27 results match your criteria: "University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry[Affiliation]"
Psychological and physical correlates of musculoskeletal symptoms in male professional divers and offshore workers.
Extrem Physiol Med
February 2013
Environmental & Occupational Medicine, Section of Population Health, University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
Background: Underwater divers are more likely to complain of musculoskeletal symptoms than a control population. Accordingly, we conducted a study to determine whether musculoskeletal symptoms reflected observable physical disorder, to ascertain the relationship between symptoms and measures of mood, memory and executive function and to assess any need for future screening.
Methods: A 10% random sample of responders to a prior postal health questionnaire was examined (151 divers, 120 non-diving offshore workers).
Cognitive symptoms and welding fume exposure.
Ann Occup Hyg
January 2013
Scottish Centre for Indoor Air, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Section of Population Health, University of Aberdeen School of Medicine and Dentistry Polwarth Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD UK.
Background: Prevalence of moderate to severe cognitive symptoms is markedly higher in UK professional divers who have also worked as a welder (28%) than in either divers who have not welded (18%) or offshore workers who have worked neither as a diver nor as a welder (6%).
Objectives: To determine whether cognitive symptoms are related to welding fume exposure or diving.
Methods: Three age-matched groups of male workers were studied using postal questionnaire: professional divers who had worked as a welder (PDW, n = 361), professional welders who had not dived (NDW, n = 352), and offshore oil field workers who had neither dived nor welded (NDNW, n =503).