There is consistent evidence of increased respiratory symptoms in occupational cleaners; however, uncertainty remains on type of respiratory health effects, underlying causal agents, mechanisms and ...

1 Department of Cosmetic Application and Management, St. Mary's Medicine Nursing and Management College, Sanxing Township, Yilan County, Taiwan 2 Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial ...

Aims: (1) To describe the prevalence of fatigue among employees in different work schedules (day work, three-shift, five-shift, and irregular shift work); (2) to investigate whether different work ...

Relations between working conditions and mental health status of female hospital workers were studied in a sample of 1505 women: 43% were nurses, 32% auxiliaries, and 7% ancillary staff; 13% were ...

Correspondence to Dr Ying Li, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Gothenburg, SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden; ying.li{at}gu.se Background Municipal drinking water contaminated with ...

Correspondence to: Dr IJ Kant, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands; IJ.Kant{at}epid.unimaas.nl In 1998, a large scale prospective cohort ...

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OBJECTIVES To investigate the risk factors predicting radiological progression in silicosis in a prospective cohort study of patients with silicosis who were previously exposed to silica from granite ...

Aims: The authors investigated associations of work related risk factors with self perceived health as less than “good” and psychological distress among Italian women flight attendants. Methods: The ...

Correspondence to Dr Kristan J Aronson, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6 , Canada; aronson{at}queensu.ca Objectives The ...