OBJECTIVES To study the association between organisational downsizing and subsequent musculoskeletal problems in employees and to determine the association with changes in psychosocial and behavioural ...

Correspondence to: Mr A Aittomäki Department of Public Health, PO Box 41, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland; akseli.aittomakihelsinki.fi Aims: To test whether (1) physically demanding work is less ...

2 The Department of Chest Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal Correspondence to: Dr D Gautrin Department of Chest Medicine, Sacré-Coeur Hospital, 5400 Gouin Blvd West, Montreal, Canada, H4J 1C5 ...

Objectives Tunnel construction workers are exposed to particulate and gaseous air contaminants. Previous studies carried out in the 1990s showed that tunnel construction workers were at increased risk ...

The data presented in this paper show statistically significant dose response relations between cumulative exposure to benzene (ppm-months) and mortality from both all lymphopoietic cancer combined ...

Objectives Mining is associated with exposures to various lung carcinogens such as diesel engine exhaust (DEE) and respirable crystalline silica (RCS). We aimed to determine if lung cancer incidence ...

1 Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK Background: Lead exposure is known to be harmful to the male ...

1 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA and International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France 2 Centre for Public ...

1 Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Skive Hospital, DK 7800, Skive, Denmark 2 Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aarhus, DK 8000, Aarhus C, ...

Objectives: A medical surveillance programme was introduced into Ontario for workers exposed to diisocyanates in 1983, but no mandated surveillance programme is in effect in this province for other ...

Aims: Episodes of serious work related health problems resembling organic dust toxic syndrome (ODTS) in workers of a grass seed quality inspection laboratory prompted the authors to study personal ...