OBJECTIVES To evaluate the validity of the checklist individual strength questionnaire (CIS) in the working population. This 20 item self reported questionnaire has often been used in patients with ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah B Laditka, Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA; sladitka{at}uncc.edu Objective We studied the associations of working ...

Background: Recent studies suggest that prolonged standing at work is associated with the development of diseases of varicose veins (VV). Aims: To assess the risk of hospitalisation due to VV in the ...

Correspondence to Dr Maria Luiza Caires Comper, Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Rua Cesário Galeno 475, São Paulo 03071–000, Brazil; ...

2 School of Public Health, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA Correspondence to: Dr D Gimeno Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, The ...

OBJECTIVES To construct a computer assisted information system for the estimation of the numbers of workers exposed to established and suspected human carcinogens in the member states of the European ...

Aims: To examine the extent to which deindustrialisation accounts for long term trends in occupational injury risk in the United States. Methods: Rates of fatal unintentional occupational injury were ...

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OBJECTIVES To investigate the risk of silicosis among tin miners and to investigate the relation between silicosis and cumulative exposure to dust (Chinese total dust and respirable crystalline silica ...

Introduction Cannabis (Cannabis sativa, marijuana) is the most valuable crop in California. Approximately 10% of cannabis is grown and sold on the legal market, with combined legal and illegal ...

Correspondence to: Professor Edzard Ernst, Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, 25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT, UK; E.Ernst{at}exeter.ac.uk ...