id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-017367-15o6g57q Polychronakis, Ioannis Workplace Health Promotion Interventions ConcerningWomenWorkers' Occupational Hazards 2008 .txt text/plain 10561 603 37 While affected by many occupational hazards, some of which are cited in Table 3 .3, women working in the cleaning industry are also disadvantaged due to the fact that (Gavana, Tsoukana, Giannakopoulos, Smyrnakis, & Benos, 2005; Gyorkos et al., 2005; Nakazono, Nii-no, & Ishi, 1985; Skillen, Olson, & Gilbert, 2001; Valeur-Jensen et al., 1999) • Vascular problems (Kovess-Masfety, Sevilla-Dedieu, Rios-Seidel, Nerriere, & Chee, 2006) of the lower extremities due to extended standing (Sandmark, Wiktorin, Hogstedt, Klenell-Hatschek, & Vingard, 1999) in upright position • Voice disorders due to overuse of vocal chords Duff, Proctor, & Yairi, 2004; Kooijman et al., 2006; Kosztyla-Hojna, Rogowski, Ruczaj, Pepinski, & Lobaczuk-Sitnik, 2004; Roy, 1999; Sliwinska-Kowalska et al., 2006; Sulkowski & Kowalska, 2005; Thibeault, Merrill, Roy, Gray, & Smith, 2004; Williams, 2003) • Exposure to increased levels of noise (Behar et al., 2004) • Musculoskeletal problems (Fjellman-Wiklund, Brulin, & Sundelin, 2003; Sandmark, 2000; Yamamoto, Saeki, & Kurumatani, 2003) (handling and lifting small children in day care centres, physical education teachers, inadequate body posture) • Work-related stress (Fjellman-Wiklund et al., 2003; Zidkova & Martinkova, 2003) • Children's or adolescent's violent behavior (Lawrence & Green, 2005) ./cache/cord-017367-15o6g57q.txt ./txt/cord-017367-15o6g57q.txt