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Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment effects of out-of-pocket expenses: A comparative study of tannery and non-tannery workers of Kanpur, India
Conclusion: There is an urgent need to reinstate people's faith in public health facilities by developing professionalism, integrity, and accountability among different levels of health functionaries and frontline workers with the support of credible, transparent, and responsible regulatory environment. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gyan C Kashyap Shri K Singh Santosh K Sharma Source Type: research

Comparing the effectiveness of three ergonomic risk assessment methods & #8212;RULA, LUBA, and NERPA & #8212;to predict the upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders
Conclusion: Low-risk levels in NERPA, medium-risk levels in LUBA, and high-risk levels in RULA are evaluated better. The results showed that RULA was the best method for assessing musculoskeletal disorders among the three methods. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Saeid Yazdanirad Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh Ehsanollah Habibi Asma Zare Mohammad Zeinodini Fatemeh Dehghani Source Type: research

Hearing threshold status and risk estimate of hearing impairment among administrative workforce
Conclusion: Administrative workers are minimally risked of developing NIHL; however, with progressive age, hearing ability may deteriorate. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Joydeep Majumder Ramanlal C Patel Sanjay Kotadiya Priyanka Shah Source Type: research

Respiratory morbidity among rice mill workers in an urban area of Burdwan District, West Bengal: A cross-sectional study
Conclusion: Respiratory morbidity is quite high in the area. Proper health education and provision of personal protective equipments need to be provided. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Madhab Ch Rana Somnath Naskar Ramaprasad Roy Dilip Kr Das Soumya Das Source Type: research

Implication of emotional labor, cognitive flexibility, and relational energy among cabin crew: A review
The objective of this review article is to analyze the variables of emotional labor, cognitive flexibility, and relational energy using the biopsychosocial model and identify organizational implications among cabin crew. Online databases such as EBSCOhost, JSTOR, Springerlink, and PubMed were used to gather articles for the review. The authors analyzed 17 articles from 2001 to 2016 and presented a comprehensive review. The review presented an integrative approach and suggested a hypothetical model that can prove to be a signitficant contribution to the avaition industry in particular and to research findings of aviation ps...
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Rithi Baruah K Jayasankara Reddy Source Type: research

Mini occupational health services for un-organized labor markets in India
Ganesh K KulkarniIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 22(1):1-1 (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ganesh K Kulkarni Source Type: research

Improving Workplace Ergonomics in Corporate Offices: A Comment on Madhwani et al.
Saurav BasuIndian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 21(3):152-152 (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Saurav Basu Source Type: research

Sewage Pollution in Water Supply in Indore
This article reports an environmental risk assessment of Indore's Khan River based on existing literature, including hazard identification, dose-response and exposure assessment, identification of susceptible populations, risk characterization, and potential community-oriented management and communication approaches. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Alifiya Tahir Aayush Visaria Source Type: research

Exploring the Awareness Regarding E-waste and its Health Hazards among the Informal Handlers in Musheerabad Area of Hyderabad
Conclusion: This study highlights the need for awareness campaigns on proper e-waste management practices to ensure occupational safety among the waste handlers who belong to lower socio-economic strata. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sapna Mishra BR Shamanna Srinivasan Kannan Source Type: research

In-depth Analysis of Pattern of Occupational Injuries and Utilization of Safety Measures among Workers of Railway Wagon Repair Workshop in Jhansi (U.P.)
Conclusions: Occupational injuries are high and utilization of safety measures is low among workers on railway wagon repair workshop, which highlights the importance of strengthening safety regulatory services toward this group of workers. Younger age group workers show a significant association with open wounds and surface wounds. As the education level of workers increases, the incidence of injuries decreases. Apart from shoes, hat, and gloves, regular utilization of other personal protective equipment was not seen. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shubhanshu Gupta Anil K Malhotra Santosh K Verma Rashmi Yadav Source Type: research

Evaluation of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Postural Stress of Female & #8220;Jari & #8221; Workers
Conclusions: The prevalence of MSDs was very high among the workers. The major locations of body pains in Jari workers were lower back, upper back, neck, wrist, thigh, and shoulder. The occurrence of MSDs was higher in lower and higher age group than that of the middle age group. The total work shift of the workers was approximately 13 h including rest pause. The dominant postures adopted by the workers were sitting on the floor with stretched legs, sitting on the floor with folded knees, and kneeling posture. From the results of the postural analysis, the postures of the Jari workers had been categorized as stressful. The...
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Amitava Pal Prakash C Dhara Source Type: research

Effort & #8211;Reward Imbalance and its Association with Health among Pluckers in a Tea Plantation in South India
Conclusions: Majority of pluckers in tea plantation experienced more effort compared to reward. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Chitra Tomy Naveen Ramesh Farah N Fathima Rodney L D & #39;cunha Kote A Chakravathi Source Type: research

Risk Assessment of Workers & #39; Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in the Air of a Petrochemical Complex in Iran
Conclusions: The risk assessment with LCR showed that carcinogenic compounds are the main threat to workers' health and precautions should be taken to control workers' risk. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Farshid Ghorbani Shanh Samira Rahimnejad Abdulrahman Bahrami Maryam Farhadian Source Type: research

Shift Work and Quality of Personal, Professional, and Family Life among Health Care Workers in a Rehabilitation Center in Greece
Conclusions: The interaction between general, professional, and family quality of life can guide interventions in the workplace in order to improve workers' quality of life and promote workers' health. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Georgia I Skoufi Georgios A Lialios Styliani Papakosta Theodoros C Constantinidis Petros Galanis Evangelia Nena Source Type: research

Computer Use and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Case-control Study
Conclusion: The study did not demonstrate any positive association between computer use and CTS. (Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - March 7, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Dinesh J Bhanderi Daxa G Mishra Shweta M Parikh Deepak B Sharma Source Type: research