Objectives Night work disrupts sleep, which may increase inflammatory processes, pain sensitivity and pain perception. We ...

This systematic review examined the impact of unemployment and re-employment on mental health problems (depression, anxiety ...

Objectives Shift work disrupts hormonal rhythms, but evidence linking specific shift patterns to cortisol/melatonin ...

Correspondence to Professor Zuxun Lu, Social Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Medical College, Wuhan 430030, China; zuxunlu{at}yahoo.com; Professor ...

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 ...

1 Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA 2 Health Effects Laboratory Division, National ...

OBJECTIVES In the past, evidence on the negative consequences of workplace bullying has been limited to cross sectional studies of self reported bullying. In this study, these consequences were ...

Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Antonio Gasparrini, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ...

Objectives: To investigate the frequency, circumstances, and causes of occupational accidents aboard merchant ships in international trade, and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of ...

Background: Recent studies suggest that prolonged standing at work is associated with the development of diseases of varicose veins (VV). Aims: To assess the risk of hospitalisation due to VV in the ...

Correspondence to Dr Jeremy Tang Hua, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA; huaj{at}njhealth.org Objectives To investigate ...

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