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Incidence of mesothelioma in young people and causal exposure to asbestos in the Italian national mesothelioma registry (ReNaM)

Introduction The epidemiological surveillance of mesothelioma incidence is a crucial key for investigating the occupational and environmental sources of asbestos exposure. The median age at diagnosis ...
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Sensitising effects of genetically modified enzymes used in flavour, fragrance, detergence and pharmaceutical production: cross-sectional study

Correspondence to Professor Lygia T Budnik, Occupational Toxicology and Immunology Unit, Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, ...
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Hip osteoarthritis: influence of work with heavy lifting, climbing stairs or ladders, or combining kneeling/squatting with heavy lifting

The aim of the study was to evaluate the evidence for an association between hip osteoarthritis (OA) and physical work demands. Systematic searches were made and epidemiological studies on hip OA and ...
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Chronic effects of shift work on cognition: findings from the VISAT longitudinal study

6 International University of Monaco, Principality of Monaco, Monaco. Correspondence to Dr Jean-Claude Marquié, Cognition, Langues, Langage, et Ergonomie, (CLLE), UMR 5263 CNRS-EPHE, Université ...
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Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine considers unsolicited submissions of a variety of article types, including original research, systematic reviews, and short reports. The Author Information ...
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Evidence based guidelines for the prevention, identification, and management of occupational asthma

Background: Occupational asthma is the most frequently reported work related respiratory disease in many countries. This work was commissioned by the British Occupational Health Research Foundation to ...
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Heat-related and cold-related deaths in England and Wales: who is at risk?

Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr S Hajat Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of ...
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Association of maternal exposure to trace elements and toxic metals with repeated measurements of foetal and early-childhood growth: a systematic review ...
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Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study

Correspondence to Dr Inge Brosbøl Iversen, Department of Occupational Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; iniver{at}rm.dk Background Respirable crystalline ...
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Cohort study of occupational risk factors of low back pain in construction workers

OBJECTIVES To identify work related risk factors of future low back pain (LBP) in a cohort of construction workers free of LBP at the start of follow up. METHODS The Hamburg construction worker study ...
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Work related and individual predictors for incident neck pain among office employees working with video display units

Correspondence to: Dr R Ketola, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland; ...