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To assess how the occupational medicine literature may affect general medical practice, representative journals were reviewed to address (1) how frequently the specialties cite each others' literature and (2) which topics are published most commonly by the respective journals. Five general medical journals were selected to contrast with six occupational medical journals. Methods included Journal Citation Reports, which enable the tabulation of impact factor, self-citation rate, and the number of source items published by the journal. MEDLINE was used to cross reference the 11 journals with designated topics in occupational medicine. The findings indicated that occupational medical journals are nearly 50 times more likely to cite the general medical literature than the converse. The journals most likely to cite the core occupational medical literature, aside from the specialty journals themselves, were the American Review of Respiratory Diseases and the American Journal of Epidemiology. In comparing the 1976 through 1980 period with the 1986 through 1990 period, occupational medical journals published 2.5 times as many source items (letters, technical reports, and papers) compared with a decade earlier. The MEDLINE search indicated that both types of journals address the same types of occupational medicine topics with the exception of gas poisoning and toxic hepatitis, which were published much more frequently in general medical journals. Pneumoconiosis was the most frequently addressed topic by occupational medical journals. Other major categories included reproductive hazards, lead poisoning, and noise-induced hearing loss. This study indicates that occupational medicine, as reflected by its journals, is a much more active scientific discipline than it was a decade earlier.
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PMID:The influence of occupational medicine on general medicine: a look at the journals. 154 80

This study evaluates the usefulness of homing pigeons as a biomonitor of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban environments. The mean concentrations of total PAHs in liver and lung tissues were greater in pigeons from Beijing compared to pigeons from Chengdu, however, this difference was only statistically significant for PAH concentrations in liver tissue (P < 0.05). Similarly, the severity of anthracosis or pneumoconiosis in lung tissue and hepatitis in liver tissue was greater in pigeons from Beijing compared to pigeons from Chengdu. Low molecular weight PAHs dominated the contribution of individual PAHs in both tissues. Significant differences (P < 0.05) were observed for most low and moderate molecular weights PAHs in liver and for some low and high molecular weights PAHs in lung between the two cites. The profile patterns of individual PAHs were similar between lung tissue of pigeons and between local ambient airs in summer for both cities, whereas the profile patterns between liver tissue and pigeon food were less similar. These data suggest that homing pigeons may be of value as a biomonitor of environmental pollution in urban areas.
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PMID:Preliminary evaluation on the use of homing pigeons as a biomonitor in urban areas. 1977 13