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ReviewAIMS public health2018

Occupational exposures and associated risk factors among U.S. casino workers: a narrative review.

Jessica Miller Clouser, John C Flunker, Jennifer E Swanberg, Gail Betz, Surjeet Baidwan, J Kathleen Tracy

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Review in AIMS public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica Miller ClouserCenter for Health Services Research, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
John C FlunkerCollege of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Jennifer E SwanbergSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Gail BetzHealth Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Surjeet BaidwanCoppin State University, 2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Kathleen TracyDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Coppin State University · USUniversity of Kentucky · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a narrative literature review of U.S. casino occupational health and safety research based on the following inclusion criteria: 1) focused on workers, 2) provided information pertaining to exposures present in the occupational environment (e.g., hazards, stressors, etc.), and 3) pertained to casino, gaming, or gambling workers. Following a multi-step process, a total of 11 articles were identified that related to the occupational health and safety of U.S. casino workers. These articles primarily focused on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposures (n = 7 articles), with the remaining articles related to casino worker risk behaviors (i.e., problem gambling and drinking) (n = 2), and psychosocial stressors (n = 2). Our results demonstrate that the overwhelming consensus in the literature is that ETS leads to high respirable particulate matter (PM2.5), tobacco toxin levels and exposures among gaming employees. Our results also suggest that harassment, low autonomy at work, and unsafe work conditions may be of concern, especially for female workers. We identified major gaps in the casino worker occupational safety literature including a lack of studies that evaluated noise exposure, injury data, ergonomics, psychosocial hazards, or long term respiratory health outcomes related to ETS exposure. Future research regarding the occupational safety and health of U.S. casino workers should address these gaps in the literature.

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casino workersnarrative reviewoccupational health

Identifiers

PMID30631781
PMCPMC6322994
OpenAlexW2896935895

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