Promoting health in response to global tourism expansion in Cuba (2008)
Spiegel, J. M., Gonzalez, M., Cabrera, G. J., Catasus, S., Vidal, C., Yassi, A.
The ability of communities to respond to the pressures of globalization is an important determinant of community health. Tourism is a rapidly growing industry and there is an increasing concern about...
Yassi, A., Tate, R., Cooper, J.E., Snow, C., Vallentyne, S., Khokhar, J.B.
This study evaluated a two-year multidisciplinary early intervention pilot programme for back-injured nurses employed at a large teaching hospital, using a pre-versus post-programme analysis. The...
Yassi, A., Khokhar, J., Tate, R., Cooper, J., Snow, C., Vallentype, S.
Two years of prospective data on 416 back injuries were gathered at a 1100-bed acute and tertiary care hospital to assist target prevention efforts. The rate of injury among 1645 nurses was found to...
Epidemic of "shocks" in telephone operators: lessons for the medical community.
Yassi, A, Weeks, J L, Samson, K, Raber, M B
In January 1986 two brief power failures occurring within an hour of each other affected the operation of visual display terminals in a section of the Manitoba Telephone System. After the power...
Assault and abuse of health care workers in a large teaching hospital.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the nature, extent and costs of injuries to health care workers caused by physical abuse. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Large acute and tertiary care teaching...
Effects of acetaminophen on adverse effects of influenza vaccination in health care workers.
Aoki, F Y, Yassi, A, Cheang, M, Murdzak, C, Hammond, G W, Seklà, L H, ...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of acetaminophen on the incidence of adverse effects to, and the immunogenicity of, whole-virus influenza vaccine in health care workers. DESIGN: Prospective,...
The development of worker-controlled occupational health centers in Canada.
Over the past decade worker-controlled occupational health centers have been established in three Canadian provinces. This development has been a response to the slowness in recognizing occupational...
An analysis of occupational blood lead trends in Manitoba, 1979 through 1987.
Yassi, A, Cheang, M, Tenenbein, M, Bawden, G, Spiegel, J, Redekop, T
BACKGROUND: While regulations for workplace lead exposure become more strict, their effectiveness in decreasing blood lead concentrations and the method by which this is attained have not been...
Epidemic of "shocks" in telephone operators: lessons for the medical community.
Yassi, A, Weeks, J L, Samson, K, Raber, M B
In January 1986 two brief power failures occurring within an hour of each other affected the operation of visual display terminals in a section of the Manitoba Telephone System. After the power...
Assault and abuse of health care workers in a large teaching hospital.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the nature, extent and costs of injuries to health care workers caused by physical abuse. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Large acute and tertiary care teaching...
The development of worker-controlled occupational health centers in Canada.
Over the past decade worker-controlled occupational health centers have been established in three Canadian provinces. This development has been a response to the slowness in recognizing occupational...
An analysis of occupational blood lead trends in Manitoba, 1979 through 1987.
Yassi, A, Cheang, M, Tenenbein, M, Bawden, G, Spiegel, J, Redekop, T
BACKGROUND: While regulations for workplace lead exposure become more strict, their effectiveness in decreasing blood lead concentrations and the method by which this is attained have not been...
Effects of acetaminophen on adverse effects of influenza vaccination in health care workers.
Aoki, F Y, Yassi, A, Cheang, M, Murdzak, C, Hammond, G W, Seklà, L H, ...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of acetaminophen on the incidence of adverse effects to, and the immunogenicity of, whole-virus influenza vaccine in health care workers. DESIGN: Prospective,...
On PMWs and two-stroke engines.
Bell, W., Yassi, A., Cole, D. C.
On Saturday, August 24, 1996, a 40-year-old man from Edmonton was riding a personal motorized watercraft (PMW, a Seadoo or Jet Ski type of machine) on Shuswap Lake, in south-central British Columbia....
Risks to hearing from a rock concert.
Yassi, A., Pollock, N., Tran, N., Cheang, M.
We measured noise exposure and temporary threshold shift (TTS) from a rock concert for 22 volunteers, using dosimetry, questionnaires, and audiometry. Most (81%) participants showed TTS of 10 dB or...