Document ID (ISN) | 72444 |
CIS number |
99-458 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
1998 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Gowers D.S., Carpenter A.V., Ellis H.M., Best A.M., Nash D., Holzner C.L., Keith J.B, Sherrard H.G. |
Title |
Health surveillance using an occupational medical database |
Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1998, Vol.40, No.8, p.685-696. 76 ref. |
Abstract |
This pilot study sought associations between liver function tests (LFTs) and membership in homogeneous exposure groups (HEGs) at a large plant as pre-clinical indications of possible future occupational health problems. A company database yielded linear models for each of six LFTs in terms of sex, body mass index, age, race, alcohol and cigarette consumption and production/non-production job, permitting control for these in analyses of LFTs vs HEGs at the plant. Results show that large plant medical databases can be used in a systematic way to identify potential problems in occupational groups. Topics: age-linked differences; alcoholism; body weight; computerized data bases; exposure tests; harmful substances; job-exposure relation; length of exposure; liver function tests; medical supervision; sex-linked differences; smoking; statistical evaluation. |
Descriptors (primary) |
harmful substances; computerized data bases; exposure tests; medical supervision |
Descriptors (secondary) |
alcoholism; smoking; liver function tests; age-linked differences; body weight; length of exposure; job-exposure relation; statistical evaluation; sex-linked differences |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Biological monitoring Alcohol and drug abuse
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