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The Relationship between Alcohol Use and Job Stress among Firemen
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Kyung Hwa Kang, Kang Sook Lee, Suk Il Kim, Kwang Ho Meng, Hyun Sook Hong, Chun Hwa Jeong
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001;13(4):401-412. Published online December 31, 2001
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2001.13.4.401
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To establish the relationship between alcohol use and job stress among firemen, and to develop a comprehensive health promotion program including stress management and the prevention of problem drinking.
METHODS
Data was collected from July to August, 2000. Study subjects included 97 rescue workers, 97 emergency medical personnel, 179 fire extinguishers, 116 administrators and 49 others.
RESULTS
The firemen displayed higher scores of stress due to promotion-related pressures and salary. We found significant differences in job internal factors, job role, interpersonal relationship, organizational norm, work environment and stress outcome among the various jobs. Job internal factors, job stress factors, personal characteristics, coping skills, and stress outcome were higher in heavy drinkers compared with the light and moderate drinkers. Job internal factors and smoking habit showed a positive correlation with the amount of drinking, although coping skill, exercise frequency and monthly income showed a negative relation with the amount consumed.
CONCLUSION
This study suggested that alcohol drinking is associated with job stress. This suggests that a comprehensive health promotion program including stress management and problem drinking prevention and control should be developed.
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BMJ Open.2022; 12(8): e063538. CrossRef - Regional Gray Matter Volume Related to High Occupational Stress in Firefighters
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Comparison of Epidemiologic Characteristics of Pneumoconiosis in Manufacturing and Mining Industries in Korea
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Jung Hee Jang, Hyeon Woo Yim, Won Chul Lee, Kwang Ho Meng
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1999;11(3):373-384. Published online September 30, 1999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1999.11.3.373
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This study was planned to compare the epidemiological features such as radiological and clinical features between coal worker's pneumoconiosis and manufacturing pneumoconiosis in connection with their age and dust exposure duration.
METHODS
For the study, detailed examination records of those workers who had been confirmed to have pneumoconiosis in coal mining and manufacturing industries by the Ministry of Labour during two year period of 1991 and 1992. Total number of study subjects was 895 pneumoconiosis cases; 504 from coal mining and 391 from manufacturing industries. Information variables for the data analysis were sex, age, dust exposure duration, work position as the independent variables and radiological pneumoconiosis category, pulmonary function test results and pulmonary tuberculosis complication status as the dependent study variables.
RESULTS
There was a significant difference in distribution of radiological categories of both pneumoconiosis groups. The proportion of suspicious and category 1 pneumoconiosis was higher in manufacturing pneumoconiosis group than in coal mine pneumoconiosis group whereas category 2 and large opacity pneumoconiosis was higher in coal mine pneumoconiosis group than in manufacturing pneumoconiosis group. Major ventilatory indices such as FVC and FEV1 were significantly lower in coal mine pneumoconiosis group than in manufacturing pneumoconiosis group even after other variables such as age and smoking history were statistically adjusted for. CONCLUSIONS: It is suggested that some selected outcome variables such as radiological category of pneumoconiosis, ventilatory impairment, and pulmonary tuberculosis complication rate were significantly different between coal mine pneumoconiosis and manufacturing pneumoconiosis.
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A Comparative Study on Premenstrual Syndrome between Women Workers and Housewives
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Young Rae Kim, Min Nam, Kwang Ho Meng
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1997;9(3):487-495. Published online October 31, 1997
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.1997.9.3.487
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Sun Hee Lee, Ji-Ah Song, Myung Haeng Hur
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2016; 22(1): 61. CrossRef
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