Comparison of agreement in asthmagen exposure assessments between rule-based automatic algorithms and a job exposure matrix in healthcare workers in Australia and Bhutan

Autor: Rajni Rai, Lin Fritschi, Deborah C Glass, Nidup Dorji, Sonia El-Zaemey

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)

Abstract Background: Assessment of occupational exposures is an integral component of population-based studies investigating the epidemiology of occupational diseases. However, all the available methods for exposure assessment have been developed, te

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DDT exposure in early childhood and female breast cancer: Evidence from an ecological study in Taiwan

Autor: Simon Chang, Sonia El-Zaemey, Jane Heyworth, Meng-chi Tang

Publikováno v: Environment International, Vol 121, Iss , Pp 1106-1112 (2018)

Researchers still lack consensus on the association between exposure to DDT and the risk of breast cancer. One reason could be that the measurements of DDT obtained during or near the time of diagnosis may not reflect exposure during the etiologicall

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Reliability and Validity of an Adapted Questionnaire Assessing Occupational Exposures to Hazardous Chemicals among Health Care Workers in Bhutan

Autor: Nidup Dorji, Sonia El-Zaemey, Lin Fritschi, Rajni Rai

Publikováno v: The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 3 July, Pp 128-39 (2020)
The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Background: Collection of reliable and valid occupational history data is of utmost importanceto assess work-related exposures and their health effects. Few standardized questionnairesare available for the collection of occupational history data in l

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https://www.theijoem.com/ijoem/index.php/ijoem/article/view/1878

Estimate of Occupational Exposure to Carcinogens among Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study

Autor: Iffat Elbarazi, Sonia El-Zaemey, Basema Saddik, Balázs Ádám, Mohamed El Sadig, Aminu S. Abdullahi, Lin Fritschi, Mohamud Sheek-Hussein

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 20; Pages: 13012

Occupational illnesses, such as cancer, cause more deaths each year than occupational accidents. Occupational carcinogens include physical, chemical, biological and organizational hazards. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), migrant workers account fo

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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013012

Are There Ethnic Disparities in Exposure to Workplace Hazards Among New Zealand Migrants to Australia?

Autor: Sonia El-Zaemey, Alison Reid, Renee N. Carey, Alison Daly, Deborah Catherine Glass, Lin Fritschi

Publikováno v: Asia-Pacific journal of public health. 33(8)

Disparities in exposure to workplace hazards exist between Māori and non-Māori workers in New Zealand, with Māori workers generally incurring poorer conditions. This study aimed to determine if these ethnic disparities are similar after migration

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33847173