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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Migrant Workers from the Eastern-Mediterranean Region and Occupational Injuries: A Retrospective Database-Based Analysis from North-Eastern Italy.

Matteo Riccò, Sergio Garbarino, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matteo RiccòDepartment of Prevention, Operative Unit for Health and Safety in the Workplaces-UOPSAL, Provincial Agency for Health Services of the Autonomous Province of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy. mricco2000@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6525-2159
Sergio GarbarinoDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal/Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. sgarbarino.neuro@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8508-552X
Nicola Luigi BragazziDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal/Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. robertobragazzi@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8409-868X
University of Genoa · ITAzienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The month of Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and, according to the Islamic tradition, it coincides with the month when the Noble Koran/Qur'an began to be revealed. In recent years, concerns about the potentially negative health effects of Ramadan fasting and the risks of work-related injuries have increased in Western European (EURO) countries. In the present study, we performed a retrospective database-based analysis assessing the impact of Ramadan fasting on occupational injuries (OIs) in North-Eastern Italy among migrant workers from the Eastern-Mediterranean Region (EMRO). Our results suggest that EMRO workers exhibit a significantly increased risk for OIs during Ramadan in periods characterized by heat-waves, while their frequency was somehow reduced for days associated with Ramadan characterized by increased but not extreme temperatures. However, these results may be attributable to an explanatory causation in the specific differences between EMRO and EURO workers in the job tasks performed at the workplace. Not coincidentally, no significant differences were found regarding industrial settings, mechanisms of OIs and final prognosis. Despite the obvious practical implications for health decision- and policy-makers, due to the limitations of the present investigation, further studies are warranted.

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IslamTransients and MigrantsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDatabases, FactualFastingFemaleHot TemperatureHumansItalyMaleMediterranean RegionMiddle AgedOccupational InjuriesRetrospective Studiescircadian rhythm and biological clockmigrant workeroccupational injuriesRamadan fasting

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PMID30823571
PMCPMC6406476
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