A scoping project was funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 2017 on the health and safety of aquaculture workers. This project developed a template covering basic types of aquaculture ...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the evidence for an association between hip osteoarthritis (OA) and physical work demands. Systematic searches were made and epidemiological studies on hip OA and ...

Boron is a naturally occurring metalloid, widely distributed in nature. Boron is not essential for humans. People are exposed to boron mainly via drinking water, including bottled water, and food, but ...

1 Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine and Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, ...

Correspondence to Dr S Iavicoli, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL Research Area, Italian Workers Compensation Authority, Via Fontana Candida 1, ...

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Introduction Physiotherapists (PTs) apply manual forces such a pushing, pulling and lifting, maintain hazardous postures and static loading during treatment,which predisposes them to work related ...

1 Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, ...

1 Centre for Public Health Forecasting, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands 2 Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute ...

Correspondence to Dr Esther T Maas, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada; esther.maas{at}ubc.ca Objective This study investigates if ...

Correspondence to: Dr IJ Kant, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands; IJ.Kant{at}epid.unimaas.nl In 1998, a large scale prospective cohort ...