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    • An advanced empirical model for quantifying the impact of heat and climate change on human physical work capacity 

      Foster J., Smallcombe J.W., Hodder S., Jay O., Flouris A.D., Nybo L., Havenith G. (2021)
      Occupational heat stress directly hampers physical work capacity (PWC), with large economic consequences for industries and regions vulnerable to global warming. Accurately quantifying PWC is essential for forecasting ...

    • AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT RECEIVED at 15 MV LINAC ENVIRONMENTS DUE to PHOTONEUTRONS CONTAMINATION 

      Vagena E., Katsaras P., Theodorou K., Stoulos S. (2018)
      Mapping of the photoneutron spectrum and flux performed at several positions over the treatment table of a 15 MV medical linac. Neutron activation technique has been applied to obtain the neutron spectra in the mixed I3 ...

    • Are municipal solid waste collectors at increased risk of Hepatitis A Virus infection? A Greek cross-sectional study 

      Rachiotis G., Tsovili E., Papagiannis D., Markaki A., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2016)
      Municipal solid waste collectors are reportedly at risk for Hepatitis A virus infection (HAV) as an occupational hazard. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and possible risk factors of HAV infection among solid waste ...

    • Artificial Optical Radiation photobiological hazards in arc welding 

      Gourzoulidis G.A., Achtipis A., Topalis F.V., Kazasidis M.E., Pantelis D., Markoulis A., Kappas C., Bourousis C.A. (2016)
      Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is associated with crucial social, economic, cultural and technical issues. A highly specialized OHS sector deals with the photobiological hazards from artificial optical radiation ...

    • Can traditional epidemiology detect cancer risks caused by occupational exposure to pesticides? 

      Georgellis, A.; Kolmodin-Hedman, B.; Kouretas, D. (1999)
      In order to investigate the possible relationship between cancer and occupational exposure to pesticides, we reviewed the latest literature of the epidemiological studies in this area coming to the conclusion that, while ...

    • Cross-continental comparison of safety and protection measures amongst urologists during COVID-19 

      de la Rosette J., Laguna P., Álvarez-Maestro M., Eto M., Mochtar C.A., Albayrak S., Mendoza-Valdes A., Ong T.A., Khadgi S., Al-Terki A., Bolton D., Gomez R., Klotz L., Kulkarni S., Tanguay S., Gravas S., the Societe Internationale d'Urologie Board of Directors (2020)
      Objectives: To determine the well-being of urologists worldwide during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and whether they have adequate personal protective equipment knowledge and supplies appropriate to their clinical ...

    • Determinants of heat stress and strain in electrical utilities workers across North America as assessed by means of an exploratory questionnaire 

      Flouris A.D., Ioannou L.G., Notley S.R., Kenny G.P. (2022)
      Previous field studies monitoring small groups of participants showed that heat stress in the electrical utilities industry may be detrimental to worker health and safety. Our aim in this study was to characterize heat ...

    • Effects of pesticides on exposed populations from four European countries 

      Piperakis, S. M.; Kontogianni, K.; Karanastasi, G.; Siffel, C.; Cebulska-Wasilewska, A.; Markos, R.; Iakovidou-Kritsi, Z.; Piperakis, M. M. (2008)
      The potential genetic hazard of pesticides to humans is of great concern, in particular in occupational and environmental settings because of their widespread use for domestic and industrial applications. In the present ...

    • The EU endocrine disruptors’ regulation and the glyphosate controversy 

      Kalofiri P., Balias G., Tekos F. (2021)
      Endocrine disruptors are compounds that alter the functioning of the endocrine system of humans and wildlife. A large number of chemicals have been identified as EDs and humans can be exposed to them through dietary and/or ...

    • Evaluation of the genetic damage to workers in a Greek shipyard 

      Koutsoumplias D., Damati A., Thanasias E., Vlastos D., Halkos G., Matthopoulos D., Makropoulos V. (2022)
      Shipyards are industrial areas where workers are likely exposed to environmental pollutants such as welding fumes, fine organic solvent and dye dust, that render the occupational environment a high risk one. Assessing the ...

    • An exploratory survey of heat stress management programs in the electric power industry 

      Kaltsatou A., Notley S.R., Flouris A.D., Kenny G.P. (2021)
      Workers in the electric power industry commonly perform physically demanding jobs in hot environments, which combined with the protective clothing worn, places them at risk of disease and health problems related to ...

    • Factors associated with healthcare workers’ (HCWs) acceptance of COVID-19 vaccinations and indications of a role model towards population vaccinations from a cross-sectional survey in Greece, may 2021 

      Fotiadis K., Dadouli K., Avakian I., Bogogiannidou Z., Mouchtouri V.A., Gogosis K., Speletas M., Koureas M., Lagoudaki E., Kokkini S., Bolikas E., Diamantopoulos V., Tzimitreas A., Papadopoulos C., Farmaki E., Sofos A., Chini Μ., Tsolia M., Papaevangelou V., Ntzani E.E., Gikas A., Prezerakos P., Hadjichristodoulou C. (2021)
      A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) study was conducted at the end of May 2021 engaging 1456 healthcare workers (HCWs) from 20 hospitals throughout Greece. Acceptance of vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 ...

    • Five-Year Trends of Second-Hand Smoke Exposure in Greece: A Comparison Between Complete, Partial, and Prelegislation Levels 

      Vardavas, C. I.; Anagnostopoulos, N.; Patelarou, E.; Minas, M.; Nakou, C.; Dramba, V.; Giourgouli, G.; Bagkeris, E.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Pattaka, P.; Antoniadis, A.; Lionis, C.; Bertic, M.; Dockery, D.; Connolly, G. N.; Behrakis, P. K. (2012)
      Background: Our aim was to assess second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure in hospitality venues after the smoke-free legislation implemented in September 2010 in Greece and to compare with when a partial ban was in place and in ...

    • A free software to predict heat strain according to the ISO 7933:2018 

      Ioannou L.G., Tsoutsoubi L., Mantzios K., Flouris A.D. (2019)
      Our primary objective in this study was to design and implement the FAME Lab PHS Calculator software (PHSFL) (www.famelab.gr/research/downloads), a free tool to calculate the predicted heat strain of an individual based ...

    • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 

      Stanaway J.D., Afshin A., Gakidou E., Lim S.S., Abate D., Abate K.H., Abbafati C., Abbasi N., Abbastabar H., Abd-Allah F., Abdela J., Abdelalim A., Abdollahpour I., Abdulkader R.S., Abebe M., Abebe Z., Abera S.F., Abil O.Z., Abraha H.N., Abrham A.R., Abu-Raddad L.J., Abu-Rmeileh N.M.E., Accrombessi M.M.K., Acharya D., Acharya P., Adamu A.A., Adane A.A., Adebayo O.M., Adedoyin R.A., Adekanmbi V., Ademi Z., Adetokunboh O.O., Adib M.G., Admasie A., Adsuar J.C., Afanvi K.A., Afarideh M., Agarwal G., Aggarwal A., Aghayan S.A., Agrawal A., Agrawal S., Ahmadi A., Ahmadi M., Ahmadieh H., Ahmed M.B., Aichour A.N., Aichour I., Aichour M.T.E., Akbari M.E., Akinyemiju T., Akseer N., Al-Aly Z., Al-Eyadhy A., Al-Mekhlafi H.M., Alahdab F., Alam K., Alam S., Alam T., Alashi A., Alavian S.M., Alene K.A., Ali K., Ali S.M., Alijanzadeh M., Alizadeh-Navaei R., Aljunid S.M., Alkerwi A., Alla F., Alsharif U., Altirkawi K., Alvis-Guzman N., Amare A.T., Ammar W., Anber N.H., Anderson J.A., Andrei C.L., Androudi S., Animut M.D., Anjomshoa M., Ansha M.G., Antó J.M., Antonio C.A.T., Anwari P., Appiah L.T., Appiah S.C.Y., Arabloo J., Aremu O., Ärnlöv J., Artaman A., Aryal K.K., Asayesh H., Ataro Z., Ausloos M., Avokpaho E.F.G.A., Awasthi A., Quintanilla B.P.A., Ayer R., Ayuk T.B., Azzopardi P.S., Babazadeh A., Badali H., Badawi A., Balakrishnan K., Bali A.G., Ball K., Ballew S.H., Banach M., Banoub J.A.M., Barac A., Barker-Collo S.L., Bärnighausen T.W., Barrero L.H., Basu S., Baune B.T., Bazargan-Hejazi S., Bedi N., Beghi E., Behzadifar M., Behzadifar M., Béjot Y., Bekele B.B., Bekru E.T., Belay E., Belay Y.A., Bell M.L., Bello A.K., Bennett D.A., Bensenor I.M., Bergeron G., Berhane A., Bernabe E., Bernstein R.S., Beuran M., Beyranvand T., Bhala N., Bhalla A., Bhattarai S., Bhutta Z.A., Biadgo B., Bijani A., Bikbov B., Bilano V., Bililign N., Sayeed M.S.B., Bisanzio D., Biswas T., Bjorge T., Blacker B.F., Bleyer A., Borschmann R., Bou-Orm I.R., Boufous S., Bourne R., Brady O.J., Brauer M., Brazinova A., Breitborde N.J.K., Brenner H., Briko A.N., Britton G., Brugha T., Buchbinder R., Burnett R.T., Busse R., Butt Z.A., Cahill L.E., Cahuana-Hurtado L., Campos-Nonato I.R., Cárdenas R., Carreras G., Carrero J.J., Carvalho F., Castaneda-Orjuela C.A., Rivas J.C., Castro F., Catalá-López F., Causey K., Cercy K.M., Cerin E., Chaiah Y., Chang H.-Y., Chang J.-C., Chang K.-L., Charlson F.J., Chattopadhyay A., Chattu V.K., Chee M.L., Cheng C.-Y., Chew A., Chiang P.P.-C., Chimed-Ochir O., Chin K.L., Chitheer A., Choi J.-Y.J., Chowdhury R., Christensen H., Christopher D.J., Chung S.-C., Cicuttini F.M., Cirillo M., Cohen A.J., Collado-Mateo D., Cooper C., Cooper O.R., Coresh J., Cornaby L., Cortesi P.A., Cortinovis M., Costa M., Cousin E., Criqui M.H., Cromwell E.A., Cundiff D.K., Daba A.K., Dachew B.A., Dadi A.F., Damasceno A.A.M., Dandona L., Dandona R., Darby S.C., Dargan P.I., Daryani A., Gupta R.D., Neves J.D., Dasa T.T., Dash A.P., Davitoiu D.V., Davletov K., De La Cruz-Góngora V., La Hoz F.P.D., Leo D.D., Neve J.-W.D., Degenhardt L., Deiparine S., Dellavalle R.P., Demoz G.T., Denova-Gutiérrez E., Deribe K., Dervenis N., Deshpande A., Jarlais D.C.D., Dessie G.A., Deveber G.A., Dey S., Dharmaratne S.D., Dhimal M., Dinberu M.T., Ding E.L., Diro H.D., Djalalinia S., Do H.P., Dokova K., Doku D.T., Doyle K.E., Driscoll T.R., Dubey M., Dubljanin E., Duken E.E., Duncan B.B., Duraes A.R., Ebert N., Ebrahimi H., Ebrahimpour S., Edvardsson D., Effiong A., Eggen A.E., Bcheraoui C.E., El-Khatib Z., Elyazar I.R., Enayati A., Endries A.Y., Er B., Erskine H.E., Eskandarieh S., Esteghamati A., Estep K., Fakhim H., Faramarzi M., Fareed M., Farid T.A., Farinha C.S.E., Farioli A., Faro A., Farvid M.S., Farzaei M.H., Fatima B., Fay K.A., Fazaeli A.A., Feigin V.L., Feigl A.B., Fereshtehnejad S.-M., Fernandes E., Fernandes J.C., Ferrara G., Ferrari A.J., Ferreira M.L., Filip I., Finger J.D., Fischer F., Foigt N.A., Foreman K.J., Fukumoto T., Fullman N., Fürst T., Furtado J.M., Futran N.D., Gall S., Gallus S., Gamkrelidze A., Ganji M., Garcia-Basteiro A.L., Gardner W.M., Gebre A.K., Gebremedhin A.T., Gebremichael T.G., Gelano T.F., Geleijnse J.M., Geramo Y.C.D., Gething P.W., Gezae K.E., Ghadimi R., Ghadiri K., Falavarjani K.G., Ghasemi-Kasman M., Ghimire M., Ghosh R., Ghoshal A.G., Giampaoli S., Gill P.S., Gill T.K., Gillum R.F., Ginawi I.A., Giussani G., Gnedovskaya E.V., Godwin W.W., Goli S., Gómez-Dantés H., Gona P.N., Gopalani S.V., Goulart A.C., Grada A., Grams M.E., Grosso G., Gugnani H.C., Guo Y., Gupta R., Gupta R., Gupta T., Gutiérrez R.A., Gutiérrez-Torres D.S., Haagsma J.A., Habtewold T.D., Hachinski V., Hafezi-Nejad N., Hagos T.B., Hailegiyorgis T.T., Hailu G.B., Haj-Mirzaian A., Haj-Mirzaian A., Hamadeh R.R., Hamidi S., Handal A.J., Hankey G.J., Hao Y., Harb H.L., Harikrishnan S., Haro J.M., Hassankhani H., Hassen H.Y., Havmoeller R., Hawley C.N., Hay S.I., Hedayatizadeh-Omran A., Heibati B., Heidari B., Heidari M., Hendrie D., Henok A., Heredia-Pi I., Herteliu C., Heydarpour F., Heydarpour S., Hibstu D.T., Higazi T.B., Hilawe E.H., Hoek H.W., Hoffman H.J., Hole M.K., Rad E.H., Hoogar P., Hosgood H.D., Hosseini S.M., Hosseinzadeh M., Hostiuc M., Hostiuc S., Hoy D.G., Hsairi M., Hsiao T., Hu G., Hu H., Huang J.J., Hussen M.A., Huynh C.K., Iburg K.M., Ikeda N., Ilesanmi O.S., Iqbal U., Irvani S.S.N., Irvine C.M.S., Islam S.M.S., Islami F., Jackson M.D., Jacobsen K.H., Jahangiry L., Jahanmehr N., Jain S.K., Jakovljevic M., James S.L., Jassal S.K., Jayatilleke A.U., Jeemon P., Jha R.P., Jha V., Ji J.S., Jonas J.B., Jonnagaddala J., Shushtari Z.J., Joshi A., Jozwiak J.J., Jürisson M., Kabir Z., Kahsay A., Kalani R., Kanchan T., Kant S., Kar C., Karami M., Matin B.K., Karch A., Karema C., Karimi N., Karimi S.M., Kasaeian A., Kassa D.H., Kassa G.M., Kassa T.D., Kassebaum N.J., Katikireddi S.V., Kaul A., Kawakami N., Kazemi Z., Karyani A.K., Kefale A.T., Keiyoro P.N., Kemp G.R., Kengne A.P., Keren A., Kesavachandran C.N., Khader Y.S., Khafaei B., Khafaie M.A., Khajavi A., Khalid N., Khalil I.A., Khan G., Khan M.S., Khan M.A., Khang Y.-H., Khater M.M., Khazaei M., Khazaie H., Khoja A.T., Khosravi A., Khosravi M.H., Kiadaliri A.A., Kiirithio D.N., Kim C.-I., Kim D., Kim Y.-E., Kim Y.J., Kimokoti R.W., Kinfu Y., Kisa A., Kissimova-Skarbek K., Kivimäki M., Knibbs L.D., Knudsen A.K.S., Kochhar S., Kokubo Y., Kolola T., Kopec J.A., Kosen S., Koul P.A., Koyanagi A., Kravchenko M.A., Krishan K., Krohn K.J., Kromhout H., Defo B.K., Bicer B.K., Kumar G.A., Kumar M., Kuzin I., Kyu H.H., Lachat C., Lad D.P., Lad S.D., Lafranconi A., Lalloo R., Lallukka T., Lami F.H., Lang J.J., Lansingh V.C., Larson S.L., Latifi A., Lazarus J.V., Lee P.H., Leigh J., Leili M., Leshargie C.T., Leung J., Levi M., Lewycka S., Li S., Li Y., Liang J., Liang X., Liao Y., Liben M.L., Lim L.-L., Linn S., Liu S., Lodha R., Logroscino G., Lopez A.D., Lorkowski S., Lotufo P.A., Lozano R., Lucas T.C.D., Lunevicius R., Ma S., Macarayan E.R.K., Machado Í.E., Madotto F., Mai H.T., Majdan M., Majdzadeh R., Majeed A., Malekzadeh R., Malta D.C., Mamun A.A., Manda A.-L., Manguerra H., Mansournia M.A., Mantovani L.G., Maravilla J.C., Marcenes W., Marks A., Martin R.V., Martins S.C.O., Martins-Melo F.R., März W., Marzan M.B., Massenburg B.B., Mathur M.R., Mathur P., Matsushita K., Maulik P.K., Mazidi M., Mcalinden C., Mcgrath J.J., Mckee M., Mehrotra R., Mehta K.M., Mehta V., Meier T., Mekonnen F.A., Melaku Y.A., Melese A., Melku M., Memiah P.T.N., Memish Z.A., Mendoza W., Mengistu D.T., Mensah G.A., Mensink G.B.M., Mereta S.T., Meretoja A., Meretoja T.J., Mestrovic T., Mezgebe H.B., Miazgowski B., Miazgowski T., Millear A.I., Miller T.R., Miller-Petrie M.K., Mini G.K., Mirarefin M., Mirica A., Mirrakhimov E.M., Misganaw A.T., Mitiku H., Moazen B., Mohajer B., Mohammad K.A., Mohammadi M., Mohammadifard N., Mohammadnia-Afrouzi M., Mohammed S., Mohebi F., Mokdad A.H., Molokhia M., Momeniha F., Monasta L., Moodley Y., Moradi G., Moradi-Lakeh M., Moradinazar M., Moraga P., Morawska L., Morgado-Da-costa J., Morrison S.D., Moschos M.M., Mouodi S., Mousavi S.M., Mozaffarian D., Mruts K.B., Muche A.A., Muchie K.F., Mueller U.O., Muhammed O.S., Mukhopadhyay S., Muller K., Musa K.I., Mustafa G., Nabhan A.F., Naghavi M., Naheed A., Nahvijou A., Naik G., Naik N., Najafi F., Nangia V., Nansseu J.R., Nascimento B.R., Neal B., Neamati N., Negoi I., Negoi R.I., Neupane S., Newton C.R.J., Ngunjiri J.W., Nguyen A.Q., Nguyen G., Nguyen H.T., Nguyen H.L.T., Nguyen H.T., Nguyen M., Nguyen N.B., Nichols E., Nie J., Ningrum D.N.A., Nirayo Y.L., Nishi N., Nixon M.R., Nojomi M., Nomura S., Norheim O.F., Noroozi M., Norrving B., Noubiap J.J., Nouri H.R., Shiadeh M.N., Nowroozi M.R., Nsoesie E.O., Nyasulu P.S., Obermeyer C.M., Odell C.M., Ofori-Asenso R., Ogbo F.A., Oh I.-H., Oladimeji O., Olagunju A.T., Olagunju T.O., Olivares P.R., Olsen H.E., Olusanya B.O., Olusanya J.O., Ong K.L., Ong S.K., Oren E., Orpana H.M., Ortiz A., Ota E., Otstavnov S.S., Overland S., Owolabi M.O., Mahesh P., Pacella R., Pakhare A.P., Pakpour A.H., Pana A., Panda-Jonas S., Park E.-K., Parry C.D.H., Parsian H., Patel S., Pati S., Patil S.T., Patle A., Patton G.C., Paudel D., Paulson K.R., Ballesteros W.C.P., Pearce N., Pereira A., Pereira D.M., Perico N., Pesudovs K., Petzold M., Pham H.Q., Phillips M.R., Pillay J.D., Piradov M.A., Pirsaheb M., Pischon T., Pishgar F., Plana-Ripoll O., Plass D., Polinder S., Polkinghorne K.R., Postma M.J., Poulton R., Pourshams A., Poustchi H., Prabhakaran D., Prakash S., Prasad N., Purcell C.A., Purwar M.B., Qorbani M., Radfar A., Rafay A., Rafiei A., Rahim F., Rahimi Z., Rahimi-Movaghar A., Rahimi-Movaghar V., Rahman M., Rahman M.H.U., Rahman M.A., Rai R.K., Rajati F., Rajsic S., Raju S.B., Ram U., Ranabhat C.L., Ranjan P., Rath G.K., Rawaf D.L., Rawaf S., Reddy K.S., Rehm C.D., Rehm J., Reiner R.C., Reitsma M.B., Remuzzi G., Renzaho A.M.N., Resnikoff S., Reynales-Shigematsu L.M., Rezaei S., Ribeiro A.L.P., Rivera J.A., Roba K.T., Rodríguez-Ramírez S., Roever L., Román Y., Ronfani L., Roshandel G., Rostami A., Roth G.A., Rothenbacher D., Roy A., Rubagotti E., Rushton L., Sabanayagam C., Sachdev P.S., Saddik B., Sadeghi E., Moghaddam S.S., Safari H., Safari Y., Safari-Faramani R., Safdarian M., Safi S., Safiri S., Sagar R., Sahebkar A., Sahraian M.A., Sajadi H.S., Salam N., Salamati P., Saleem Z., Salimi Y., Salimzadeh H., Salomon J.A., Salvi D.D., Salz I., Samy A.M., Sanabria J., Sanchez-Nino M.D., Sánchez-Pimienta T.G., Sanders T., Sang Y., Santomauro D.F., Santos I.S., Santos J.V., Milicevic M.M.S., Jose B.P.S., Sardana M., Sarker A.R., Sarmiento-Suárez R., Sarrafzadegan N., Sartorius B., Sarvi S., Sathian B., Satpathy M., Sawant A.R., Sawhney M., Saylan M., Sayyah M., Schaeffner E., Schmidt M.I., Schneider I.J.C., Schöttker B., Schutte A.E., Schwebel D.C., Schwendicke F., Scott J.G., Seedat S., Sekerija M., Sepanlou S.G., Serre M.L., Serván-Mori E., Seyedmousavi S., Shabaninejad H., Shaddick G., Shafieesabet A., Shahbazi M., Shaheen A.A., Shaikh M.A., Levy T.S., Shams-Beyranvand M., Shamsi M., Sharafi H., Sharafi K., Sharif M., Sharif-Alhoseini M., Sharifi H., Sharma J., Sharma M., Sharma R., She J., Sheikh A., Shi P., Shibuya K., Shiferaw M.S., Shigematsu M., Shin M.-J., Shiri R., Shirkoohi R., Shiue I., Shokraneh F., Shoman H., Shrime M.G., Shupler M.S., Si S., Siabani S., Sibai A.M., Siddiqi T.J., Sigfusdottir I.D., Sigurvinsdottir R., Silva D.A.S., Silva J.P., Silveira D.G.A., Singh J.A., Singh N.P., Singh V., Sinha D.N., Skiadaresi E., Skirbekk V., Smith D.L., Smith M., Sobaih B.H., Sobhani S., Somayaji R., Soofi M., Sorensen R.J.D., Soriano J.B., Soyiri I.N., Spinelli A., Sposato L.A., Sreeramareddy C.T., Srinivasan V., Starodubov V.I., Steckling N., Stein D.J., Stein M.B., Stevanovic G., Stockfelt L., Stokes M.A., Sturua L., Subart M.L., Sudaryanto A., Sufiyan M.B., Sulo G., Sunguya B.F., Sur P.J., Sykes B.L., Szoeke C.E.I., Tabarés-Seisdedos R., Tabuchi T., Tadakamadla S.K., Takahashi K., Tandon N., Tassew S.G., Tavakkoli M., Taveira N., Tehrani-Banihashemi A., Tekalign T.G., Tekelemedhin S.W., Tekle M.G., Temesgen H., Temsah M.-H., Temsah O., Terkawi A.S., Tessema B., Teweldemedhin M., Thankappan K.R., Theis A., Thirunavukkarasu S., Thomas H.J., Thomas M.L., Thomas N., Thurston G.D., Tilahun B., Tillmann T., To Q.G., Tobollik M., Tonelli M., Topor-Madry R., Torre A.E., Tortajada-Girbés M., Touvier M., Tovani-Palone M.R., Towbin J.A., Tran B.X., Tran K.B., Truelsen T.C., Truong N.T., Tsadik A.G., Car L.T., Tuzcu E.M., Tymeson H.D., Tyrovolas S., Ukwaja K.N., Ullah I., Updike R.L., Usman M.S., Uthman O.A., Vaduganathan M., Vaezi A., Valdez P.R., Van Donkelaar A., Varavikova E., Varughese S., Vasankari T.J., Venkateswaran V., Venketasubramanian N., Villafaina S., Violante F.S., Vladimirov S.K., Vlassov V., Vollset S.E., Vos T., Vosoughi K., Vu G.T., Vujcic I.S., Wagnew F.S., Waheed Y., Waller S.G., Walson J.L., Wang Y., Wang Y., Wang Y.-P., Weiderpass E., Weintraub R.G., Weldegebreal F., Werdecker A., Werkneh A.A., West J.J., Westerman R., Whiteford H.A., Widecka J., Wijeratne T., Winkler A.S., Wiyeh A.B., Wiysonge C.S., Wolfe C.D.A., Wong T.Y., Wu S., Xavier D., Xu G., Yadgir S., Yadollahpour A., Jabbari S.H.Y., Yamada T., Yan L.L., Yano Y., Yaseri M., Yasin Y.J., Yeshaneh A., Yimer E.M., Yip P., Yisma E., Yonemoto N., Yoon S.-J., Yotebieng M., Younis M.Z., Yousefifard M., Yu C., Zaidi Z., Zaman S.B., Zamani M., Zavala-Arciniega L., Zhang A.L., Zhang H., Zhang K., Zhou M., Zimsen S.R.M., Zodpey S., Murray C.J.L., GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators (2018)
      Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising ...

    • Hair dyes as a risk for autoimmunity: From systemic lupus erythematosus to primary biliary cirrhosis 

      Smyk, D.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Bizzaro, N.; Bogdanos, D. P. (2013)
      Environmental and genetic factors appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by immune-mediated destruction of the small and medium sized ...

    • Heat Tolerance and Occupational Heat Exposure Limits in Older Men with and without Type 2 Diabetes or Hypertension 

      Notley S.R., Akerman A.P., Friesen B.J., Poirier M.P., Sigal R.J., Flouris A.D., Boulay P., McCourt E., Ruzicka M., Kenny G.P. (2021)
      Purpose To mitigate rises in core temperature >1°C, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) recommends upper limits for heat stress (action limit values [ALV]), defined by wet-bulb globe ...

    • Heat tolerance and the validity of occupational heat exposure limits in women during moderate-intensity work 

      Notley S.R., Akerman A.P., Friesen B.J., Poirier M.P., McCourt E., Flouris A.D., Kenny G.P. (2022)
      To mitigate excessive rises in core temperature (>1◦C) in non-heat acclimatized workers, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) provides heat stress limits (Action Limit Values; ALV), ...

    • Heat waves occurrence and outdoor workers’ self-assessment of heat stress in slovenia and greece 

      Pogačar T., Žnidaršič Z., Bogataj L.K., Flouris A.D., Poulianiti K., Črepinšek Z. (2019)
      Changing patterns of heat waves are part of the global warming effect and the importance of changes is reinforced by their negative impact on society. Firstly, heat waves were analyzed in Brnik (Slovenia) and Larisa (Greece) ...

    • High prevalence of hypohydration in occupations with heat stress - Perspectives for performance in combined cognitive and motor tasks 

      Piil J.F., Lundbye-Jensen J., Christiansen L., Ioannou L., Tsoutsoubi L., Dallas C.N., Mantzios K., Flouris A.D., Nybo L. (2018)
      Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of dehydration in occupational settings and contextualize findings to effects on performance in cognitively dominated tasks, simple and complex motor tasks during moderate and high heat ...