Aims: To extend mortality follow up from 1987 to 1998 for cohort of 18 235 men and women exposed to ethylene oxide. Methods: Standard mortality follow up, life table and Cox regression analysis.

Objectives To investigate the effect of precarious employment (PE) on the risk of diagnosed chronic musculoskeletal disorders ...

Objectives According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, styrene is probably carcinogenic for ...

MRC Institute for Environment and Health, University of Leicester, UK Dr Lesley Rushton, MRC Institute for Environment and Health, University of Leicester, 94 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7DD, UK ...

Correspondence to Professor Lap Ah Tse, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; shelly{at}cuhk.edu.hk Objectives Accumulated evidence ...

Background Though there is increasing evidence on the effect of long working hours (LWH) and stroke, few studies have distinguished stroke subtypes. We examined the associations between LWH and ...

The published evidence on whether workplace health and well-being interventions are as effective in male-dominated industries compared with mixed-gender environments has not been synthesised. We ...

The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to examine which work-related risk factors are associated with specific soft tissue shoulder disorders. We searched the electronic ...

Objectives Exposure to high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may cause cancer in chimney sweeps and creosote-exposed workers, however, knowledge about exposure to low-molecular ...

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA Correspondence to: Dr M D Eisner Assistant Professor of Medicine, University ...

Aims: To investigate the lagged effects of cold temperature on cardiorespiratory mortality and to determine whether “wind chill” is a better predictor of these effects than “dry bulb” temperature.

Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA Dr M Medina-Ramón, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Landmark Center, ...