Correspondence to: Dr S Sadhra, Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 TT, UK; s.sadhra{at}bham.ac.uk Background: There is limited research concerning ...

Objectives To quantitatively evaluate exposure-response associations between occupational exposures to rubber dust, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in the UK rubber industry. Methods ...

Correspondence to Dr Ying Li, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Gothenburg, SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden; ying.li{at}gu.se Background Municipal drinking water contaminated with ...

Objective The objective of our study was to examine whether occupational exposure to benzene is associated with lung cancer among males in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort. Methods ...

6 Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Correspondence to Simon Grandjean Bamberger, Department of Occupational Medicine, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the relative effects on performance of sleep deprivation and alcohol. METHODS Performance effects were studied in the same subjects over a period of 28 hours of sleep deprivation ...

Correspondence to Professor Zuxun Lu, Social Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Medical College, Wuhan 430030, China; zuxunlu{at}yahoo.com; Professor ...

Aims: To assess mortality and cancer morbidity in Canadian petroleum workers and explore exposure-response relations for specific petroleum agents. Methods: A total of 25 292 employees hired between ...

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 ...

3 Ear Nose and Throat Department, Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital, Vienna, Austria 4 Ear Nose and Throat Department, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Correspondence to Professor Michael Kundi, ...

Objectives Occupational exposure to soft paper dust is associated with impaired lung function. Whether there is an increased risk for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unclear.

Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Section of Occupational Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy Correspondence to: Dr G Mastrangelo, Department of Environmental Medicine ...