Occupational Contact Dermatitis in Hospital Cleaning Workers.

Background: Health care workers and hospital cleaning workers are at high risk regarding the development of occupational contact dermatitis (OCD).

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of OCD in hospital cleaning workers.

Methods: A questionnaire was conducted in 245 cleaning workers in our cross-sectional study.

Hypertension in children (12-14 years)--a case-control study in Bursa, Turkey.

The aim of this study was to determine the cardiovascular disease risk factors (risk of overweight/overweight, dyslipidemia, paraoxonase-1 activity, positive family history, physical inactivity, smoking) that accompany hypertension and investigate the relationship between hypertension and some of these risk factors. This study included 118 hypertensives and 118 age- and sex-matched non-hypertensive controls aged 12-14 years. Among controls, 64.

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among schoolchildren aged 12-14 years in Bursa, Turkey.

Objective: To determine the hypertension prevalence and risk factors related to hypertension among schoolchildren aged 12-14 years in Bursa, Turkey.

Methods: We conducted this study at the Bursa Provincial Center between February and June 2006. Two thousand and four hundred seventy-eight schoolchildren were randomly selected.

Headache prevalence in adolescents aged 12 to 17: a student-based epidemiological study in Bursa.

Background And Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of headaches among Turkish adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old in Bursa province of Turkey.

Methods: A multistep, stratified, cluster sampling method was used for subject selection. The estimated sample size for 12- to 14-year-old students was 1,270 and for 15- to 17-year-old students was 1,117.

Clinical characteristics of tension-type headache and migraine in adolescents: a student-based study.

Background And Objectives: Adolescent headaches, particularly migraine, might present with different features from adult headaches. The objectives of this study were to investigate the characteristics of tension-type headache and migraine, to find the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic criteria of the IHS classification according to age and gender.

Methods: A multistep, stratified, cluster sampling method was used for subject selection.

Distribution of blood pressures in Gemlik District, north-west Turkey.

The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension among individuals over 30 years of age and to plan a follow-up programme for the same age group. A community-based sample of 1992 individuals (952 men and 1,040 women) was selected randomly. Out of the total study population, 1,388 (69.

Blood lead levels of traffic policemen in Bursa, Turkey.

This study was conducted in January 2001, in Bursa, Turkey. Of the 99 traffic policemen who were included in the study, 21 were office workers. Blood lead levels were determined by using an electro-thermal atomic absorption spectrometer (ET-AAS).