1 Graduate student of Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan 2 Department of Epidemiology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo ...

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 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 ...

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Shiftwork and Safety Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK. OBJECTIVES: Shiftwork is now a major feature of working life across a broad range of industries. The features of the ...

Correspondence to Professor Hsien-Ho Lin, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, 17 Xu-Zhou Road, Rm706, Taipei 100, Taiwan; hsienho{at}ntu.edu.tw Objectives ...

OBJECTIVES To systematically evaluate the available evidence on occupational risk factors of shoulder pain. METHODS Relevant reports were identified by a systematic search of Medline, Embase, Psychlit ...

Correspondence to Dr David H Wegman, Emeritus Professor University of Massachusetts Lowell, 7 Camden Place, Cambridge 02138, MA, USA; david_wegman{at}uml.edu Background Chronic heat stress and ...

Objectives To assess if improvement of working conditions related to heat stress was associated with improved kidney health outcomes among sugarcane harvest workers in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, a region ...

Correspondence to Dr Robert A Cohen, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 2121 W. Taylor St., Rm. 106 M/C 922, Chicago ...

Objective To conduct an updated literature review and meta-analysis of studies of pleural malignant mesothelioma (PMM) risk among persons exposed to asbestos non-occupationally (household and ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the cancer pattern in a cohort of commercial pilots by follow up through the Icelandic Cancer Registry. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of 458 pilots with emphasis ...