Background: There have been few investigations of an association between poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) dust exposure and an increase in lung cancer incidence, and their conclusions have been ...

Background Respirable crystalline silica is a well-known cause of silicosis but may also be associated with other types of interstitial lung disease. We examined the associations between occupational ...

Aims: To study the relation between exposure to crystalline silica and silicosis mortality. Although mortality is an important endpoint for regulators, there have been no exposure-response studies for ...

Objective The aim of the current study is to investigate the association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a group of environmental pollutants, with diabetes mellitus. Animal studies link ...

OBJECTIVES This nested case-control study examines mortality from suicide in relation to estimated exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in a cohort of 138 905 male ...

Introduction The current definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associates persistent airflow limitation and chronic respiratory symptoms. Agricultural work has been associated ...

Objectives To determine the effects of work exposures on fertility in tradeswomen. Methods Women apprenticed in welding and electrical trades across Canada were recruited (2011–2017) to a prospective ...

Maternal occupational exposure to noise: prevalence, maternal effects and infant outcomes in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011 ...

Objectives Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI)) is an established cause of lung cancer, but its association with gastrointestinal cancer is less clear. The goal of this study was to examine ...

Employees in different types of work may be intentionally or accidentally exposed to biological agents. Improved risk assessment is needed to identify opportunities to prevent work-related infectious ...

Epidemiology in Occupational Health Early Career Conference (EPICOH 2024), Barcelona, Spain ...

Economic downturns are, unfortunately, a recurring feature of public life. Whether driven by inflationary shocks, fiscal consolidation, political ideology or post-crisis recalibration, austerity ...