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  2. Many studies show that organizational justice (OJ) is related to psychological determinants of employee health. To prevent health problems related to OJ in Korean workplaces and to accurately measure OJ, we de...

    Authors: Hanul Park, Kang-Sook Lee, Yong-Jun Park, Dong-Joon Lee and Hyun-Kyung Lee
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:26
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. After publication of the original article [1] the authors flagged that the spelling of author YangHo Kim was incorrect. It is published on the original manuscript as Yang Ho Kim, but should be spelt YangHo Kim.

    Authors: Jaechul Song, Kuck-Hyun Woo and YangHo Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:25
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:12

  5. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) produced by incomplete combustion have negative effects on human health due to their carcinogenicity and teratogenicity. Indoor sources of PAHs include tobacco smoke, he...

    Authors: Hyung-Gue Park, Na-Young Ha, Dae Hwan Kim, Jeong-Ho Kim, Chae-Kwan Lee, Kunhyung Kim and Ji Young Ryu
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:23
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Lead and cadmium have been identified as risk factors for hearing loss in animal studies, but large-scale studies targeting the general human population are rare. This study was conducted to investigate the li...

    Authors: Gu Hyeok Kang, Jun Young Uhm, Young Gon Choi, Eun Kye Kang, Soo Young Kim, Won Oh Choo and Seong Sil Chang
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:22
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. The Korea Radiation Effect & Epidemiology Cohort - The resident cohort (KREEC-R) study concluded that there is no epidemiological or causal evidence supporting any increase in cancer risks resulting from radia...

    Authors: Bong-Kyu Kim, Jung-Min Kim, Myoung-Hee Kim, Do-Myung Paek, Seung-Sik Hwang, Mi-Na Ha and Young-Su Ju
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:21
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Exposure to sustained high concentrations of HCFC-123 is known to be hepatotoxic. We report two simultaneous cases of toxic hepatitis related to exposure to 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123), a com...

    Authors: Mu Young Shin, Jong Soo Park, Hae Dong Park and Jihye Lee
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:20
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  9. On-call work is a form of work that requires the person to work at any time during the on-call period. Thus, on-call work is often regarded as one of the most severe stress factors. This study investigates the...

    Authors: Chulin Baek, Jae Bum Park, Kyungjong Lee and Jaehyuk Jung
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:19
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. The olfactory bulb is anatomically exposed and thus can be directly damaged by external stimulation. This can occur as an occupational injury owing to contact with organic solvents or other causes. We present ...

    Authors: Soon Woo Park, Young Joong Kang, Huisu Eom, Hyun-Jin Cho, Jungho Ahn and Sang-Gil Lee
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:18
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  11. In modern society, the scale of the service industry is continuously expanding, and the number of service workers is increasing. Correspondingly, physical and mental problems related to emotional labor are bec...

    Authors: Guang Hwi Kim, Hee Sung Lee, Sung Won Jung, Jae Gwang Lee, June Hee Lee, Kyung Jae Lee and Joo Ja Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:17
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Various occupational inpatient rehabilitation programs are established in Norway. This study aimed to assess change in cardiorespiratory fitness, pain, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in persons on lo...

    Authors: Anne Lovise Nordstoga, Paul Jarle Mork and Marius Steiro Fimland
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:16
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. The nature of police work often necessitates use of Individual Light Armour Vests (ILAVs) for officer protection. Previous research has demonstrated various biomechanical and physical performance impacts of IL...

    Authors: B. Schram, B. Hinton, R. Orr, R. Pope and G. Norris
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Ambient air pollution has a negative effect on many diseases, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Recent studies have reported a relationship between air pollution and renal function, but the resu...

    Authors: Hyun-Jin Kim, Jin-young Min, Yong-Seok Seo and Kyoung-bok Min
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic compounds containing carbon and hydrogen. PAHs have carcinogenicity in human. Cancers related with PAHs include cancers of lung, skin, bladder, and others. I...

    Authors: Tae-Won Jang, Yangho Kim, Jong-Uk Won, Jong-Seong Lee and Jaechul Song
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. This thematic collection includes the articles to review eleven occupational cancer related risks or working conditions and to propose the guidelines of S. Korea.

    Authors: Jaechul Song, Kuck-Hyun Woo and Yang Ho Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:12
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:25

  17. Since the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift work that involves circadian disruption as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” there has been growing concern on the relationship between n...

    Authors: Hye-Eun Lee, Jongin Lee, Tae-Won Jang, In-Ah Kim, Jungsun Park and Jaechul Song
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:11
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Comprehensive consideration is necessary for setting guidelines to evaluate evidence of occupational cancer in painters due to work-related exposure to carcinogens in paint (a phenomenon termed herein as “work...

    Authors: Jun-Pyo Myong, Younmo Cho, Min Choi and Hyoung-Ryoul Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:10
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. Ionizing radiation is a well-known carcinogen, and is listed as one carcinogenic agent of occupational cancer. Given the increase in the number of workers exposed to radiation, as well as the increase in conce...

    Authors: Songwon Seo, Dalnim Lee, Ki Moon Seong, Sunhoo Park, Soo-Geun Kim, Jong-Uk Won and Young Woo Jin
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  20. Health forecasting has been used in an attempt to provide timely and tailored meteorological information to patients and healthcare providers so that they might take appropriate actions to mitigate health risk...

    Authors: Minsu Ock, Eun Young Choi, Inbo Oh, Seok Hyeon Yun, Yoo-Keun Kim, Hyunsu Kim, Min-Woo Jo and Jiho Lee
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:8
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:30

  21. Going to work despite feeling sick also known as sickness presenteeism is one of the emerging global occupational health challenges. Sickness presenteeism negatively affects both health of work forces and prod...

    Authors: Tesfaye Hambisa Mekonnen, Mekuriaw Alemayewu Tefera and Yayehirad Alemu Melsew
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. The objective of this study is to suggest revised recognition standards for occupational disease due to chromium (VI) by reflecting recent domestic and international research works and considering domestic exp...

    Authors: Jungwon Kim, Sangyun Seo, Yangho Kim and Dae Hwan Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. The goal of this study was to review the scientific basis for the recognition of occupational cancer, in relation to hepatitis viral infections in Korea. Most Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in Korea occur ...

    Authors: Hogil Kim, Yun Kyung Chung and Inah Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. The South Korean criteria for occupational diseases were amended in July 2013. These criteria included formaldehyde as a newly defined occupational carcinogen, based on cases of “leukemia or nasopharyngeal can...

    Authors: Soon-Chan Kwon, Inah Kim, Jaechul Song and Jungsun Park
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Crystalline silica has been classified as a definite carcinogen (Group 1) causing lung cancer by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In Korea, crystalline silica has been the most common ca...

    Authors: Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Boowook Kim, Bum Seak Jo and Ji-Won Lee
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:4
    Content type: Review Published on:

  27. Probability of causation (PC) is a reasonable way to estimate causal relationships in radiation-related cancer. This study reviewed the international trend, usage, and critiques of the PC method. Because it ha...

    Authors: Eun-A Kim, Eujin Lee, Seong-Kyu Kang and Meeseon Jeong
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2018 30:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Self-perceived health, a subjective assessment of one’s health condition, is an important health indicator at the level of quality of life. In this study, working time quality refer to job factors with qualita...

    Authors: Jaeyoup Jung, Gyuree Kim, Kyusung Kim, Domyung Paek and Sung-il Cho
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:55
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Studies on the hematologic toxicity of ethylene glycol ethers in humans are limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the association between exposure to solvents (containing 2-butoxyethanol and...

    Authors: Seng-Ho Song, Seong-Kyu Kang, Won-Jun Choi, Kyeong Min Kwak, Dong-Hoon Lee, Dyuk-Yoon Kang and Sang-Ha Lee
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:54
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. This study was conducted to analyze the distribution of the psychosocial well-being index among adults living in two rural communities in Korea and to examine its correlation with lifestyle variables such as s...

    Authors: Ju-Hyun Nam, Myeong-Seob Lim, Hyun-Kyeong Choi, Jae-Yeop Kim, Sung-Kyeong Kim, Sung-Soo Oh, Sang-Baek Koh and Hee-Tae Kang
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:53
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. In Korea, Carbon disulfide (CS2) toxicity was an important social problem from the late 1980s to the early 1990s but there have been few large-scale studies examining the prevalence of diseases after CS2 exposure...

    Authors: Hweemin Chung, Kanwoo Youn, Kyuyeon Kim and Kyunggeun Park
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:52
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. This study was aimed at finding out the exposure level of bisphenol A (BPA), a well-known endocrine disruptor, in relation to dietary factors using a data representing the Korean general population.

    Authors: Jin-Soo Park, Seyoung Kim, Minkyu Park, Yeji Kim, Hyeeun Lee, Hyunrim Choi and Sinye Lim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:42
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Sleep disorders and depression/anxiety disorders are long-standing and significant problem for mental health. Also there are already known so many negative health effect of these disorders. But there were few ...

    Authors: Sung Won Jung, Kyung-Jae Lee, Hee Sung Lee, Guang Hwi Kim, Jae Gwang Lee, Joo Ja Kim and June-Hee Lee
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:51
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. In modern society, many workers are stressed. Supervisors’ support or behavior can affect the emotional or psychological part of the worker. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of supervisor...

    Authors: Shin Uk Kang, Byeong Jin Ye, ByoungGwon Kim, Jung Il Kim and Jung Woo Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:43
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Peripheral neuritis caused by acrylamide is well-known, and many Korean grouting workers are frequently exposed to acrylamide in grouting agents that are injected into cracked concrete. We recently encountered...

    Authors: Heeyun Kim, Sang Gil Lee and Jeongbae Rhie
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:50
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. This study investigated the relationship between job type and the risk for spontaneous abortion to assess the reproductive toxicity of female workers in the semiconductor industry.

    Authors: Heechan Kim, Ho-Jang Kwon, Jeongbae Rhie, Sinye Lim, Yun-Dan Kang, Sang-Yong Eom, Hyungryul Lim, Jun-Pyo Myong and Sangchul Roh
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:49
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Sleepiness while driving has been regarded as a major cause of death due to traffic accidents. We compared the degree of sleepiness across five different working time periods (first, morning, post-lunch, after...

    Authors: Seyoung Lee, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Junsu Byun and Taewon Jang
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:48
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Lead and cadmium are harmful heavy metals that are used for a variety of occupational purposes. Considering their potentially hazardous effects on health, studies on the association between exposure to these t...

    Authors: Hyun Chan An, Joo Hyun Sung, Jiho Lee, Chang Sun Sim, Sang Hoon Kim and Yangho Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:47
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Around the globe, discrimination has emerged as a social issue requiring serious consideration. From the perspective of public health, the impact of discrimination on the health of affected individuals is a su...

    Authors: Hee Sung Lee, Guang Hwi Kim, Sung Won Jung, June-Hee Lee, Kyung-Jae Lee and Joo Ja Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:46
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Argyria is a rare irreversible cutaneous pigmentation disorder caused by prolonged exposure to silver. Herein, we report a case of generalized argyria that developed after chronic ingestion of soluble silver-n...

    Authors: Inha Jung, Eun-Jeong Joo, Byung seong Suh, Cheol-Bae Ham, Ji-Min Han, You-Gyung Kim, Joon-Sup Yeom, Ju-Yeon Choi and Ji-Hye Park
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:45
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. ‘Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs)’ have been mostly reported in the manufacturing industry but recently the occurrence of industrial injuries has been constantly increas...

    Authors: Hyun-Woo Choi, Young-Ki Kim, Dong-Mug Kang, Jong-Eun Kim and Bo-Young Jang
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:41
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. On September 27, 2012, at 3:43 pm, a hydrogen fluoride spill occurred in a manufacturing plant located at the 4th complex of the Gumi National Industrial Complex in Gumi City, South Korea. The present study ai...

    Authors: Seung-Hyun Yoo, Seong-Yong Yoon, Kuck-Hyun Woo, Jin-Seok Kim, Seong-Yong Cho, Sung-Soo Lee, Hyun-Sul Lim, Yeon-Soon Ahn and Won-Ho Yang
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:40
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Accidental splash exposure is one of the common occupational health related problem among health care workers. The problem is worse in developing countries in which the safety practice and protective devices d...

    Authors: Gudeta Kaweti and Teferi Abegaz
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:39
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) are emitted in the combustion or volatilization of hazardous wastes and fossil fuels. Paint, varnishing agents, and cigarette smoke are also sources of BTEX in...

    Authors: Hyoun Ho Oh, Hyungkyu Park, Dae Hwan Kim, Byung-Chul Son, Chae-Kwan Lee, Kunhyung Kim and Ji Young Ryu
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:38
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Shift work disturbs workers’ biological clocks and this condition can cause various health problems including cardiovascular disease. The elevated albuminuria level has been significantly associated with the r...

    Authors: Eun Kye Kang, Gu Hyeok Kang, Jun Young Uhm, Young Gon Choi, Soo Young Kim, Seong Sil Chang and Hyoung-Ryoul Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:37
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Discrimination based on type of employment against non-regular workers is still a social issue. However, there are few studies on job factors that affect the discrimination experience in each type of employmen...

    Authors: Seong-Hoon Kang, Jin-Ho Song, Tae Hwan Koh, Do Myung Paek, Jong-Tae Park and HoSun Chun
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:35
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Interest in radiation-related health problems has been growing with the increase in the number of workers in radiation-related jobs. Although an occupational level of radiation exposure would not likely cause ...

    Authors: Jaechan Park, Sanggil Lee, Chulyong Park and Huisu Eom
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:33
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  50. Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver and causes both acute and chronic disease. It is transmitted through contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids. It is an occupational hazard for healthcare w...

    Authors: Namwaka Mungandi, Mpundu Makasa and Patrick Musonda
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:32
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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