Background Colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent cancer in the world and is twice as common in developed countries when compared with low-income and middle-income countries. Few occupational ...

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 ...

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

Objective To estimate the population attributable fraction (PAF) and number of incident and fatal lung cancers in Canada from occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust (DEE). Methods DEE exposure ...

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 ...

5 Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Jaen Correspondence to Dr José Juan Jiménez-Moleón, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Granada, ...

Objective To report the effects of bleach use at home on the frequency of infections in 9102 school-age children participating in the HITEA project. Methods Parents of pupils aged 6–12 years from ...

Objective To examine the risk of malignant mesothelioma (MM) in former pupils who attended primary school near an asbestos cement plant. Methods A cohort of 12 111 former pupils, born 1940–1970, was ...

Aims: To examine the association between components of organisational justice (that is, justice of decision making procedures and interpersonal treatment) and health of employees. Methods: The Poisson ...

1 Department of Clinical Sciences and Nutrition, The University of Chester, Chester, Cheshire, UK 2 Division of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonnington, Leicestershire, ...

a Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, b University of Groningen, Experimental and Work Psychology ...

Objective To assess personal exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components endotoxin, black carbon and crystalline silica among sugarcane workers in Nicaragua. Methods Individual ...