambelli, Antonio Bergamaschi. 

A2184 Ocular surface and microorganisms in office work: is there a possible hazard Ruddy Facci (Brazil), M. Gariba. 

?. 

A2078 Expertise eye examination: comparison of criteria used in the U.S., Spain 

and Brazil. 

Eduardo Sá (Brazil), Gustavo Locatelli. 

A1561 Incidence and risk factors for symptoms from the eyes among professional Allan Toomingas (Sweden), Mats Hagberg, 

computer users. 

Hans Richter, Karl Erik Westergren. 

Free Paper 3.2 : Promoting health and Well-being at work Carel Hulshof 

A1328 Balanced communication in work teams: An interactive intervention study 

in the public sector. 

A1376 Maintenance and promotion of work ability activies at workplace - medical 

or multidiciplinary set up?. 

A1867 The impact and patterns of hazardous drinking amongst male industrial 

workers in Goa, India. 

Åsa Stöllman (Sweden), Birgitta 

Södergren, Måns Waldenström, Erik 

Lampa, Fredrik Molin, Eva Vingård. 

Päivi Marjukka Husman (Finland). 

Ganapati Vasant Prabhu (India), Anil Rane, 

Gaurish Gaunekar, Vikram Patel. 

A1504 A Portrait of a long-haul truck driver… Descriptive data analysis of a large Konstantin Vladimirovich Berestnev 

population of the U.S. truck drivers. 

(Russian Federation). 

A1557 An economic evaluation of a worksite intervention to promote work ability Karen Oude Hengel (Netherlands), Allard 

and health-related quality of life in the construction industry. 

Van Der Beek, Paulien Bongers, Birgitte 

Blatter.




Free Paper 50.2: Advances in Biological Monitoring Maurizio Manno 

A1262 New Model for Biological Monitoring of Occupational Chemical Exposure to Francisco Mercado Calderon (Mexico), 

Volatile Organic Compounds. 

Luis Fernado Oropeza-hernandez, 

Esmeralda Alavardo, Arnulfo Albores. 

A1594 Urinary profiles of monohydroxylated metabolites of polycyclic aromatic 

hydrocarbons in different industrial activities. 

A1606 Assessment of dermal exposure by the tape-stripping method in workers 

exposed to skin-annotated organic solvents ;N,N-Dimethylformamide. 

A1608 Biological monitoring of indoor-exposure to dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like 

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in a public building. 

Catherine Nisse (France), Nadège Lepage, 

Ariane Leroyer, Mickael Howsam, Patrice 

Simon, Anne Maitre, Jean-paul Bonte, 

Michel Lhermitte. 

Yun Kyung Chung (Korea, Rep.), Kyong-sok 

Shin, Mi-young Lee, Chung-yill Park. 

Thomas Schettgen (Germany), Anne Alt, 

Doris Keller, Dieter Preim, Thomas Kraus. 

A2071 Cortisol measurements in the workplace as stress indicators. Pierre Durand (Canada), Alain Marchand, 

Sonia Lupien. 

A1963 Internal permethrin exposure of forestry workers associated with the use of Bernd Rossbach (Germany), Peter Kegel, 

impregnated protective clothing. 

Stephan Letzel. 


A1273 Building Capacity to Design, Implement and Evaluate Workplace-based HIV 

and Tuberculosis programmes for the Healthcare Workforce: Evaluating the 

first phase of a South African-Canadian Collaboration. 

A1412 Mental Vitality @ Work: two strategies for a Workers’ Health Surveillance 

mental module for nurses and allied health professionals. 

Annalee Yassi (Canada), Alexandre 

Liautaud, Lyndsay Ohara, Michelle 

Engelbrecht, Asta Rau, Elizabeth Bryce, 

Jerry Spiegel, Lucky Nophale, Kerry Uebel. 

Karen Nieuwenhuijsen (Netherlands), 

Fania Gärtner, Sarah Ketelaar, Odile 

Smeets, Linda Bolier, Eva Fischer, Frank 

Van Dijk, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Judith 

Sluiter. 

A1325 Persistent cough? Pertussis may be lurking behind you. Michal Englard Hershler (Israel). 

A1851 Provision of basic occupational health services to health care workers. Nguyen Bich Diep (Vietnam), Nguyen Khac 

Hai. 

A1694 Current conditions of risk assessment implemented in Japanese medical 

institutions. 

A2058 Occupationally acquired infectious diseases among health care workers in 

Brazil: Riscobiologico.org Project - Use of Internet tools to improve 

management, prevention, and surveillance. 


Kota Fukai (Japan), Seiichiro Tateishi, 

Yuuki Takeda, Shigeyuki Kajiki, Akizumi 

Tsutsumi. 

Cristiane Rapparini (Brazil), Valéria 

Saraceni, Alcyone Artioli Machado, 

Guilherme Côrtes Fernandes, Vitória 

Vellozo, Paulo Feijó Barroso, 

Riscobiologico.org Network.




A1195 Work practices related to occupational hazards among workers in Thailand. Orrapan Untimanon (Thailand), Kanokul 

Ayucharoen, Somkiat Siriruttanapruk, 

Kowit Boonmephong, Arreepit Promrat, 

Sukanya Teangkumdee. 

A2213 An ICT-prevention tool specifically focused on Small and Medium Sized Marc Beurms (Belgium), Bruno Van 

Enterprises. 

Damme. 

A1855 Methods of improving the quality of record keeping in Occupational Health. Kobie Oosthuizen (South Africa). 

A1729 Occupational Health Indicators in South Africa: a report in need of 

Elvira Singh (South Africa), Danuta 

resuscitation. 

Kielkowski. 

A1623 Medical audit of occupational physicians by peer review (‘visitation’). Jos Manders (Netherlands), Carel Hulshof, 

Cees Van Vliet, Jacqueline Gerritsen. 

Free Paper 1 : Occupational and Environmental Immunotoxicology Mario Di Gioacchino 

A1473 Immunotoxicology of Asbestos: Continuous exposure to asbestos to human 

T cell caused reduction of CXCR3, a chemokine receptor. 

A1474 Immunotoxicology of Asbestos: Asebstos enhances regulatory T cell 

function. 

Takemi Otsuki (Japan), Megumi Maeda, 

Naoko Kumagai, Hindenori Matsuzaki, 

Suni Lee, Hiroaki Hayashi. 

Takemi Otsuki (Japan), Megumi Maeda, 

Naoko Kumagai, Hidenori Matsuzaki, Suni 

Lee, Hiroaki Hayashi. 

A1475 Immunotoxicology of Silica: Silica activates regulatory T cell. Takemi Otsuki (Japan), Megumi Maeda, 

Naoko Kumagai, Hidenori Mastuzaki, Suni 

Lee, Hiroaki Hayashi, Masayasu Kusaka, 

Kozo Urakami, Yasumitsu Nishimuraq. 

A1998 Effects of palladium model nanoparticles emitted from car exhaust 

converters on peripheral blood mononuclear cells of palladium-sensitized 

women. 

A2003 Molecular pathways and subcellular alteration implicated in the acute 

response to nanoparticles in human cord blood hematopoietic progenitor 

cells and in murine BALB3T3 fibroblasts. 

A1569 Suppressive effect of exposure to asbestos on cytotoxicity of human NK 

cells. 

Mario Di Gioacchino (Italy), Luca Di 

Giampaolo, Marcella Reale, Renato 

Mariani-costantini, Giovina Vianale, 

Andrea Antonucci, Ivo Iavicoli, Enrico 

Sabbioni, Vincenzo Lotti, Paolo Boscolo. 

Mario Di Gioacchino (Italy), Luca Di 

Giampaolo, Renato Mariani-costantini. 

Yasumitsu Nishimura (Japan), Naoko 

Kumagai, Megumi Maeda, Hiroaki 

Hayashi, Suni Lee, Hidenori Matsuzaki, 

Kazuya Fukuoka, Takashi Nakano, Takumi 

Kishimoto, Takemi Otsuki.





Free Paper 31.3: Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health 

A1270 Association of the the Burnout syndrome cardiovascular risk and in Mexican 

workers. 

A2024 Relationship between job insecurity and needle stick injuries among health 

care workers; does job insecurity risk or protective?. 

A1298 Good psychosocial practices at work: A thematic analysis of Corporate 

Social Responsibility tools and instruments. 

A2200 Long-term high need for recovery is related to decreased diurnal cortisol 

variability. 

Stavroula Leka 

Horacio Tovalin (Mexico), 

Pedro Gil-monte, Marlene Rodríguezmartínez, 

Rubén Marroquín-segura, Sara 

Unda-rojas, Jorge Sandoval-ocaña. 

Hakan Baydur (Turkey), 

Serol Deveci, Yücel Demiral, Alp Ergör, 

Habip Sarikaya. 

Daniel Mari Ripa (Spain), 

Aditya Jain, Juan Herrero Olaizola, 

Stavroula Leka. 

Björn Karlson (Sweden), 

Anne Helene Garde, Åse Marie Hansen, 

Roger Persson, Frida Eek, Kai Österberg. 

A1229 A study of burnout and perceived physical health in educational personnel. Fernando Arias Galicia (Mexico). 

A1108 Recurrence of sickness absence due to depression after return to work in a 

japanese it company. 

Motoki Endo (Japan),Takashi Muto, 

Yasuo Haruyama, Mikio Yuhara. 


A1638 The development of evidence-informed clinical quality indicators for generic Ira Madan (United Kingdom), 

occupational health practice. 

Adrian Baker. 

A1640 A cross-sectional survey of family doctors to determine the nature of 

communication they require from occupational physicians. 

Ira Madan (United Kingdom). 

A1637 An ergonomic evaluation in the use of computers at a corporate office. Kishore Madhwani (India), Hv Ravi 

Mohan, Thirumalal Rajgopal. 

A1153 Application of Participatory Action Oriented Training (PAOT) Program in a 

agricultural Machine Manufacturing Company, Korea. 

Kuck Hyeun Woo (Korea, Rep.). 

Free Paper 13.1: Occupational Health Nursing Susan Randolph 

A1312 Expanding International Collaboration for Occupational Health Nursing. Jeannie K. Hanna (United States), 

Kay Campbell. 

A1511 Effectiveness of worksite visit by occupational health nurses. Jiro Moriguchi (Japan), 

Rie Murata, Fumiko Ohashi, Yoko Ide, 

Tomoko Okuda, Koji Tamaizumi, Akio 

Kuwamura, Shiro Takada, Masayuki 

Ikeda, Yoichi Mori. 

A2097 Health Risk Assessment in the Occupational Health Nurse’s. Nicolene De Jager (South Africa), 

Sonya Beukes. 

A2083 Effectiveness of the presence of occupational health nurses on encouraging 

workplace health promotion activities. 

Noriko Nishikido (Japan), Mariko Kuroda, 

Hideko Sugimoto, Makiko Kameda, 

Kazuko Ikeda, Kazuko Nishida, Chiyo 

Igarashi, Keiko Kono. 

A1334 Stress: a risk factor in the work of nurses in pediatric intensive care units. Márcia Gouveia (Brazil), 

Cynthia Torres, José Moita Neto, Márcia 

Fernandes, Maria Robazzi.




Free Paper 63.1: Occupational Medicine Malcolm Sim 

A1115 Assessment of exposure to total asbestos, chrysotile and amphiboles. Metoda Dodic Fikfak (Slovenia), 

Margaret Quinn, David Kriebel, David 

Wegman, Ellen Eisen, Alenka Franko. 

A1965 Can Emergency Physicians accurately estimate time to return to normal 

work following work related injury?. 

Jeremy Beach (Canada), 

Marc Benoit, Brian Rowe, Nicola Cherry. 

A1171 Review on the validity of self-report to assess work-related diseases. Annet Lenderink (Netherlands), 

Ilona Zoer, Henk F Van Der Molen, Dick 

Spreeuwers, Monique H.w. Frings-dresen, 

Frank J.h. Van Dijk. 

A1989 How did companies and occupational health cope with the Great East Japan Hiroshi Fukuda (Japan). 

Earthquake? : Prompt report from questionnaire and discussion at a 

multidisciplinary occupational health staff society. 

A1417 Personal and work-related risk factors for incident rotator cuff syndrome in 

a French working population. 

Free Paper 64.1: Education and Training in OH Leslie Nickels 

A1737 International occupational hygiene training – sharing experiences and feed 

back of occupational hygiene training association’s (OHTA’s 

www.OHLearning.com) international certification course in india. 

Julie Bodin (France), 

Catherine Ha, Audrey Petit Le Manach, 

Céline Sérazin, Alexis Descatha, Annette 

Leclerc, Marcel Goldberg, Ellen 

Imbernon, Yves Roquelaure. 

Lalitha Burra (India), 

Richard Hirsh, Kalpana Balakrishnan, 

Inakshi Naik. 

A2122 Attitude towards Occupational Medicine Questionnaire. Paul B A Smits (Netherlands), 

Lucinda De Graaf, Jos Ham Verbeek. 

A1910 The use of serious gaming as a management intervention to prevent work- Maartje Bakhuys Roozeboom 

related stress and raise work-engagement among workers. 

(Netherlands), Noortje Wiezer,Catelijne 

Joling. 

A1410 EMUTOM : A European Module on Undergraduate Teaching in Occupational Lutgart Braeckman (Belgium), 

Medicine. 

Martin Valcke, Paul Smits, Frank Van Dijk, 

Jean-françois Gehanno, Elena-ana 

Pauncu, Florina Popescu, Madia Hanna, 

Petar Bulat. 

A2021 An evaluation of the effectiveness of a one-day interactive mental health Ira Madan (United Kingdom), 

training workshop for occupational health professionals. 

Ali Hashtroudi, Sam Harvey. 

A2093 Capacity building on occupational health among informal workforce: Thanee Kaewthummanukul (Thailand), 

Participatory training. 

Chawapornpan Chanprasit, Rujipas 

Poosawang, Waraporn Lertpoonwilaikul, 

Sumalee Lirtmunlikaporn. 

Free Paper 59.1: Accident Prevention Keith Scott


A1010 



In search of excellence: The use of Sigma Six Process for analyze work place 

accidents. 

Walneia Moreira (Brazil). 

A1061 Safety Work intervention model based on the behavior of Supervisors in 

manufacturing companies of the Valle del del Cauca. 

Ciro Martinez Oropesa (Colombia). 

A1202 Accidental deaths among Finnish men. Simo Salminen (Finland), Päivi Leinoarjas, 

Aki Koskinen. 

A1286 New legislation and guidance for first aid at work in Belgium. Maurits De Ridder (Belgium), Nicolas 

Mpotos. 

A1455 Web based registering of occupational injuries in Serbia. Petar Bulat (Serbia), Milka Bogdanovic, 

Mirjana Milanovic-cabarkapa, Martin 

Popevic, Jelena Ðokovic, Veselin 

Govedarica. 

Free Paper 33.1: Job-specific Workers' health Surveillance Judith K Sluiter 

A1024 Certification and approval of French Clinical Biochemistry Laboratories 

involved in the monitoring of workers exposed to ionising radiations in the 

frame of occupational health. 

Robert Fottorino (France). 

A1237 Adverse health requirements in fire fighters as start for guidance of Marie-christine J Plat (Netherlands), 

occupational physicians in WHS. 

Monique Frings-dresen, Judith Sluiter. 

A1420 Towards developing a job-specific workers’ health surveillance for hospital 

physicians in the Netherlands. 

A1841 Physical Health and Wellbeing - profile of the present South African mining 

workforce. 

Martijn Ruitenburg (Netherlands), Mj 

Plat, Mhw Frings-dresen, Jk Sluiter. 

Cas Badenhorst (South Africa), Frank Fox, 

Tia-marie Hofmann, Lettie La Grange. 

Free Paper 53.1: Women, Health and Work Luz Helena Sanin 

A1063 Musculo-Skeletal Pain and Discomfort among Women in Informal Sector: 

An Alarming Scenario. 

Anjali Nag (India), Pranab Kumar Nag. 

A1111 Epidemiology data of a cancer in women workers of copper-ore 

George Lipatov (Russian Federation), 

concentration factory. 

Vadim Adrianovskiy , Julia Gileva. 

A1191 Relationship between work and breastfeeding in a group of women without 

social security. 

A2063 The association between employment status and metabolic syndrome: is 

education an effect modifier in women?. 

A1384 ”Is gender specific intervention needed to prevent pesticide intoxications 

among female farm workers?”. 

A1633 Perinatal work characteristics and postpartum depression among employed 

women. 

Free Paper 29.1: Noise Pietro Nataletti 

Luz Helena Sanin (Mexico), Alejandra 

Acosta, Rafael Ogaz, Rosa María Guevara. 

Yucel Demiral (Turkey), Hale Arik, Belgin 

Unal. 

Erik Jors (Denmark), 

Jasmin Haj-younes, Ariadne Condarco, 

Rafael Cervantes, Omar Huici, Guido 

Condarco. 

Rada Kamil Dagher (Lebanon), Patricia 

Mcgovern, Bryan Dowd.




A1058 Noise induced hearing loss of Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police : a self 

reported occupational health study. 

Sunil Kumar Joshi (Nepal), Ahmad K. 

Majumder, R Rauniyar, William S Carter, 

Sanjay Nath Khanal, R. M. Bajracharya. 

A1433 Research and policy responses to loud noise in Australian workplaces. Fleur Champion De Crespigny (Australia), 

Perri Timmins, Wayne Creaser. 

A1157 The impact of occupational noise exposure on blood pressure. Godewina Mylle (Belgium), Lode 

Godderis, Geert Verbeke. 

A1522 An innovative active noise control earplug for the protection of first aid Pietro Nataletti (Itlay), Lindoro Del Duca, 

ambulance drivers. 

Luigi Cerini, Diego Annesi, Filippo Sanjust. 

A1813 Research on the Characteristics of Noise Exposure on Workers Wearing 

Acoustic Devices. 

A1105 

Noise Exposure Assessment in a Dental School. 

Free Paper 19.3 : OH for Health Care Workers Annalee Yassi 

A1744 Availability of lift equipment, physical workload, psychosocial job factors, 

and prevalence of back pain among critical-care nurses. 

A1696 Current management policies on hepatitis B infection caused by needlestick 

injuries in healthcare workers in European Union Member States. 

A1801 The implementation and evaluation of ohasis, a health information system 

in a health laboratory service. 

A1614 A semi-structured interview study on the use of re-engineered sharp safety 

devices in 6 Canadian hospitals. 

A1682 EMG and forces during manoeuvring of ceiling-based and floor-based 

patient transfer devices. 

A1747 Needlestick injuries in the operation room of a university hospital in 

Belgium. 

Kab Bae Kim (Korea, Rep.), Key-mook 

Yoo, Kwang Jae Chung. 

Thitiworn Choosong (Thailand), Pitchaya 

Phakthongsuk. 

Soo-jeong Lee (Korea, Rep.), Julia 

Faucett, Marion Gillen, Niklas Krause. 

Antoon De Schryver (Belgium), Bieke 

Claesen, Marc Van Sprundel, Guido 

Francois. 

David Jones (South Africa), Joe Tremblay, 

Barry Kistnasamy, Lincoln Darwin, Jerry 

Spiegel. 

George Astrakianakis (Canada), 

Bernadette Stringer, Ted Haines, Ken 

Kamsteeg, Rita Ciconte, Tanya Tang. 

Giovanni De Vito (Italy() Roberto Meroni, 

Michele Augusto Riva, Roberto Mauri, 

Fabrizio Giunco, Sara Conti, Gian Carlo 

Cesana. 

Katrien Van Crombrugge (Belgium), Marc 

Van Sprundel, Lucia Pauwels, Antoon De 

Schryver. 

Free Paper 54.1: History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Michele Augusto Riva 

Diseases 

A1932 The Evolution of Occupational Health Risk Reduction in Great Britain. Mary Trainor (United Kingdom). 

A1085 Occupational Health Management in the Lead Industry: The Korean 

Experience. 

A1588 Early surveys of occupational health and safety hazards in the Netherlands 

(1890-1900). 

A1332 The Development and Evolution of Occupational Medicine in the United 

States, from 1837 to 2010. 

Byung-kook Lee (Korea, Rep.). 

Alfons Vernooy (Netherlands), André 

Weel. 

Robert Orford (United States).




Free Paper 12.1 : Occupational Health and Development Shyam Pingle 

A1046 Ups and Downs - Occupational Health in Australia. Wai-on Phoon (Australia). 

A1559 Programme of prevention and combating of occupational disease in Nguyen Duy Bao (Vietnam), Diep Nguyen 

Vietnam. 

Bich. 

A1148 A ray of hope: NRHM model for BOHS in India. Dileep Andhare (India). 

A1088 Construction-related occupational exposures; a challenge to sustainable 

development. 

Eva Katusabe (Uganda). 

A1739 An Interoperability Model for the Development of Occupational Health 

Professionals Practice. 

Liliana Rapas (Romania). 


Free Paper 31.4: Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health Akizumi Tsutsumi 

A1537 Violence and threats at the workplace and the risk of developing 

depression. 

A1924 Mental Health and agricultural work on the process of the productive 

restructuring of a sugarcane/alcohol industry in Minas Gerais - Brazil. 

Jane Thomsen (Denmark), Sigurd 

Mikkelsen, Anette Kaergaard, Henrik 

Kolstad, Åse Marie Hansen, Johan Hviid 

Andersen, Jens Peter Bonde, Matias 

Grynderup, Linda Kaerlev, Ole Mors, 

Reiner Rugulies. 

Isabella Diniz Faria (Brazil), Tarcísio 

Márcio Magalhães Pinheiro. 

A2009 Sources of occupational stress and their impact on the health of Faculty in Viviola Gómez (Colombia), Angélica 

Colombia. 

Hermosa, Esperanza Perilla. 

A1663 Job Strain and Mental Health: a Comparison in Human Services 

Arturo Juárez García (Mexico), Aldo Vera 

Professionals from Six Latin-American Countries. 

Calzaretta, Gómez, José Manuel Jacinto 

Ubillus, Elena Hernández Mendoza, Lya 

Feldman. 

A1724 Psychosocial work factors at work and sick leave, occupational accident and Katariina Hinkka (Finland), Jaana 

disability pension – a cohort study of civil servants. 

Kuoppala, Irma Väänänen-tomppo, Anne 

Lamminpää. 

A1354 Work related stress and severe depressive symptoms. Kjersti Grotmol (Norway), Tore Gude, 

Torbjørn Moum, Per Vaglum, Reidar 

Tyssen. 

Free Paper 13.2: Occupational Health Nursing Susan Randolph 

A1979 Managing, Engaging and Retaining the Different Generations of Health 

Professionals in a Retail Work Environment. 

Ellen Conradie (South Africa). 

A1912 Risk perception and accidents at work – a study with petrol station workers Marta Regina Cezar-vaz (Brazil), Clarice 

in Southern Brazil. 

Alves Bonow, Leticia Silveira Cardoso, 

Laurelize Pereira Rocha, Mara Regina 

Santos Da Silva. 

A1654 A longitudinal intervention study of the participatory approach for smallscale 

enterprises in Japan. 

Tomoko Ikeda (Japan), Chihiro Takezawa.




A1893 A Survey on the Actual Condition of Occupational Health Nursing in Japan 

Part II Continuing Professional Development and Continuing Education. 

Free Paper 63.2 : Occupational Medicine Gert van der Laan 

A1196 Estimating time trends of quartz exposure in Swedish iron foundries 

–predicting today’s and yesterday’s exposure. 

A1436 Moulds and bacteria in the air of waste sorting plants as an occupational 

factor resulted specific health symptoms and allergic diseases among 

workers. 

Satomi Mizuno-lewis (Japan), Yuki Gotoh, 

Noriko Hagi, Mitsutoshi Sato, Kaoru 

Higashikawa, Etsuko Yoshikawa, Masako 

Takasaki, Yuko Kato, Masato Yamazaki, 

Masako Naito, Nobuko Kondo, Keiko 

Kono. 

Lena Andersson (Sweden), Alex Burdorf, 

Ing-liss Bryngelsson, Håkan Westberg. 

Irena H Szadkowska-stanczyk (Poland), 

Anna Kozajda. 

A1258 Work ability after the diagnosis of hand-arm vibration syndrome. Riitta Sinikka Sauni (Finland), Pauliina 

Toivio, Jari Malmström, Rauno 

Pääkkönen, Jukka Uitti. 

A1302 Occupation as a blue collars and exposure to solvents as risk factors of 

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). 

A1360 The Modernet consortium, background and organization (Special session: 

Tracing new occupational diseases). 

Giovanni M. Ferri (Italy) Chiara M. 

Guastadisegno, Flavia G. Romano, Viola 

Buononato, Giorgina Specchia, Anna M. 

Giordano, Tommasina Perrone, Rossanda 

Romanò, Graziana Intranuovo, Marina 

Musti, Luigi Vimercati, Patrizio Mazza, 

Michela Strusi, Rosanna Antonucci, Nico 

Palumbo, Valeria Bertetti, Giannina Satta, 

M. Grazia Zucca, Pierluigi Cocco. 

Dick Spreeuwers (Netherlands). 

Free Paper 48: Children and Adolescent Workers Occupational Health 

Work Conditions in Developing Countries 

Cointa Lagunes García 

A1287 ‘Awesome and Scary’ – Examining youth, risk and accidents at work. Mette Lykke Nielsen (Denmark). 

A1502 Child Labour and Health Outcomes- A Critical Review of Published Evidence 

1988-2008. 

A2085 Work related injuries and diseases among workers younger than 14 years 

old in Chile. 

A2088 Child Labor and injury occurrence in Nicaragua: A Gender perspective 

analysis. 

Norbert Wagner (Germany), Linnea 

Olsson. 

Veronica Herrera Moreno (Chile). 

Steven Cuadra (Nicaragua), Kristina 

Jakobsson. 

Free Paper 64.2: Education and Training in OH Karen Michell 

A1754 Emerging Models of Moving Research to Practice. Max Lum (United States). 

A1846 The effectiveness of Summer Schools in Occupational Health: an evaluation Betty Bisdorff (Luxembourg), Viola 

of three consecutive schools. 

Walter, Katja Radon.




A2020 Occupational medicine residency programs in two university hospitals from 

São Paulo - Santa Casa (ISCMSP) and hospital do servidor público estadual 

(HSPE-FMO). 

A1871 A survey of occupational medicine practice and workforce needs in 

Australasia. 

A2046 Preliminary data for implementing a model OHS training curriculum for 

primary health care providers. 

A2090 Safety communication, well-being, and dignity — creating effective 

communication at work through physical, psychological, and emotional 

safety 

Luiz Carlos Morrone (Brazil), Leandro 

Lorenzi, Ricardo Rios, Carolina Alvarez, 

Eliane Kawakami, Renata Vido, Lígia 

Albuquerque, Camila Cruz, Mariana 

Souza, Jefferson Freitas, José Tarcísio 

Buscchinelli. 

Tim Driscoll (Australia), Sue Darling. 

Preethi Pratap (India), Lorraine Conroy, 

Leslie Nickels, Susan Buchanan, Joe 

Zanoni. 

Robin Nicholas (United States) 

Free Paper 59.2: Accident Prevention Keith Scott 

A1939 How unsafe practices can be effectively eliminated in multi-locational 

organizations with similar activities. 

Krishna Nirmalya Sen (India). 

A1882 Do we really know how many child workers are injured in Croatia?. Aida Mujkic (Croatia), Jadranka 

Mustajbegovic. 

A1669 Evaluation of Portable Slipmeter using Human Perception. Jung Soo Kim (Korea, Rep.). 

A1684 Using leading and lagging indicators for evaluating OSH performance. Zofia Pawlowska (Poland). 

A1774 Effective workers participation, a clue for improving safety at work: 

experiences and results. 

Gloria Helena Villalobos (Colombia). 

A1727 Managing Industrial Hygiene Exposures at Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms. Andreas Wagner (USA) Michele 

Buonanno, Jas Singh, Natalia Pampols. 

Free Paper 33.2: Job-specific Workers' health Surveillance Judith K Sluiter 

A1601 Ergonomics, anthropometrics and biomechenics challenges in South African Daniel Afrika (South Africa). 

Cytopathology Laboratories. 

A1507 Working environment condition and health status of gold miners at quang 

nam province. 

Tran Thi Ngoc Lan (Vietnam). 

A1732 Medical surveillance for radiation workers in the hospital. Joan Pui Chu Fok (Hong Kong, China), 

Ignatius Yu. 

A1713 Workers in remote area: The strategic role of Occupational Health Dept. in Vincenzo Nicosia (Italy), Sabatino De 

Saipem. 

Sanctis, Alfonso Gelormini, Cesare Gialdi, 

Massimo Consentino, Andrea Sguera. 

A1816 The occupational health services in the rnvp network: a complementary 

information system for prevention of occupationnal health problems. 

Free Paper 53.2: Women, Health and Work Kaisa Kauppinen 

Elena Nerriere Catelinois (France), Melina 

Le Barbier, Lynda Larabi, Gerard 

Lasfargues, Maylis Telle Lamberton.


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Sexual harassment -still an insufferable workplace nuisance for too many 

women. 

Kaisa Kauppinen (Finland). 

A1755 Women in mining. Cas Badenhorst (South Africa), Tia-marie 

Hofmann, Lettie La Grange. 

A1035 Forced prostitution of trafficked Nepalese women and girls in the brothels Sunil Kumar Joshi (Nepal), 

in India. 

J Kharel, B Wijma, K Swhanberg, B Suwal. 

A2161 Women workers and exposure to mercury from a stomatology clinic. 

Havana City, 2011. 

Miriam Martínez-valladares (Cuba), 

Mario Jova-rodríguez, Waldo Diazpiñeira, 

Heliodora Díaz-padrón, Ma. 

Esther Linares-fernández. 

A1922 Risk of breast, endometrial and ovary cancer in Danish hair dressers. Johnni Hansen (Denmark), Michaela 

Tinggaard. 

Free Paper 29.2: Noise Pietro Nataletti 

A1499 Noise –induced hearing loss in school age children: questionnaire , 

otological and audiometric study. 

Wieslaw J. Sulkowski (Poland), Henryk 

Skarzynski, Krzysztof Kochanek, Wieslaw 

Szymczak, Izabella Korpus-kaminska. 

A2066 Effectiveness of computer-tailored training with U.S. Latino construction Madeleine Kerr (United States), Oisaeng 

workers: Lessons learned. 

Hong. 

A1757 Classical noise induced hearing loss presentation in a domestic worker: 

Lessons Learnt. 

Dingani Moyo (Zimbabwe). 

A1792 A research on impulse noise reduction based on noise exposure survey. Kwnag Jae Chung (Korea, Rep.). 

A1301 Is classical music less damaging to your ear than industrial noise?. Jesper Baelum (Denmark), Jesper Hvass 

Schmidt, Ellen Raben Pedersen, Helene 

Paarup, Ture Andersen, Torben Poulsen, 

Jacob Christensen-dalsgaard. 


A1664 Development and Implementation of the Healthy Unit Guidance (HUG) 

Program for Improving Work Environments and Health Outcomes among 

Nursing Staffs. 

A1902 Changes in thirteen years of epidemiological status of needle stick injuries 

through Japan/EPINet as voluntary based nation-wide surveillance network 

in Japan. 

Wanpen Songkham (Thailand), Mark 

Gregory Robson, Wattasit Siriwong. 

Toru Yoshikawa (Japan), Koji Wada, 

Toshihiro Mitsuda, Kiyoshi Kidouchi, Yuji 

Morisawa, Jongja Lee, Hitomi Kurosu, 

Mayumi Aminaka, Kyoji Moriya. 

A1892 Stress and recovery in junior doctors. Elke Ochsmann (Germany), Jessica Lang, 

Hans Drexler, Klaus Schmid. 

A1950 Work ability as a major determinant of clinical nurses’ quality of life. Milan Milosevic (Croatia), Bojana 

Knezevic, Marija Bubaš, Jadranka 

Mustajbegovic. 

A1886 Evaluation of the action checklist for preventing and controlling workrelated 

violence in health care setting. 

Etsuko Yoshikawa (Japan), Toru 

Yoshikawa, Kazutaka Kogi.




Free Paper 16: The state of Construction Safety and Health Science Knut Ringen 

A1496 Construction Safety and Health Science in the U.S.: 20 Years of Progress. Knut Ringen(USA), Erich J.Stafford, Laura 

Welch, Dr. Sue Dong, Dr. James Platner, 

Janie Gittleman 

A1184 20-year injury trends in drywall injury rates: How much do these changes Ashley Schoenfisch (United States), 

reflect real progress in work-related injury prevention?. 

Hester Lipscomb. 

A1665 Regulatory responses to workplace fatalities in the construction industry in 

New South Wales, Australia: The compensation and support needs of 

surviving families. 

A2128 Does Skill Training Enhance Occupational Safety and Health at Construction 

Sites? – A Case study. 

Lynda Matthews (Australia), Michael 

Quinlan, Philip Bohle, Olivia Rawlingsway. 

Krishna Nirmalya Sen (India), Ramana K R. 

Free Paper 54.2: History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Michele Augusto Riva 

Diseases 

A1644 The contribution of Enrico C. Vigliani to the international development of Michele Augusto Riva (Italy), Franco 

Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene. 

Carnevale, Marco D"orso, Sergio Iavicoli, 

Pier Alberto Bertazzi, Giancarlo Cesana. 

A1983 100 Years of Occupational Health and Safety at the Health and Safety 

Laboratory: Lessons for the future. 

A2158 History of Occupational Medicine. Pioneers of Occupational Diseases of the 

book: Quam Artem Exerceat? … Qué Artes Ejerces?. 

Andrew Curran (United Kingdom), Mary 

Trainor. 

Carlos Armando López Moreno (Mexico). 

A1720 History of occupational disease surveillances in South Korea. Chungwon Kang (Korea, Rep.), Eun-a Kim 

Free Paper 12.2: Occupational Health and Development Shyam Pingle 

A1205 The Development of occupational medicine clinics among the regional 

/general hospitals in Thailand. 

A1225 First National Survey on Environmental Working Conditions, Employment 

and Health - Argentina 2009. 

Orrapan Untimanon (Thailand), Kanokkul 

Aryucharoen, Kowit Boonmephong, 

Somkiat Sirirutanapruk, Arreepit Promrat, 

Sukanya Teangkumdee. 

Cecilia Cornelio (Argentina), Esteban 

Alfredo, Maria Jose Itati Iñiguez, Maria 

Martha Sapoznik. 

A1738 Lung cancer mortality by occupation in Mexico, 2002-2005. Horacio Tovalin (Mexico), Marylou 

Cárdenas-turanzas, Griselda Verástegui. 

A2105 New steps in the national rural health policy-Macedonian example. Jovanca Karadzinska Bislimovska 

(Macedonia, FYR), Jordan Minov, Sasho 

Stoleski, Dragan Mijakoski. 

A1140 Occupational Health and Development. Tee L. Guidotti (United States). 

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Perfluorinated compounds and male reproductive function. Gunnar Toft (Denmark), Bo A.g. Jonsson, 

Aleksander Giwercman, Henning S. 

Pedersen, Jan K. Luwicki, Valentya 

Zvyezday, Lars Rylander, Jens Peter 

Bonde. 

A1389 Pregnancy and work: the risks for the unborn child. Consequences on Abadia Geneviève (France),Lafon 

occupational health. 

Dominique. 

A1531 Reproductive Health Risk Evaluation in Histopathology Laboratories of the 

National Health Laboratory Service in South Africa. 

Gabriel Mizan (Israel). 

A1868 Male germ-cell cancer in car manufacturing workers – results of a nested 

case-control study. 

Wolfgang Ahrens (Germany), Ingo 

Langner, Nils Schmeißer, Birte Mester, 

Thomas Behrens. 

A1948 Effect of rotating shift work on childbearing and birth weight. Pau-chung Chen (Taiwan), Yu-cheng Lin.

March 21st, 2012 




Free Paper 31.5 : Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health Hans Martin Hasselhorn 

A2023 Occupational socioeconomic status and occupational injuries in Canada. Pierre Durand (Canada), Nancy 

Beauregard, Pierre Durand, Alain 

Marchand, Andrée Demers. 

A1764 Pyschosocial occupational risk factors for obesity in male firefighters: results Bongkyoo Choi (Korea, Rep.), Marnie 

of a web-based survey. 

Dobson, Peter Schnall, Leslie Israel, Dean 

Baker. 

A1975 Psychosocial Characteristics of Work and Racial Disparities in LBW. Miriam Mutambudzi (Zimbabwe), John 

Meyer. 

A2149 Work environment and health determinants in employees with no sick- Elisabet Schell (Sweden), Tores Theorell, 

leave. 

Bo Nilsson, Helena Saraste. 

A1839 Team climate at work associated with mental health in the Health 2000 

Study in Finland. 

Marjo Sinokki (Finland). 

Free Paper 21 : Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease David Sherson 

A1049 Respiratory disorders and chemical substances in workplace ambient air 

among rubber smoked sheet in Songkla province, Southern Thailand. 

Pitchaya Phakthongsuk (Thailand), 

Thitiworn Choosong, Rukchanok 

Suwanmanee, Wisarut Srisoontorn, 

Chanon Kongamon. 

A1179 Pneumoproteins and lung function in tunnel workers. Bente Ulvestad (Norway), Lars Barregård, 

Yngvar Thomassen, Dag Gunnar Ellingsen. 

A1883 Respiratory symptoms, findings, and inflammation in healthy volunteers 

following experimental exposure to diesel exhaust. 

Maria Albin (Sweden), Yiyi Xu, Lars 

Barregård, Anna Axmon, Jörn Nielsen, Bo 

Jönsson, Monica Kåredal, Eva Assarsson, 

Aneta Wierzbicka, Patrik Nilsson, Anders 

Gudmundsson. 

A1876 Pulmonary Functions and Related Factors in Shipyard Workers. Chunhui Suh (Korea, Rep.), Mi Hee Park, 

Chae Gwan Lee, Byung Chul Son, Jeong 

Ho Kim, Jong Tae Lee, Dae Hwan Kim. 

A1326 Sulphide dust explosions in mines. Sulphur dioxide exposure - similarities 

and differences in effects on lungs. 

A1342 Medical/technical interdisciplinary project to improve working environment 

and workers health. Environmental Index, “better breathing – better life”. 

Knut Furuseth (Norway), Tom Myran, 

Thor Naustdal, Jan Schaanning. 

Knut Furuseth (Norway), Tom Myran, 

Georg Brustad. 

Free Paper 14 : OH in the Chemical Industry Thirumalai Rajgopal 

A1209 Prevention of Occupational Health (OH) Hazards - OH Management 

Practices in a Petrochemical Industry. 

Aditya Paliwal (India), R Rajesh. 

A2172 Occupational Health Administration in a Chemical Industry Park. Zhijun Zhou (China), Chengjie Fu. 

A1378 Styrene exposure within the Swedish reinforced plastics industries 1970- Nils Plato (Sweden), Jouni Surakka, Claes 

2010. 

Tragardh.




A1679 Annoyance and worry in a petrochemical industrial area – prevalence, time 

trends and risk indicators. 

A1491 Chemical Control Banding: REACH offers new perspectives to strengthen 

occupational safety and health in SME. 

Leo Stockfelt (Sweden), Lars Barregard, 

Eva Anderrson, Gerd Sallsten, Anita Gidlofgunnarsson, 

Gosta Axelsson. 

Rolf Packroff (Germany). 

Free Paper 63.3 : Occupational Medicine John Harrison 

A1309 Environmental and biological monitoring of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene in 

outdoor workers exposed to urban air pollutants. 

A1355 Survey of occupational health personnel Retail predominantly self-service 

food. 

A1392 The relation between occupational physical activity, myocardial infarction 

and all-cause mortality: dependency of leisure time physical activity. 

A1408 Working in temporary employment exposes to higher levels of 

musculoskeletal constraints. 

A1612 Occupational exposure to asbestos and cholangiocarcinoma: findings from 

an explorative case-control analysis. 

Free Paper 59.3: Accident Prevention Keith Scott 

A1936 Risk perception and representation: a method for the evaluation in group of 

workers belonging from different ethnic groups. 

Angela Sancini (Italy), Angela Sancini, 

Tiziana Caciari, Assuntina Capozzella, 

Ilaria Samperi, Maria Pia Schifano, 

Carlotta Cetica, Maria Fiaschetti, Giovanni 

Rinaldi, Gianfranco Tomei, Manuela 

Ciarrocca. 

Zana Jean-Pierre (France), Alves Horacio. 

Andreas Holtermann (Denmark), Jacob 

Louis Marott, Finn Gyntelberg, Karen 

Søgaard, Poul Suadicani, Ole Steen 

Mortensen, Eva Prescott, Peter Schnohr. 

Yves Roquelaure (France), Audrey Petit Le 

Manach, Carole Poisnel, Julie Bodin, 

Alexis Descatha, Annette Leclerc, 

Catherine Ha. 

Stefano Mattioli (Italy), Andrea Farioli, 

Stefania Di Girolamo, Stefania Curti, 

Francesco De Rosa, Francesco Violante, 

Guido Biasco, Giovanni Brandi. 

Fabriziomaria Gobba (Italy), Giulia Bravo, 

Gianluca Faver, Davide Ferrari, Federico 

Ricci, Sergio Soddu, Fabrizio De Pasquale. 

A1872 Unnatural deaths in South African Platinum Miners, 1992-2008. Jill Murray (South Africa), Megan Lim, 

Robert Dowdeswell, Judith Glyn, Pam 

Sonnenberg. 

A1971 Mortality situation of occupational injuries in Viet Nam during 2005-2009. Trang Quynh Thi Khieu (Vietnam), Lan 

Ngoc Thi Tran, Mai Anh Luong. 

A1923 Background and human factors of the accidents with chemicals in a 

university. 

A1313 

The characteristics of occupational accident by industrial sector in Korea. 

Yasushi Okubo (Japan), Mami Furusawa, 

Reiko Kuroda, Tadashi Umekage. 

Wook Kim (Korea Rep.), Moondo Lee, 

Duckgon Park, Jungsun Park.




Free Paper 8 : Co-occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders and mental 

health problems 

Laura Punnett 

A1114 Workplace violence predicts the co-occurrence of musculoskeletal pain and Laura Punnett (United states), Helena 

depression symptoms among healthcare workers 

Miranda, Rebecca Gore. 

A1781 Musculoskeletal disorders and mental health conditions: at the same time, 

in the same hospital worker. 

A2166 The associations between musculoskeletal pain and mental distress among 

the hospital nurses. 

A1630 Relation between areas of the body with musculoskeletal discomfort and 

job stress in workers. 

A1053 Should we consider Dupuytren’s contracture as work-related? A review and 

meta-analysis of an old debate. 

Free Paper 39.1: Cardiovascular and Chronic diseases and Occupational 

risks in Developing countries. 

A1448 Assessment of Particulate Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Effects in Diesel 

Exhaust Exposed Workers. 

Vivian Aline Mininel (Brazil), Vanda Elisa 

Andres Felli, Maria Helena Palucci 

Marziale. 

Vilija Malinauskiene (Lithuania). 

Elvia Luz González-Muñoz (Mexico). 

Alexis Descatha (France), Pénélope 

Jauffret, Jean-francois Chastang, Yves 

Roquelaure, Annette Leclerc. 

Horacio Tovalin 

Saou-hsing Liou (China), Wei-jin Li, Yu-der 

Chuang, Hui-yi Liao, Yi-fung Huang. 

A1182 Inflammatory markers and exposure to occupational air pollutants. Håkan B.t. Westberg (Sweden), Peter 

Berg, Carl Göran Ohlson, Ing Liss 

Bryngelsson, Yen Ngo,, Karine Elihn, Bengt 

Sjögren. 

A2064 Association of job stress and Apelin 12: possible contribution to stress and 

cardiovascular disease pathway. 

A1572 What is more important: HIV, TB or OSH? – A Comparative Review of 

Evidence of Macroeconomic Impact. 

Free Paper 35 : Psychosocial factors and MSDs: Cause effect interventions Judith K. Sluiter 

Yucel Demiral (Turkey), Hale Arik, Baris 

Akinci, Belgin Unal, Tuncay Kume. 

Ute Papkalla (Germany), Norbert Wagner, 

Fischer Judith. 

A1241 The role of psychosocial and physical factors in the development of MSDs: a Jodi Oakman (Australia), Wendy 

comparison of 3 different industry sectors. 

Macdonald. 

A1358 Psychosocial work factors and low back pain in taxi drivers. Barbara Jean Burgel (United States), Mary 

C., Marion Gillen. 

A1406 Multidisciplinary Biopsychosocial Rehabilitation for Workers with MSD in Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed 

Malaysia. 

(Malaysia), Edmund Peck Huang Cheong. 

A2100 Working on Stress Associated with Neck and Shoulder Pain among ICU 

Nursing Personnel. 

A1981 Psychosocial Stressors and their impact on musculoskeletal problems: A 

meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. 

Sara Arphorn (Thailand), Wasana Lavin. 

Jessica Lang (Germany), Elke Ochsmann, 

Thomas Kraus, Jonas Wb Lang. 

A1908 Perceived stress, low back pain, and work ability. Mei Yong (Germany), Michael Nasterlack, 

Rolf-peter Pluto, Christoph Oberlinner, 

Stefan Lang.





A1382 High compliance to a worksite vitality intervention leads to improved 

vitality and reduced work-related fatigue among older hospital workers - 

Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial. 

A1756 Improvement of Health Gradient in Workers Who Participated in a Physical 

Training Program. 

A1498 New management, rationalization and consequences in terms of stress and 

burnout by hospital caregivers: from the importance to develop resources. 

Jorien Strijk (Netherlands), Karin Proper, 

Allard Van Der Beek, Willem Van 

Mechelen. 

Isabel Garcia (Mexico), Manuel Ortega, 

Eduardo Robles. 

Veronique Haberey-knuessi (Switzerland). 

A2036 Can Sustainability be related to Occupational Health?. Ivan Bolis (Brazil), Claudio Marcelo 

Brunoro, Laerte Idal Sznelwar. 

A1750 Quality of life, job satisfaction and organizational issues in the workplace. Telma Silva (Brazil), Ines Monteiro, Carlos 

Serrano. 

A1602 Use of occupational health and safety audits at a large health laboratory 

service. 

David Jones (South Africa), Ms. Michelle 

Morgan. 

Free Paper 15: Safety Management in the Construction Industry Johnny Dyreborg 

A1438 Optimal Safety and Health Management of Construction Activities: Evidence Knut Ringen (United States). 

from the US Nuclear Power Industry. 

A1808 Special applications for safety management at construction works. Nurettin Demir (Turkey), Bulent Cakar. 

A1909 Whether Systematic Follow-up Improves Compliance to Occupational Safety 

and Health Requirements at Project Sites? – A case study. 

A1988 

Krishna Nirmalya Sen (India). 

Leader-based interventions in construction contractors safety priority. Johnny Dyreborg (Denmark), Pete Kines, 

Betina Holbæk Pedersen, Harald Hannerz. 

Free Paper 2.1 : Occupational Allergies Mario Di Gioacchino 

A1044 Allergy Testing and Career Choice. Wai-on Phoon (Australia). 

A2210 Biological Monitoring in Detergent Manufacturing using Skin Testing. Donald Kirchner (United States). 

A1921 Allergic occupational dermatitis in France: major allergens and temporal 

trends for period 2001-2009. 

A1284 Work-related Allergy in Medical Doctors - atopy, exposure to domestic 

animals, eczema induced by common chemicals and membership of the 

surgical profession as potential risk factors. 

A1465 Endotoxin exposure-response relationships for various asthma phenotypes 

in dental healthcare workers. 

Lynda Bensefa-colas (France), Marienoëlle 

Crépy, Hughes Nguyen Kim, 

Dominique Dupas, Laurent Géraut, 

Amandine Luc, Melina Lebarbier, Maylis 

Telle-lamberton, Dominique Choudat, 

Christophe Paris. 

Hitomi Kanayama (France), Kazuhiro 

Sato, Yukinori Kusaka, Tomio Mori, 

Takayoshi Hirai, Tomohiro Umemura, 

Tarou Tamura, Toshiko Ido, Masanobu 

Kumakiri. 

Tanusha Singh (South Africa), Braimoh 

Bello, Mohamed Jeebhay.





Free Paper 31.6 : Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health Vilija Malinauskiene 

A1888 Work and family factors as predictors of stress-related Exhaustion Disorder: 

A longitudinal study of Swedish healthcare workers. 

A2013 Psychological strain due to the knowledge of hazardous substance 

exposure. 

A2045 Work-home stress in Norwegian doctors: the role of year-cohort and 

gender. 

Free Paper 22: Occupational Asthma and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis David Sherson 

A1942 Development of the Evidence Base to Inform a GB National Intervention to 

Reduce Exposure to Isocyanates in Motor Vehicle Repair Paint Spraying. 

A1649 Peak expiratory flow rate variation and occupational airway obstruction 

among workers in a plastic manufacturer in Benin. 

A1126 Exposure to substances at the workplace and new onset-asthma in a 

population-based study in northern Europe. 

A1603 Occupational asthma and rhinitis: frequency of association according to 

causal agents. 

A1805 Occupational asthma cases assessed at the National Institute for 

Occupational Health Referral Clinic from 1997 to 2007. 

Free Paper 27: Occupational Exposure to Toxic Metals Lars Barregard 

A1450 Renal and oxidative stress markers are affected by low cadmium levels in 

workers performing silver soldering. 

A1447 Relation of tubular dysfunction marker levels with cadmium in urine in nonpolluted 

areas In Japan. 

Gunnar Arvid Ahlborg (Sweden), Katrin 

Skagert, Emina Hadzibajramovic, Sandra 

Pettersson, Annemarie Hultberg. 

Jessica Lang (Germany), Michael Felten, 

Thomas Kraus. 

Reidar Tyssen (Norway). 

Mary Trainor (United Kingdom), John 

Cocker, Kate Jones, Rachel O Hara, Mark 

Piney, C. John Saunders. 

Herve Anicet Lawin (Benin), Paul Ayelo, 

Benjamin Fayomi. 

Linnéa Lillienberg (Sweden), Eva 

Andersson, Jenny Hillström, Anna 

Dahlman-höglund, Bertil Forsberg, 

Mathias Holm, Thorarinn Gislason, 

Christer Janson, Rain Jögi, Ernst Omenaas, 

Vivi Schlünssen, Cecilie Svanes, Kjell 

Torén. 

Jacques Ameille (France), Karine Hamelin, 

Pascal Andujar, Lynda Bensefa-colas, 

Vincent Bonneterre, Dominique Dupas, 

Brice Loddé, Catherine Verdun-esquer 

Rnvp Members. 

Mamohapi Kgalamono (South Africa), 

David Rees, Danuta Kielkowski. 

Ramona Hambach (Belgium), Jos Droste, 

Guido François, Patrick Dhaese, 

Dominique Lison, Begona Manuel-ykeenoy, 

Antoon De Schryver, Marc Van 

Sprundel. 

Masayuki Ikeda (Japan), Jiro Moriguchi, 

Sonoko Sakuragi, Fumiko Ohashi. 

A1538 Assessment of the risk of occupational exposure to strontium chromate. Piero Lovreglio (Italy), Maria Nicolà 

D`errico, Francesco Ferrara, Laura 

Panuzzo, Antonella Cugliandolo, Pietro 

Apostoli, Leonardo Soleo.




A1827 Characteristics of worker’s exposure to hazardous chemicals at 

semiconductor industry. 

A1853 Assessment of the exposure to heavy metals in the population of Taranto, 

Southern Italy. 

Free Paper 63.4 : Occupational Medicine Stefano Mattioli 

A1842 Myocardial infarction in association with occupational exposure to motor 

exhaust – analysis of dose-response and time since last exposure. 

Seung-hyun Park (Korea, Rep.), Jung-ah 

Shin, Gwang Yong Yi, Hae-dong Park, Kabbae 

Kim, In-seop Lee. 

Luigi Vimercati (Italy), Tilde Martino, Lucia 

Bisceglia, Tommaso Gagliardi, Louis James 

Jemmett, Giorgio Assennato, Marco 

Palma. 

Per Gustavsson (Sweden), Marie Lewné, 

Nils Plato, Johan Hallqvist, Carolina Bigert. 

A2125 Heat exposure and health impacts in climate change context: A primary 

study in a shipyard company in Vietnam. 

Van Duong (Vietnam), Diep Nguyen. 

A1925 Occupational risk factors for sino-nasal cancer. Angelo Derrico (Italy), Jana Zajacova, 

Annamaria Cacciatore, Santo Alfonzo, 

Alberto Baratti, Roberto Zanelli, Fabio 

Beatrice. 

A2056 Occupational stress: From day-by- day to sick leaves. Rosa Amélia Dantas (Brazil), Manuel 

Costa-neto, Wilson Fonseca, Anna Salim, 

Maicon Vieira. 

Free Paper 9 : Neurobehavioral methods in Occupational and 

Environmental Health 

A1095 Formaldehyde and chemosensory effects in normal, hyper- and 

hyposensitive volunteers. 

A2194 Cognitive impairment due to exposure to mixture of organic solvents in 

hospital pathologists In Mexico City. 

A2209 Oas odor awareness scale-modified turkish version (OASmTR) and exposure 

and odor perception in hospital workers. 

Roberto Lucchini 

Gerhard Triebig (Germany), T. Bruckner, I. 

Lang, J.u. Müller. 

Marlene Rodriguez Martinez (Mexico), 

Adriana García, Horacio Tovalin. 

Sibel Kiran (Turkey), Saadet Colak. 

Free Paper 39.2: Cardiovascular and Chronic diseases and Occupational 

risks in Developing countries. 

Horacio Tovalin 

A1585 Does an occupation at a tannery promote pancreatic cancer?. Ilya Veyalkin (Belarus). 

A1629 Coronary Heart Disease Prevalence in Mine Workers and Its Risk Factors Shabrina Rizky Putri (Indonesia), 

Analysis. 

Muchtaruddin Mansyur. 

A1850 Factors affecting common carotid artery intima-media thickness in male Yoshimasa Konno (Japan), Toru 

workers aged 45 years. 

Nakagawa, Takuya Shiota, Suzushi 

Kusano, Tomohiro Inoue, Toru Honda, 

Yusaku Morita, Masanori Ohta, Yasumasa 

Eguchi, Takeshi Hayashi, Masataka 

Irokawa, Hiroshi Yamato. 

A2043 Job strain and blood pressure in colombian firefighters: an analysis of the 

psychological demands and job-control interaction effect. 

Boris Cendales (Colombia), Peter Schnall, 

Bongkyoo Choi, Viviola Gómez, Javier 

García, Marnie Dobson, Leslie Israel, Dean 

Baker.





A1722 Depression Screening: An Effective Tool to Reduce Disability and Loss 

Productivity. 

Kay Nordan Campbell (United States). 

A1833 Nutrinional quality and adherence to Mediterranean diet in industrail shift Manfredi Montalti (Italy), Francesco Sofi, 

workers. An interventional project. 

Nicola Mucci, Alberto Piccioli, Vincenzo 

Cupelli, Alessandro Casini, Giulio 

Arcangeli. 

A1992 Body weight and the role of working conditions: A qualitative participatory Laura Punnett (United States), Nicole 

investigation. 

Champagne, Suzanne Nobrega, Isabel 

Lopez, Mirna Montano, Jonny Arevalo, 

Suezanne Bruce, Marcy Goldstein-gelb. 

A1785 The relationship between sickness absence periods and work ability index in 

Korean male automobile parts assembly workers. 

A2150 Impact of a web-based stress management and healthpromotion program 

on neck-shoulder-back pain in knowledge workers? 12 month randomized 

controlled follow-up. 

Free Paper 20 : Pneumoconiosis Yukinori Kusaka 

A1394 Malignant pleural mesothelioma from 1998 to 2008 in a reference hospital 

in Minas Gerais, Brazil: data on asbestos exposure obtained from medical 

records. 

A1271 An electronic nose distinguishes the exhaled breath of patients with Pleural 

Malignant Mesothelioma from subjects with professional asbestos 

exposure. 

Youngki Kim (Korea, Rep.), Dongchul Koo, 

Dongmug Kang, Jongeun Kim, Sooil Lee. 

Elisabet Schell (Sweden), Tores Theorell, 

Dan Hasson, Bengt Arnetz, Helena 

Saraste. 

Larissa Fiorentini (Brazil), Ana Paula Scalia 

Carneiro, Eduardo Algranti, Luciana 

Ribeiro De Morais, Nilson Figueiredo 

Amaral. 

Silvano Dragonieri (Italy), Nunzia 

Schiavulli, Tommaso Massaro, Pierluigi 

Carratù, Onofrio Resta, Marina Musti. 

A1714 Will processing nonasbestiform tremolite cause lung disease?— A cohort Hsiao-yu Yang (Taiwan), Ruei-hao Shie, 

study in nephrite jade works. 

Pau-chung Chen. 

A1674 Asbestos-related pleural plaques on CT-scan and lung function. Jean-claude Pairon (France), Bénédicte 

Clin, Jacques Ameille, Christophe Paris, 

Patrick Brochard, Soizick Chammings, 

Françoise Conso, Antoine Gislard, 

François Laurent, Marc Letourneux, 

Amandine Luc, Evelyne Schorle. 

A1830 Joint Russian-American-Finnish project "Health and Exposure Surveillance of 

Siberian Asbestos Miners". Ten years follow-up. 

Evgeny Kovalevskiy (Russian Federation), 

Galina Tikchonova, Tatiana Gortchakova, 

Nikolay Izmerov, Sergey Kashanskiy. 

A1771 The guideline for reading the ct images with mesothelioma. Taro Tamura (Japan), Zhou Huashi, 

Narufumi Suganuma, Norio Kurumatani, 

Shinji Kumagai, Ponglada Subhannachart, 

Chomphunut Vijitsanguan, Weeraya 

Noisiri, Yukinori Kusaka.




Free Paper 37 : Occupational Infectious Agents Mary Ross 

A1432 Biological hazards in Australian workplaces: findings and policy implications 

of a survey of Australian workers’ exposures to biological hazards. 

Fleur Champion De Crespigny (Australia), 

Leone Leyshon, Caroline Reid. 

A1458 Measures against pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the Japanese workplace: Follow- Tomohiro Ishimaru (Japan), Takashi 

up surveys in large-scale enterprises. 

Maruyama, Teppei Imai, Toshiaki Higashi, 

Yoshitaka Miyamura, Norihide Nishinoue, 

Masamichi Uehara, Koji Wada, Keita 

Morikane, Ken Takahashi, Koji Mori. 

A1843 Advocacy for TB, HIV/AIDS and silicosis in the South African mining industry. Thuthula Balfour-Kaipa (South Africa). 

A1256 Study of 2 years ,on biological hazards Staff household refuse collection. Maria Cristina Pantano (Argentina). 

A1681 Prevention of infectious diseases in the long term travellers. The strategic 

role of Occupational Health Department. 

A1862 MRSA-ST398 in livestock farmers and neighbouring residents in a rural area 

in Germany. 

Vincenzo Nicosia (Italy), Sabatino De 

Sanctis, Alfonso Gelormini, Massimo 

Consentino, Cesare Gialdi, Andrea Sguera. 

Betty Bisdorff (Luxembourg), Janina 

Scholhölter, Katja Claussen, Matthias 

Pulz, Dennis Nowak, Katja Radon. 

Free Paper 2.2 : Occupational Allergies Mario Di Gioacchino 

A1489 Experimental model of skin/lung responses. Jeroen Vanoirbeek (Belgium), Vanessa De 

Vooght, Steven Haenen, Peter Hoet, 

Benoit Nemery. 

A1592 The Result of Managing the incidence of allergic responses to Platinum 

Salts. 

René Jordaan (South Africa). 

A2034 Higher risk of asthma among nursing professionals and cleaners exposed to 

quaternary ammonium compounds in healthcare settings. 

A2170 Effect of mask fit testing aimed at reducing the number of neutrophil in 

nasal swabs in stainless steel welders. 

Free Paper 25: Pesticide Risk Assessment and Management in Agriculture Claudio Colosio 

Maria Gonzalez (France), Marie-christine 

Kopferschmitt, Carole Donnay, Guy 

Hedelin, Jérémy Jegu, Michel Velten, 

Laurence Guilloux, Frédéric De Blay. 

Muchtaruddin Mansyur (Indonesia), Arie 

Wulandari, Nina Irawati. 

A2060 Pesticide exposure and health problem of country residents. Zhijun Zhou (China), Xichang Zhao, Xiuli 

Chang. 

A1943 Acute pesticide poisoning among Brazilian tobacco farmers, according to Neice M X Faria (Brazil), Anaclaudia G 

pesticide related symptoms and medical evaluation. 

Fassa, Rodrigo D Meucci, Nadia S Fiori, 

Vanessa I Miranda, Maria Laura V Carret.


A1294 



Pesticide Risk and Management for health in Agriculture of Thailand. Narong Neatsarika (Thailand), Somkiat 

Siriruttanapruk, Ratchaneekon 

Chomsuan. 

A2068 Working conditions and persistent symptoms in agricultural workers 

exposed to organophosphate pesticides. 

Martha Edilia Nava Palacios (Mexico). 

A2038 Estimating the risk of exposure to pesticides with carcinogenic potential in Anne-Marie Nicol (Canada), Caitlin 

Canadian farmers and farm workers. 

Blewett, Nicole Garzia, Karla Poplowski. 

A2040 : Wash with Care: Developing community-based videos to promote 

pesticide awareness for farmers and farm families. 

Anne-Marie Nicol (Canada), David 

Murphy.


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Free Paper 61: Nanomaterials and Occupational Health Paul Schulte 

A1777 Pulmonary effect of titanium dioxide and various particles by instillation to Akira Ogami (Japan), Toshihiko Myojo, 

rats: in relation with surface area dose metrics. 

Takako Oyabu. 

A1605 Usefulness of currently available in vitro methods for toxicity assessment of Konrad Rydzynski (Poland), Maciej 

nanoparticles and nanomaterials. 

Stepnik. 

A2095 Nanotechnology: Do traditional OSH concepts fit to innovative materials?. Rolf Packroff (Germany), Thomas Gebel. 

A2126 The White Book on occupational exposure to engineered nanomaterials 

and the stakeholders engagement: from research to policy approach. 

A2214 

Evaluation of data and recommendation on measurement technique and 

sampling protocol for determining concentrations of engineered and 

incidental nanoparticles 

Fabio Boccuni (Italy), Marco Mirabile, 

Bruna Maria Rondinone, Sergio Iavicoli. 

Gopolang Sekobe (ZAF), Mary Gulumian, 

Xolani Masoka. 

A1206 Toxicity of nanofilters for polymer composites – in vitro studies Lidia Zapor(POL) Katarzina Dzierzawska. 

Free Paper 49 : Advances in Occupational Toxicology Maurizio Manno 

A1178 Assessing liver toxicity of organic compounds based on their 

physicochemical properties for the purpose of calculating occupational 

exposure limits. 

Marek Jakubowski (Poland). 

A1135 Evaluation of DNA damage and telomerase activity levels in exfoliated Delia Cavallo (Italy), Daniele Calistri, Enrico 

urinary cells as non invasive biomarkers in workers of a rubber tyres Pira, Canzio Romano, Raffaele Maiello, 

industry at risk for bladder cancer. 

Anna Maria Fresegna, Aureliano Ciervo, 

Giuliana Buresti, Valentina Casadio, Sara 

Bravaccini, Sergio Iavicoli, Rosella 

Silvestrini. 

A1445 Occupational exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in bars and Claudio Muñoz (Chile), A Droppelman, M 

restaurants in Santiago of Chile. 

Erazo, Ana Navas- Acien, S Alvarado, N 

Marchetti, M Acuña, P Aceituno, C 

Orellana, J Parrò, S Mesias, Veronica 

Iglesias. 

A2208 Synergistic exposure to noise and styrene and cochlear functionality in a Renata Sisto (Italy), Monica Gherardi, 

sample of workers: preliminary results. 

Giovanna Tranfo, Filippo Sanjust, Enrico 

Paci, Maria Pia Gatto, Andrea Gordiani, 

Patrizia Garofani, Bruno Papaleo, Luigi 

Cerini. 

A1520 Influence of delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism Ariane Leroyer (France), Catherine Nisse, 

on renal toxicity of lead in workers with previous lead occupational Bruno Leleu, André Klein, Betty Dehon, 

exposure. 

Franck Broly. 

Free Paper 57.1: Occupational HEALTH RESEARCH in Mexico-FENASTAC 

experience 

Víctor Calderon Salinas




A1646 Beneficial effect of vitamin-E and –C supplementation on oxidative damage 

and total antioxidant capacity in lead exposed workers. 

Victor Calderon (Mexico), Adela-leonor 

Rendon-ramirez, Maria Maldonado-vega, 

Martha-angelica Quintanar-escorza, 

Bertha-isabel Arevalo-rivas, Alejandro 

Zentella-dehesa. 

A1555 Burnout, psychosocial factors and health conditions in mexican lawyers. Marlene Rodriguez-martinez (Mexico), 

Horacio Tovalin-ahumada, Jorge Sandovalocaña, 

Sara Unda-rojas, Pedro Gil-monte. 

A1428 Eryptosis and oxidative damage in type 2 diabetic mellitus sedentary 

workers with chronic kidney disease. 

A2030 Burnout and engagement correlation in middle school teachers from 

Mexico City. 

Martha Quintanar (Mexico), Ma Del Pilar 

Intriago, Manuela De La A Carrera, J Victor 

Calderón. 

Cinthya Cardenas (Mexico), Marlene 

Rodríguez-martínez, Horacio Tovalínahumada, 

Jorge Sandoval-ocaña, Sara 

Unda-rojas, Rubén Marroquín-segura, 

Pedro Gil-monte. 

Free Paper 10 : Neurotoxic effects from Chemical agents Eun A Kim 

A1097 Styrene and Ototoxicity: Exposure Study in Volunteers. Gerhard Triebig (Germany), T. Bruckner, T. 

Leitel, J. Hoffmann, S. Hoth. 

A1509 Do epigenetic changes play a role in the development of chronic toxic 

encephalopathy?. 

Lode Godderis (Belgium), Ali Tabish, 

Nathalie Maertens, Karel De Raedt, Simon 

Bulterys, Mineke Viaene. 

Neice M X Faria (Brazil), Anaclaudia G 

Fassa. 

A1192 What is the relationship between pesticide occupational exposure and 

suicide rates?. 

A1977 Parkinson’s disease among diphenyl-exposed paper mill workers. Eva Gunilla Wastensson (Sweden), Stig 

Hagberg, Eva Andersson, Bo Johnels, Lars 

Barregard. 

Free Paper 45 : Ergonomic Risks in Non-traditional Jobs in Developing 

Countries 

Elvia Luz González Muñoz 

A1476 Participatory Ergonomic Approach: A Collision or Coalition of Safety and Mohd Nasir Selamat (Malaysia), Lilis 

Productivity at Workplace?. 

Surienty, Jakaria Dasan. 

A1799 Occupational Hand Injuries in informal Sectors in India. Pranab Kumar Nag (India), Anjali Nag, 

Vinita Verma. 

A2026 Cognitive Ergonomics in the Transition of the New Integrated Center of Sandro Buso (Brazil),Lucy Bau, Magda 

Control of an Oil Refinary: Human Reliability and Administration of Puquirre, Carolina Passero, Marcos 

Changes. 

Bianchi. 

A1599 Contribution to a WHO toolkit for WMSDs prevention. Enrico Occhipinti (Italy), Daniela Colombini 

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Free Paper 55: Work and Vision. Assessing the risk of the work 

environment Bruno Piccoli 

A1427 Regular Control of Visual Capacity in Clerks. Emil Vancu (Romania), Dan Fotache, 

Codrut Roman, Rodica Vancu, Teodora 

Roman. 

A1702 BRIE, a tool to detect and assess risks in small and medium sized 

Johan Van Neck (Belgium), Sofie 

enterprises. 

Vandenbroeck, Hilde De Raeve, Bruno Van 

Damme, Filip Pelgrims, Lode Godderis. 

A2187 Risk factors for Computer Vision Syndrome (C.V.S.) among operators of two Eduardo Sá. (Brazil) 

call center in São Paulo, Brazil. 

A2192 Lighting evaluation in the office environment. Munir Gariba (Brazil), Ruddy Facci. 

Free Paper 40 : Education Sector Workers Occupational Health Conditions Sara Unda-Rojas 

A1336 Training Program for the Prevention of Occupational Diseases and Incidents Felix Carrillo (Venezuela, RD), Jackeline 

of the Firemen in Venezuela. 

Anzola. 

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A1822 Status and Efficiency of Occupational Health Services in several Groups of 

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Meral Türk Soyer (Turkey), Meltem 

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A1127 Acquired Brain Injury and work participation; development of a multi- Haije Wind (Netherlands), Birgit Donkerdisciplinary 

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cools, Coen Van Bennekom, Monique 

Frings-dresen. 

A1189 Study of the actual situation of police shooting ranges in Belgium and newly Annemie De Grave (Belgium), Hons Luc. 

developed guidelines. 

A1635 French recommendations for the medico-professional follow-up of workers Bénédicte Clin (France), Jean-claude 

currently or previously exposed to bladder carcinogens. 

Pairon “recocancerprof” Work Group. 

A1617 Testing of draft guidelines as a form of pilot implementation. Carel Hulshof (Netherlands), David 

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A1288 Case study on Indoor Air Quality of public offices at RIL, Jamnagar. Aditya Paliwal (India), Mr.kamlesh Patel, 

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Use of guideline and guidance values in the evaluation of indoor air Heidi Jihanna Salonen, Sanna Lappalainen, 

problems. 

Marjaana Lahtinen, Pertti Pasanen, Kari 

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A1972 Risk factors and health status among operators at a large call center in Italy. Paolo Carrer (Italy), Andrea D Alcamo, 

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Fossati, Maurizio Coggiola, Marina Musti, 

Dario Russignaga. 

A1913 Indoor environmental quality after political protest with burning rubber 

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A1884 

How to promote good work ability in patients with indoor air symptoms?. 

A1917 Phthalate in house dust and tis relation to sick building syndrome and 

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Chatchai Ekpanyaskul (Thailand), Sarunya 

Hengpraprom, Narin Hiransuthikul, 

Pornchai Sithisarankul, Pornpimon 

Kongtip. 

Aki Vuokko (Finland), Marianna Virtanen, 

Aki Vuokko, Eila Kallio, Hille Suojalehto, 

Markku Sainio. 

Reiko Kishi (Japan), Atsuko Araki, Ikue 

Saitoh, Eiji Shibata, Kanehisa Morimoto, 

Kunio Nakayama, Masatoshi Tanaka, 

Tomoko Takigawa, Takesumi Yoshimura, H 

Chikara, Yasuaki Saijyo. 

Tord Kjellstrom (Costa Rica), Manfred 

Pinto, Catharina Wesseling, Tord 

Kjellstrom, Andrés Robles, Maria Nilsson. 

A1435 Hearing conservation culture change process over 40-year, evidence from a Domyung Paek (Korea, Rep.), Mijin Park, 

multinational company. 

Chung Sik Yoon. 

A1660 A prospective study of farm workers: The perceptible change in health & Kyung Suk Lee (Korea, Rep.), Juyoun 

safety awareness and safety performance of farm work after the 

Kwon, Hye Seon Chae, Hyo Cher Kim, Soo- 

intervention. 

jin Lee. 

A1819 Determinants of stimulating investment on occupational safety and health 

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Ho Jiune-jye (Taiwan), C.p. Chang, Y.c. Yu. 


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A2011 Relationship between the burnout syndrome and hypertension in 

firefighthers from Mexico city, D.F. 

Víctor Calderon Salinas 

Jorge Antonio Orduña Fonseca (Mexico), 

Marlene Rodríguez Martínez, Horacio 

Tovalin Ahumada, Rubén Marroquín 

Segura.




A2022 Illumination levels and eyestrain in workers from a pharmaceutical 

company in Mexico City. 

Alma Teresa Luna Gallegos (Mexico), 

Alfredo Sánchez Vázquez, Horacio Tovalin 

Ahumada, Juan Luis Soto Espinosa, Juan 

Manuel Araujo Álvarez. 

A2077 Relation between musculoskeletal discomfort with individuals and job 

characteristics in workers. 

Elvia Luz González-muñoz (Mexico). 

A2119 A review of the main occupational risks in workers without social security in Cointa Lagunes (Mexico), Anabel 

Mexico City, Federal District, 2007-2009. 

Gonzalez. 

Victor Hugo Garcia (Mexico), Rubén 

Oxidative stress related to occupational exposure to toluene in workers Marroquín Segura, Horacio Tovalin 

A1788 from a plastic factory in Mexico City. 

Ahumada 

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A1151 Neurophysiologic findings in young vibration exposed workers. Lars Gerhardsson (Sweden), Lage 

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Lundström, Tohr Nilsson. 

A1719 The new Italian physical agents database for risk assessment. Pietro Nataletti (Italy), Paolo Rossi, Iole 

Pinto, Omar Nicolini. 

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Arturo Juárez García 

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Groups with the Presence of Psychosocial Factors in Workers of the Electric Pando Moreno, Teresa M Torres Lopez, 

Train System, Guadalajara, México. 

Jose G Salazar Estrada. 

A2199 Relationship between Musculoskeletal Discomfort and Workstyle Risk 

Factors among Information Technology Professionals in India. 

Deepak Sharan (India), Ajeesh Ps. 

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A1303 Do workers with high occupational physical activity have an elevated daily 

ambulatory blood pressure?. 

Els Clays (Belgium), Dirk De Bacquer, Koen 

Van Herck, Guy De Backer, France Kittel, 

Marcel Kornitzer, Andreas Holtermann. 

A1829 Return to work after cardiovascular events. Carel Hulshof (Netherlands), Jaap Van 

Dijk, Frans Slebus, Paul Kuijer, Judith 

Sluiter. 

A1806 Work-related Cerebro-Cardiovascular Diseases in Korea. Dae Seong Kim (Korea, Rep.), Seong-kyu 

Kang. 

A1245 Effort-reward imbalance at work and total cardiovascular risk in German 

industrial workers. 

Jian Li (China), Johannes Siegrist, Joachim 

E. Fischer.




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Jaegers, Ann Marie Dale, Brian Buchholz, 

Nancy Weaver, Bradley Evanoff. 

A1221 MR imaging of intra- and periarticular cyst-like lesions of the knee joint in 

workers with occupational kneeling. 

A1673 Results of a survey on musculoskeletal health in a group of craftsmen 

building 2247 in Bergamo-Italy. 

A2188 Symptomatic knee disorders measured by The Knee Injury and 

Osteoarthritis Outcome Score KOOS in floor layers and graphic designers. 

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A1124 The results of the partnership between the medical care unit of 

dermatology and occupational diseases in the diagnosis of suspected cases 

of occupational dermatoses. 

A1740 Occupational dermatoses: disease burden and options of prevention from a 

medical point of view. 

Søren Rytter (Denmark), Lilli Kirkeskov, 

Jens Peter Bonde, Niels Egund. 

Natale Battevi (Italy), Nora Vitelli. 

Lilli Jensen Kirkeskov (Denmark), Søren 

Rytter. 

Ligia Albuquerque (Brazil), C.f.c. Alvarez, 

E.m. Kawakami, M.q.f.s. Souza, R. 

Lazzarini, L.c. Morrone. 

Swen Malte John (Germany). 

A2107 The prevention of contact allergy. Swen Malte John (Germany). 

A2139 occupational health care in swimming pools and spas: on eye in the land of 

the blind. 

Jan Bakker (Netherlands). 

A1911 Prevalence in 2008 of occupational contact dermatitis to 

Brice Loddé (France), Anne-marie 

mercaptobenzothiazole in professionnal fisherman population and Roguedas-contios, Dominique Jegaden, 

prognostic after 3 years evolution. 

Laurent Misery, Jean-dominique Dewitte. 

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A1093 Association between genetic polymorphisms and risk of asbestosis. Alenka Franko (Slovenia), Vita Dolzan, 

Niko Arneric, Metoda Dodic Fikfak. 

A1166 Molecular biology in occupational health. Tom Eliatu (Uganda). 

A1508 Gene-environment interactions in the induction of epigenetic alterations in Lode Godderis (Belgium), Karel De Raedt, 

solvent-workers. 

Ali Tabish, Peter Hoet. 

A1351 Airway inflammation is reduced in workers exposed to protein from Johny Kongerud (Norway), Wijnand 

bacteria one year after cessation of exposure. 

Eduard, Marit Skogstad, Neil Alexis, Liv I B 

Sikkeland. 

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A2146 Distribution of hand dimensions and selected hand forces in a sample of 

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development of ergonomic products. 

Andre Klussmann (Germany), Inna 

Levchuk, Christoph Muehlemeyer, Martin 

Keuchel, Karl-heinz Lang, Hansjuergen 

Gebhardt.




A1556 Perceived poor work ability in midlife is associated with accelerated 

deterioration in health and functioning in later life -a 28-year prospective 

follow-up study. 

A1645 Age and gender correlates of serious work-related injuries in British 

Columbia, Canada. 

A1529 developpement and implementation of an evidence-based guideline for 

aging workers in Luxembourg. 

A1903 Is equitable the collective agreement for truck drivers to retire from their 

job at 55? An exploration through the “Evrest” French database. 

Clas-håkan Nygård (Finland), Mikaela Von 

Bonsdorff, Jorma Seitsamo, Juhani 

Ilmarinen, Monika Von Bonsdorff, Taina 

Rantanen. 

Christopher Mcleod (Canada), Jonathan 

Fan, Mieke Koehoorn. 

Nicole Majery (Luxembourg), Valerie 

Delfosse. 

Ariane Leroyer (France), Anne-françoise 

Molinie.

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