4 Institute of Environmental Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 5 Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, ...

Background Combustion-generated fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is associated with cardiovascular morbidity. Both traffic-related air pollution and residential wood combustion may be important, but ...

Work-related stress complaints are a growing societal problem. Occupational health professionals often play a key role in its prevention. However, studies providing an overview of preventive ...

Objectives This study aimed to quantify and compare survival and longevity among professional wrestlers, relative to sex-matched and age-matched referents from the US general population. Methods Data ...

Background: The nested case-control design can be a very efficient approach to an epidemiological investigation. In order to obtain unbiased estimates of relative risk, controls should be selected by ...

a MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Community Clinical Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, b Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK Dr Keith Palmer, MRC ...

Immigrant workers play a significant role in the U.S. construction industry. This report summarises our recent findings about disparities in demographics, employment characteristics, health and ...

1 Department of Epidemiology, Brown Public Health Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College ...

Objectives The US Environmental Protection Agency has determined that formaldehyde presents an ‘unreasonable risk of injury to human health’. Occupational inhalation exposure is associated with short- ...

Objective We aimed to investigate the association between occupational standing, walking and forward bending during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage. Methods This register-based study examined ...

1 Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical ...

Objectives To prospectively determine the association between occupational biomechanical exposures and the incidence of surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in Swedish male construction ...