Objectives To examine the association between workload and kidney injury in a fieldworker cohort with different levels of physically demanding work over a sugarcane harvest, and to assess whether the ...

Background Hot, desert Gulf countries are host to millions of migrant workers doing outdoor jobs such as construction and hospitality. The Gulf countries apply a summertime ban on midday work to ...

Objective To conduct meta-analyses of occupational asbestos exposure and oesophageal, stomach and colorectal cancer risk, including a critical exposure assessment approach. Methods The search strategy ...

Objectives This study aimed to examine whether high emotional demands at work predict long-term sickness absence (LTSA) in the Danish workforce and whether associations differ by perceived and content ...

Background: Air pollution from biomass fuels in Africa is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity both in adults and children. The work describes the nature and quantity of smoke exposure from ...

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 ...

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 ...

4 Public Health Department, History of Science and Gynaecology, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain 5 Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Valencia, Spain ...

1 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Epidemiology, Groningen, The Netherlands 2 University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen ...

Objectives Long-term night work has been suggested as a risk factor for breast cancer; however, additional studies with more comprehensive methods of exposure assessment to capture the diversity of ...

Occupational exposure limits (OELs) are tools to help employers protect the health of those who may be exposed to chemicals in their workplace. Under the United Kingdom Control of Substances Hazardous ...

Aims: To report, analyse, and discuss the results of a systematic review looking at intervention strategies to reduce the risk factors associated with patient handling activities. Methods: A search ...