IPA - Research for Health Protection

Occupational exposure to nickel and hexavalent chromium and the risk of lung cancer in a pooled analysis of case-control studies (SYNERGY)

Occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) and nickel is associated with increased lung-cancer risk. Little is known, however, about quantitative exposure-effect relationships between lung cancer and Cr(VI) or nickel. In the study quantitative exposure-effect relationships were investigated using secondary measurement data from different regions and time periods across a wide range of jobs, with adjustment for smoking habits.

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Altered mental distress among employees from different occupational groups and industries during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Mental distress of employees from the financial, public transport, public service, and industrial sector was examined in a cross-sectional study during the second COVID-19 wave in Germany and retrospectively at its beginning. The risks for more severe mental distress symptoms increased, respectively, among employees with high and potential occupational SARS-CoV infection risk compared with employees without.

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Lifetime Exposure to welding fumes and risk of some rare cancers

Welding fumes are classified as carcinogenic to humans. The study investigated the association between exposure to welding fumes and the risk of biliary tract, male breast, bone, and thymus cancer, as well as cancer of the small intestine, eye melanoma, and mycosis fungoides, among men in a European, multicenter case-control study.

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The Publication Database

The IPA publishes its research results in scientific journals. In the publications database you will find all publications of the IPA since 1989.

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Facts & Figures

With its "Facts & Figures" brochure in English, the IPA is pleased to introduce the key areas of its research to the broader international audience. The IPA's research concept has always been geared towards the practical requirements of occupational safety and health: the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases.

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The Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA)

The Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance is an institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA). IPA's research work aims at the reduction of health risks of employees due to various hazardous substances. The goal is to develop preventive measures as well as to improve diagnosis and therapy of occupational diseases and to support the German Social Accident Insurance.

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