Conclusions This study suggests that a decrease in positive leadership behaviours has a hazardous effect on workers’ level of ...

Objective We assessed upper-aero digestive tract disorders in World Trade Center (WTC) patients seen in the Otolaryngology – ...

Objectives Despite reducing exposures to wood dust, woodworkers remain at increased risk of asthma. There have been no recent studies of wood dust exposure, respiratory symptoms or asthma in British ...

BMJ is looking for an ambitious and dynamic Editor-in-Chief to lead Occupational & Environmental Medicine, a leading international journal in its field published by BMJ Group. The candidate should be ...

Objectives Long-term night work has been suggested as a risk factor for breast cancer; however, additional studies with more comprehensive methods of exposure assessment to capture the diversity of ...

1 National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Health and Society, Bilthoven, The Netherlands Correspondence to KI Proper, National Institute for Public Health and the ...

3 National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, PO Box 220, FIN-00520 Helsinki, Finland Correspondence to: Dr M Kivimäki Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 9, ...

2 MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK Correspondence to: Dr K T Palmer MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, Southampton General ...

1 Industrywide Studies Branch, Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 US Department of ...

There is growing concern over the detrimental health effects to firefighters produced by exposure to combustion byproducts of burning materials. To assess the types and levels of exposure encountered ...

This paper systematically reviews the scientific literature on the effects of individual and work-related factors on the Work Ability Index (WAI) Studies on work ability published from 1985 to 2006 ...

Objective To document the demographic risk factors of workers reported to have silicosis in the UK. Methods All cases of silicosis reported to the Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational ...