Surgeons face a significant risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders due to the demands of their profession. However, the effects of physical activity interventions (eg, exercises or active and ...

6 International University of Monaco, Principality of Monaco, Monaco. Correspondence to Dr Jean-Claude Marquié, Cognition, Langues, Langage, et Ergonomie, (CLLE), UMR 5263 CNRS-EPHE, Université ...

Introduction The epidemiological surveillance of mesothelioma incidence is a crucial key for investigating the occupational and environmental sources of asbestos exposure. The median age at diagnosis ...

1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands 2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, ...

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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 ...

OBJECTIVES To identify work related risk factors of future low back pain (LBP) in a cohort of construction workers free of LBP at the start of follow up. METHODS The Hamburg construction worker study ...

Correspondence to Professor Shuhua Xi, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, China Medical University School of Public Health, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China; shxi{at}cmu.edu.cn ...

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 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 ...

1 Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2 National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ...