Browsing Duke Scholarly Works by Affiliation of Duke Author(s) "Community and Family Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine"
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A case-control study of airways obstruction among construction workers.
(Am J Ind Med, 2015-10)BACKGROUND: While smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), occupational exposures to vapors, gases, dusts, and fumes (VGDF) increase COPD risk. This case-control study estimated the risk ... -
Detrimental effects of an electronic health records system on musculoskeletal symptoms among health professionals
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014-01-01)Copyright 2014 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.A survey of 204 health professionals (physicians, physicians' assistants and nurse practitioners) in private diagnostic clinics of a major healthcare system was conducted ... -
Family PArtners in Lifestyle Support (PALS): Family-based weight loss for African American adults with type 2 diabetes.
(Obesity (Silver Spring), 2017-01)OBJECTIVE: To develop and test a family-centered behavioral weight loss intervention for African American adults with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: In this randomized trial, dyads consisting of an African American adult with ... -
Guidance to employers on integrating e-cigarettes/electronic nicotine delivery systems into tobacco worksite policy.
(J Occup Environ Med, 2015-03)In recent years, new products have entered the marketplace that complicate decisions about tobacco control policies and prevention in the workplace. These products, called electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or electronic ... -
Steps to Health employee weight management randomized control trial: short-term follow-up results.
(J Occup Environ Med, 2015-02)OBJECTIVE: To present the short-term follow-up findings of the Steps to Health study, a randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two employee weight management programs offered within Duke University and the Health ... -
Strategies for Coping with Multiple Biological Safety Regulations in High-Containment Laboratories
(Anthology of Biosafety XII: Managing Challenges for Safe Operations of BSL3/ABSL3 FacilitiesAnthology of Biosafety, 2011)The increase in biological safety regulations and/or guidelines regarding personnel and facilities in high containment laboratories demands constant vigilance by biological safety professionals responsible for safety in ... -
Surgical Procedure Characteristics and Risk of Sharps-Related Blood and Body Fluid Exposure.
(Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2016-01)OBJECTIVE To use a unique multicomponent administrative data set assembled at a large academic teaching hospital to examine the risk of percutaneous blood and body fluid (BBF) exposures occurring in operating rooms. DESIGN ... -
The Art of Communicating Safety
(Applied Biosafety, 2013-12)
