9 articles in this issue
E Rafeemanesh,MR Majdi,SM Ehteshamfar,MJ Fahoul,Z Sadeghian
Background: Agate is a hard silica stone with bands of various colors, which is used in jewelry. The agate grinding workers are exposed to silica dust.Objective: To determine the prevalence of respiratory diseases in agate grinding workers and the associa... see more
S Siripanich,W Siriwong,P Keawrueang,M Borjan,M Robson
Background: Incense and joss stick are generally used in the world. Most products were made in small household factories. There are many environmental and occupational hazards in these factories.Objective: To evaluate the workplace environmental and occup... see more
S Shaghaghian,S Pardis,Z Mansoori
Background: Post-exposure prophylaxis plays an important role in prevention of bloodborne diseases after occupational exposures.Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of dentists towards post-exposure prophylaxis.Methods: In a cross-s... see more
A Barkhordari,S Barzegar,H Hekmatimoghaddam,A Jebali,S Rahimi Moghadam,N Khanjani
Background: Nanoparticles have become one of the leading technologies over the past two years. The extensive use of nanoparticles has raised great concern about their occupational fate and biological effects. With an increase in the production and use of ... see more
G Pourtaghi,F Valipour,H Sadeghialavi,MA Lahmi
Background: In most armies, clothes, equipment and weapons are designed according to the physical characteristics and anthropometric data of soldiers.Objective: To study the anthropometric characteristics of Iranian army force and their changes over recen... see more
RR Tiwari,A Saha
Background: There are millions of working children worldwide. Several causes are suggested for this social evil of which poverty plays a significant role in whether a child will work.Objective: To determine the morbidity profile in the working children of... see more
AA Ismail,MS Mahfouz,A Makeen
Background: Occupational exposure to percutaneous injuries is a substantial source of infections with blood-borne pathogens among health-care workers. Few studies evaluated injection safety practices in Saudi Arabia.Objective: To examine the structure and... see more
DPS Rathore,VK Garg
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