Objectives Pregnancy complications are common contributors to perinatal mortality and morbidity. Still, the cause(s) of gestational hypertensive disorders and diabetes are largely unknown. Some ...

Correspondence to Dr Kyle Steenland, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA; nsteenl{at}sph.emory.edu Objectives Determine ...

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, ...

Aims: To report, analyse, and discuss the results of a systematic review looking at intervention strategies to reduce the risk factors associated with patient handling activities. Methods: A search ...

1 Department of Clinical Sciences and Nutrition, The University of Chester, Chester, Cheshire, UK 2 Division of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonnington, Leicestershire, ...

Correspondence to: Dr Susan Michie, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK; susan.michie{at}kcl.ac.uk Stress has been defined in different ways over the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Mortality of workers exposed to tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in a plant producing fluoropolymers in Italy, 1960–2024 ...

Correspondence to: Prof. R L Maynard, Department of Health, Room 661C, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH, UK; robert.maynard{at}doh.gsi.gov.uk The effects on health of prolonged but low ...

Aims: Most industrialised countries have public income maintenance programmes to protect workers in case of disability but studies addressing disability risk of specific professional groups are rare.