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 ...

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, ...

Background: Low back pain is characterised by a dynamic pattern of episodes and recovery but little is known about the long term course of back pain due to lack of cohort studies with sufficiently ...

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 ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have adopted a broad spectrum of containment measures, from recommendations to stay at home to quarantines of large geographic regions. As part of ...

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 ...

OBJECTIVES To construct a computer assisted information system for the estimation of the numbers of workers exposed to established and suspected human carcinogens in the member states of the European ...

Aims: To analyse the impact of overtime and extended working hours on the risk of occupational injuries and illnesses among a nationally representative sample of working adults from the United States.

Falling asleep while driving accounts for a considerable proportion of vehicle accidents under monotonous driving conditions. Many of these accidents are related to work--for example, drivers of ...

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 ...

In order to know as much as possible about human reactions under conditions of extreme ambient air temperatures, and about the ability of men to survive under these conditions and to assist in their ...

Background: The nested case-control design can be a very efficient approach to an epidemiological investigation. In order to obtain unbiased estimates of relative risk, controls should be selected by ...