Objectives Night work disrupts sleep, which may increase inflammatory processes, pain sensitivity and pain perception. We ...

Cadmium (Cd), a group 1 carcinogen, is linked to the development of pancreatic cancer. Not well-defined is the dose-response relationship between Cd and cancer development. This study investigated the ...

OBJECTIVES To construct a computer assisted information system for the estimation of the numbers of workers exposed to established and suspected human carcinogens in the member states of the European ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the cancer pattern in a cohort of commercial pilots by follow up through the Icelandic Cancer Registry. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of 458 pilots with emphasis ...

OBJECTIVES To systematically evaluate the available evidence on occupational risk factors of shoulder pain. METHODS Relevant reports were identified by a systematic search of Medline, Embase, Psychlit ...

Correspondence to Dr A Scott Laney, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA; aol4{at}cdc.gov Objectives Pneumoconiosis prevalence ...

Aims: To analyse the impact of overtime and extended working hours on the risk of occupational injuries and illnesses among a nationally representative sample of working adults from the United States.

2 Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Correspondence to Dr C M Barber, Health and Safety Laboratory, Centre for Workplace Health, Health and ...

Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Dr M Medina-Ramón, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Landmark Center, ...

Objective: To investigate the associations between Parkinson’s disease and other degenerative parkinsonian syndromes and environmental factors in five European countries. Methods: A case–control study ...

J Bos, P P F M Kuijer, M H W Frings-Dresen, Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Correspondence to: Drs ...

1 Graduate student of Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan 2 Department of Epidemiology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo ...