OBJECTIVE To study the mortality from cardiovascular and other chronic non-neoplastic diseases after long term exposure to inorganic mercury. Limited information is available on the effect of chronic ...

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 ...

Objective To compare cancer incidence in Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center (WTC) site to incidence in a population of non-WTC-exposed ...

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 ...

2 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to: Prof. J C McDonald National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, Department of Occupational and ...

Correspondence to Dr Charles B Hall, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; charles.hall{at}einsteinmed.org Background The World ...

Background An estimated 110 million workers are exposed to welding fumes worldwide. Welding fumes are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as carcinogenic to humans (group 1), ...

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 ...

1 INSERM, U1018, Department of Environmental Epidemiology of cancers, Villejuif, France 2 Paris-Sud University, UMR-S1018, Department of Environmental Epidemiology of cancers, Centre for Research in ...

Objective Young adulthood is an important transitional life phase where careers are established. Young adults with chronic disabling health conditions are underrepresented in the labour market. Our ...

Correspondence to Dr Prakash KC, Department of Public Health, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku 20500, Finland; prakashkc10{at}gmail.com Objective This study aimed to compare ...