Objectives Asbestos is an inflammatory agent, and there is evidence that inflammatory processes are involved in the development of cardiovascular disease. Whether asbestos is a risk factor for ...

Occupational and Environmental Medicine considers unsolicited submissions of a variety of article types, including original research, systematic reviews, and short reports. The Author Information ...

Impact of World Trade Center dust exposure on upper-aero digestive tract disorders and sinonasal surgery: findings from patients seen in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at ...

1 Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ...

1 INSERM-IRSET no. 1085, Epidemiological Research on Environment, Reproduction and Development, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France Objective The potential impact of environmental exposure to ...

Occupational exposure limits (OELs) are tools to help employers protect the health of those who may be exposed to chemicals in their workplace. Under the United Kingdom Control of Substances Hazardous ...

Objectives We evaluated the relationship between cumulative occupational ionising radiation exposure and gastrointestinal cancer mortality in a cohort of US radiologic technologists (USRT). Methods ...

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 ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the validity of the checklist individual strength questionnaire (CIS) in the working population. This 20 item self reported questionnaire has often been used in patients with ...

1 Department of Social Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam, van der Boechorststraat 7 ...

Objective Numerous exposure assessment methods (EAM) exist for investigating health effects of occupational exposure to pesticides. Direct (eg, biomonitoring) and indirect methods (eg, self-reported ...

2 Statistical Consulting Centre, The University of Melbourne Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence to Dr D C Glass, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash Centre ...