The impact of Post-COVID-Syndrome on functioning – results from a community survey in patients after mild and moderate SARS-CoV-2-infections in Germany
In COVID-19 survivors a relatively high number of long-term symptoms have been observed. Besides impact on quality of life, these symptoms (now called Post-COVID-Syndrome) may have an impact on functioning and ma... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - October 7, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Christina Lemh öfer, Christian Sturm, Dana Loudovici-Krug, Norman Best and Christoph Gutenbrunner Tags: Research Source Type: research

How to evaluate digital leadership: a cross-sectional study
With the increasing digitalization of the working environment, the demands on managers are changing fundamentally to the point of an emerging field of research in digital leadership. Municipal administrations ... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - October 1, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kevin Claassen, Dominique Rodil dos Anjos, Jan Kettschau and Horst Christoph Broding Tags: Research Source Type: research

Powered air-purifying respirators used during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic significantly reduce speech perception
Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, interventions in the upper airways are considered high-risk procedures for otolaryngologists and their colleagues. The purpose of this study was to eval... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - September 30, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Roxanne Weiss, Leon Guchlerner, Tobias Weissgerber, Natalie Filmann, Birgit Haake, Kai Zacharowski, Timo Wolf, Sabine Wicker, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Sandra Ciesek, Timo St över and Marc Diensthuber Tags: Research Source Type: research

Digitally connected work and its consequences for strain – a systematic review
Evolving digitization has an impact not only on the organization of work, but also on the health of employees. Dealing with new technologies, integrating new processes and requirements into work, and restructu... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - September 22, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sabrina Zolg, Barbara Heiden and Britta Herbig Tags: Review Source Type: research

Eating behaviour and weight development of European and Asian seafarers during stay on board and at home
Food choices on board merchant ships are limited and seafarers repeatedly described as being at high risk of developing overweight compared to the general population. Up to date, research has not distinguished... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - September 14, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Felix Alexander Neumann, Lukas Belz, Dorothee Dengler, Volker Harth, Thomas von M ünster, Joachim Westenhöfer, Marcus Oldenburg and Birgit-Christiane Zyriax Tags: Research Source Type: research

Genome-wide mRNA profiling identifies the NRF2-regulated lymphocyte oxidative stress status in patients with silicosis
The immunomodulatory abnormalities of silicosis are related to the lymphocyte oxidative stress state. The potential effect of antioxidant therapy on silicosis may depend on the variation in nuclear factor eryt... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - September 13, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Yingzheng Zhao, Guangcui Xu, Haibin Li, Meiyu Chang, Cheng Xiong, Yingjun Tao, Yi Guan, Yuchun Li and Sanqiao Yao Tags: Research Source Type: research

The pupillary light reflex (PLR) as a marker for the ability to work or drive – a feasibility study
The PLR (pupillary light reflex) can be a marker for pathological medical conditions, such as neurodegenerative or mental health disorders and diseases as well as marker for physiological alterations, such as ... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - September 7, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Andrea Kaifie, Martin Reugels, Thomas Kraus and Michael Kursawe Tags: Research Source Type: research

Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis in polish healthcare workers: the comparison of tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) performance
Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide. Health care workers (HCW) are at particular risk of the disease due to their constant exposure to TB patients or their specimens... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - September 1, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Monika Szturmowicz, Beata Broniarek-Samson and Urszula Demkow Tags: Research Source Type: research

A mass casualty incident of infectious diseases at the port of Hamburg: an analysis of organizational structures and emergency concepts
The project “ARMIHN” (Adaptive Resiliency Management in Port) focuses on strengthening the capability to act in a mass casualty incident (MCI) due to an outbreak of infectious diseases (MCI-ID). In addition to... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 31, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Angelina Klein, Julian Heuser, Esther Henning, Nadine Spr össel, Ann-Christin Kordsmeyer, Marcus Oldenburg, Natascha Mojtahedzadeh, Jan Heidrich, Kristina Carolin Militzer, Lukas Belz, Thomas von Münster, Volker Harth, Lena Ehlers, Jens de Boer, Scarlet Tags: Research Source Type: research

Electrocardiographic abnormalities in medically screened German military aircrew
A resting electrocardiogram (ECG) is a well-tolerated, non-invasive, and inexpensive test for overt electrical signs of cardiac pathology and is widely used in the screening of aircrew and other high-hazard oc... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 31, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Norbert Guettler and Stefan Sammito Tags: Research Source Type: research

Online survey among maritime pilots: job-related stress and strain and the effects on their work ability
This study aims to describe the current job-related stre... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 25, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Marcus Oldenburg, Jan Herzog, Filip Barbarewicz, Volker Harth and Hans-Joachim Jensen Tags: Research Source Type: research

Misdiagnosis in occupational and environmental medicine: a scoping review
There has been no comprehensive review for misdiagnosis in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM). The possible ramifications of an occupational disease (OD) or an environmental disease (ED) misdiagnosi... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 24, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jinyoung Moon and HyeKyoung Yoo Tags: Review Source Type: research

Hepatitis C in healthcare personnel: follow-up analysis of treatments with direct-acting antiviral agents
Hepatitis C infections (HCV) are associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to update the results of treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) using a larger po... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 24, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Claudia Westermann, Dana Wendeler and Albert Nienhaus Tags: Research Source Type: research

Application of impedance measurement to investigate in vitro inhalation toxicity of bacteria
Workers of agriculture and intensive life stock farming are exposed to highly contaminated workplaces. Bioaerosol exposures are suspected to trigger respiratory health effects of the workers. So far, risk eval... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 12, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Stefanie Klar, Dierk-Christoph Poether, Jessica Reinert, Nicole H üttig, Gunter Linsel and Udo Jäckel Tags: Research Source Type: research

Correction to: Arterial abnormalities in the hands of workers with vibration white fingers – a magnetic resonance angiography case series
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Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 11, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Per Vihlborg, Karim Makdoumi, Hana Gavlovsk á, Sverre Wikström and Pål Graff Tags: Correction Source Type: research