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Exposure rate of needlestick and sharps injuries among Australian veterinariansPeter A Leggat
Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
J Occup Med Toxicol 4:25. 2009..Needlestick and sharps injuries (NSI) represent an important occupational health issue in veterinary practice. Little is known about the distribution and correlates of NSI among Australian veterinarians...- The continuing rise of contact dermatitis, Part 1: The academic disciplineDerek R Smith
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Contact Dermatitis 61:189-93. 2009..Overall, it can be seen that from humble beginnings, contact dermatitis is now thriving as a specialized field in clinical dermatology... - The continuing rise of contact dermatitis, Part 2: The scientific journalDerek R Smith
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Contact Dermatitis 61:194-200. 2009..Although citation analysis represents an increasingly common method for examining the performance of scientific journals, few longitudinal studies have been conducted in the specialist fields of dermatology... - Examining the dimensions and correlates of workplace stress among Australian veterinariansDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, 2258, Australia
J Occup Med Toxicol 4:32. 2009..Although stress is known to be a common occupational health issue in the veterinary profession, few studies have investigated its broad domains or the internal validity of the survey instrument used for assessment... - Hospital safety climate, psychosocial risk factors and needlestick injuries in JapanDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah 2258, Australia
Ind Health 48:85-95. 2010..Although the provision of safer devices remains critical in preventing injuries, ensuring a positive safety climate will also be essential in meeting these important challenges for nurses' occupational health... - Exploring new frontiers in occupational epidemiology: the Hunter Community Study (HCS) from AustraliaDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
Ind Health 48:244-8. 2010..It is only with detailed datasets that continuing progress can be made in elucidating mechanisms of occupational disease causation in the new millennium... - Establishing national priorities for Australian occupational health and safety researchDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW, Australia
J Occup Health 52:241-8. 2010..This study aimed to identify current and emerging issues relevant to Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) research in Australia, and to formulate strategic research directions and strategies for the future... - A longitudinal analysis of bibliometric and impact factor trends among the core international journals of nursing, 1977-2008Derek R Smith
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales 2258, Australia
Int J Nurs Stud 47:1491-9. 2010..Although bibliometric analysis affords significant insight into the progression and distribution of information within a particular research field, detailed longitudinal studies of this type are rare within the field of nursing... - The latest endangered species in Australia: a tobacco-smoking veterinarianD R Smith
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
Aust Vet J 88:369-70. 2010..Encouragingly, the results from this study suggest that tobacco use has all but disappeared from the Australian veterinary profession in recent years... - Examining the dimensions of hospital safety climate and psychosocial risk factors among Japanese nursesDerek R Smith
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
J Transcult Nurs 22:257-64. 2011..The purpose of this study was to examine the dimensions, reliability, and main loading factors associated with a Japanese safety climate and psychosocial risk factor scale... - A systematic review of musculoskeletal disorders among school teachersPatience N Erick
School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, 10 Chittaway Road, Ourimbah, 2258, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:260. 2011.... - Bibliometrics, dermatology and contact dermatitisDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales, Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Contact Dermatitis 59:133-6. 2008..Further investigation of citation trends and top-cited papers in skin research periodicals would certainly help complement the current body of knowledge... - Too many Japanese university students are still smoking tobaccoDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Tob Induc Dis 4:10. 2008.... - Highly-cited articles in the Australian Dental JournalDr Smith
WorkCover NSW Research Centre of Excellence, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales
Aust Dent J 53:265-6. 2008 - Musculoskeletal disorders and psychosocial risk factors among veterinarians in Queensland, AustraliaD R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
Aust Vet J 87:260-5. 2009..Although musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) represent one of the most important occupational health issues in contemporary society, few studies have specifically investigated this problem among veterinarians... - Organizational climate and its relationship with needlestick and sharps injuries among Japanese nursesDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Am J Infect Control 37:545-50. 2009..Although certain aspects of organizational climate have been shown to influence needlestick and sharps injuries (NSI) among nurses, this issue has not been adequately investigated in Japan... - Bibliometrics, citation indexing, and the journals of nursingDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
Nurs Health Sci 10:260-5. 2008.... - The historical decline of tobacco smoking among Australian physicians: 1964-1997Derek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Tob Induc Dis 4:13. 2008..Physicians occupy an important position as tobacco control exemplars and their own smoking habits are known to influence how effective they may be in such a role... - Menstrual disorders and their adverse symptoms at work: an emerging occupational health issue in the nursing professionDerek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
Nurs Health Sci 10:222-8. 2008..A more dedicated commitment from higher management regarding the overall health of nurses at work is also required... - Citation analysis and impact factor trends of 5 core journals in occupational medicine, 1985-2006Derek R Smith
The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Environ Occup Health 63:114-22. 2008..Overall, this study suggests that occupational medicine is now attracting increasing attention in the scientific literature, as evidenced by rising citation counts and impact factors... - The historical decline of tobacco smoking among United States physicians: 1949-1984Derek R Smith
WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Tob Induc Dis 4:9. 2008..The period from 1949 to 1984 was a pivotal era of change however, as the medical profession, like the society it served, became increasingly aware of the dangers that tobacco incurred for health... - Bibliometric awareness in nursing scholarship: can we afford to ignore it any longer?Derek R Smith
School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nurs Health Sci 13:384-7. 2011..It is no longer a case of if a graduate nurse will need this skill set for their future professional development, but when... - A systematic review of musculoskeletal disorders among dental professionalsMj Hayes
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Int J Dent Hyg 7:159-65. 2009..More research in the form of larger studies is urgently required, to help more clearly elucidate the development of this important issue for dental hygienists and dental hygiene students... - Prevalence and correlates of musculoskeletal disorders among Australian dental hygiene studentsM J Hayes
Department of Oral Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Int J Dent Hyg 7:176-81. 2009..Although musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) have been identified as a significant occupational health issue for dental hygienists, few studies have explored this problem among the dental hygiene student population...