Objectives Several recent large-scale studies have indicated a prospective association between job strain and coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Job strain is also associated with poorer ...

Correspondence to Dr Anita Koushik, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada; anita.koushik{at}umontreal.ca Objectives To investigate ...

Correspondence to: Prof. R L Maynard, Department of Health, Room 661C, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH, UK; robert.maynard{at}doh.gsi.gov.uk The effects on health of prolonged but low ...

2 Department of Occupational Medicine, Copenhagen County Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark 3 National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark 4 Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus ...

a Servei de Bioquímica, Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, b Servei de Pneumologia Dr Maria-José Rodrigo, Servei de Bioquímica (Immunology Unit), Hospital General Vall d'Hebron, Passeig ...

Objectives Limited knowledge exists about day-to-day changes in physical and mental symptoms in warehouse and construction workers. This study investigated the associations between consecutive ...

4 Division of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 5 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ...

1 Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Body@Work, Research Center for Physical Activity ...

Background Although recent studies have identified important risk factors associated with incident carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), risk factors associated with its severity have not been well explored.

OBJECTIVES Consolidation of epidemiological data on pancreatic cancer and worksite exposures. METHODS Publications during 1969–98 were surveyed. Studies without verified exposures were excluded.

1 CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China 2 Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of ...

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 ...