Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM)

Associations between maternal occupational history and autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in offspring in Denmark

Objectives We investigated associations between maternal occupations and a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in ...
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Effects of interventions implemented by occupational health professionals to prevent work-related stress complaints: a systematic review

Work-related stress complaints are a growing societal problem. Occupational health professionals often play a key role in its prevention. However, studies providing an overview of preventive ...
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1703a Disproportionately at risk: immigrant workers in the u.s. construction industry

Immigrant workers play a significant role in the U.S. construction industry. This report summarises our recent findings about disparities in demographics, employment characteristics, health and ...
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An incidence density sampling program for nested case-control analyses

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 ...
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Parental occupational exposure to pesticides at birth and risk of adult testicular germ cell tumours in offspring: a French nationwide case-control study ...
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Working hours and the onset of depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine whether working beyond the standard working hours was associated with a greater risk of depressive disorder among workers included in ...
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Lung cancer mortality and fibre exposures among North Carolina asbestos textile workers

Objective: To describe mortality among workers exposed to chrysotile asbestos and evaluate the relationship between lung cancer and asbestos fibre exposure. Methods: Workers employed for at least 1 ...
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Environmental tobacco smoke and the risk of pancreatic cancer among non-smokers: a meta-analysis

1 Department of Epidemiology, Brown Public Health Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College ...
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Relationship between cumulative exposure to 1,2-dichloropropane and incidence risk of cholangiocarcinoma among offset printing workers

5 Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of Labor, Tokyo, Japan Correspondence to Professor Ginji Endo, Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of Labor, in Oberlin University, 1-1-12, Sendagaya, Sibuya-ku ...
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Prevalence and pattern of occupational exposure to hand transmitted vibration in Great Britain: findings from a national survey

a MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Community Clinical Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, b Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK Dr Keith Palmer, MRC ...
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Under the microscope: formaldehyde exposure in National Health Service pathology departments in the United Kingdom

Objectives The US Environmental Protection Agency has determined that formaldehyde presents an ‘unreasonable risk of injury to human health’. Occupational inhalation exposure is associated with short- ...