OBJECTIVES To assess the occurrence and persistence of two restrictively defined neck-shoulder disorders among sewing machine operators. To assess factors associated with the development of ...

Physical workload during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: results from a Danish nationwide occupational register-based pregnancy cohort (DOC*X-Generation) ...

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 ...

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, ...

Objectives To investigate further whether inorganic lead is a carcinogen among adults, or associated with increased blood pressure and kidney damage, via a large mortality study. Methods We conducted ...

2 Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 3 Department of Mother and Child Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ...

Objectives We examined the mortality of a historic cohort of workers in Great Britain with measured blood lead levels (BLLs). Methods SMRs were calculated with the population of Great Britain as the ...

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

Objective The objective of the present study was to develop a method for sampling and detecting an adenovirus-derived gene therapy (GT) vector on isolator worksurfaces. Methods We used a quantitative ...

Introduction Previous studies suggest respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is an important driver of resurgent pneumoconiosis among US coal miners. Although greater attention has been focused on dust ...