Effect of work conditions and work environments on the formation of 8-OH-dG in nurses and non-nurse female workers.

The purpose of our study was to examine the effects of job stress factors on oxidative DNA injuries among female workers. The levels of urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) were measured along with a survey on work conditions and environments. The result showed that female workers in shift work excreted increased levels of 8-OH-dG in comparison with the result of those who were engaged in part time work (P < 0.

The effect of lemon fragrance on simple mental performance and psychophysiological parameters during task performance.

The purpose of this study is to effectively utilize fragrance in order to form a comfortable working environment, for which we obtained necessary data. The subjects were 14 female students. We made them do addition work in laboratories with and without lemon fragrance, and investigated their task performances, physiological changes and mood conditions.

A very low level of magnetic field exposure does not affect a participant's mental fatigue and stress as much as VDT work.

Exposure to Magnetic Fields (MF) may affect the health of workers in an occupational environment. However, there is no clear evidence that the emission of MF from the visual display terminals (VDT) affects workers'mental status or induces stress in office environments. The purpose of our study was to investigate whether exposure to the MF during VDT work affects mental fatigue or induces stress related to psycho-physiological changes in workers.

[A survey of public health nurses regarding their awareness of the abilities, skill and knowledge necessary to fulfill an occupational health nurse's role, and proposal of a new curriculum for occupational nurse specialists at the master level].

The areas of conduct and professional roles in occupational health nursing in Japan has not been defined as yet, even though occupational health nurses have contributed to implementing jobs related to the health examination in workplaces every year. We surveyed public health nurses regarding their awareness of the abilities, skills and knowledge necessary to fulfill an occupational health nurses' role. When answering, they became aware of deficiencies in their abilities, skills and knowledge.