Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and silicosis are associated with exposure to crystalline silica. We determined the exposure to respirable crystalline silica and estimated ...

3 2nd Department of Pulmonary Medicine, “ATTIKON” University Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece 4 Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical ...

1 Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ...

OBJECTIVES In a cross sectional study, work related health complaints and diseases of 58 compost workers and 53 biowaste collectors were investigated and compared with 40 control subjects. Levels of ...

Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Correspondence to: Prof. L Hagmar Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University ...

Objectives We investigated the association between protracted low-dose ionising radiation and the risk of cancer in medical radiation workers, the largest group of workers with occupational radiation ...

Objectives Low organisational justice has been shown to be associated with increased risk of various health problems, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We tested whether organisational ...

Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine MD3, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore Correspondence to: Dr D Koh, Department of Community, ...

Correspondence to Axel Andersson, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg Sahlgrenska Academy, Goteborg, Sweden; axel.andersson.2{at}gu.se The Nicaraguan data will be ...

Objectives Environmental lead is a persistent hazard that disproportionately affects children. Keys are known sources of lead exposure in children, but little is known about the specific lead content ...

1 Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark 3 Aarhus University Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus, Denmark 4 Univ Angers, CHU ...