1 Area of Occupational Health, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil, and Jundiai School of Medicine, Jundiai, SP, Brazil 2 Pulmonary Function and Clinical Exercise Physiology ...

OBJECTIVES To systematically evaluate the available evidence on occupational risk factors of shoulder pain. METHODS Relevant reports were identified by a systematic search of Medline, Embase, Psychlit ...

Objective This work aims to review the scientific literature dealing with the exposure to incidental metal nanoparticles (IMNPs) in work environments, by analyzing the specific emission patterns and ...

Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Exposure to occupational hazards is an important preventable risk factor but the ...

1 Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA 2 Health Effects Laboratory Division, National ...

1 Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National ...

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 ...

OBJECTIVES Previous research has produced conflicting evidence on the relative merits of advancing and delaying shift systems. The current study assessed the effects of the direction of shift rotation ...

Correspondence to Dr David H Wegman, Emeritus Professor University of Massachusetts Lowell, 7 Camden Place, Cambridge 02138, MA, USA; david_wegman{at}uml.edu Background Chronic heat stress and ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relation between different types of exposure to noise and a classic sign of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), the audiometric notch. METHODS The study sample had ...

Correspondence to Professor David Coggon, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; dnc{at}mrc.soton.ac.uk Objectives To provide further information on ...

1 Copenhagen University Hospital, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark Objectives The effect of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) on return to work or education among people with ...