BMJ is looking for an ambitious and dynamic Editor-in-Chief to lead Occupational & Environmental Medicine, a leading international journal in its field published by BMJ Group. The candidate should be ...
Objective To conduct meta-analyses of occupational asbestos exposure and oesophageal, stomach and colorectal cancer risk, including a critical exposure assessment approach. Methods The search strategy ...
2 Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Social Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The ...
Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr S Hajat Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of ...
Background An estimated 110 million workers are exposed to welding fumes worldwide. Welding fumes are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as carcinogenic to humans (group 1), ...
1 School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 Black Dog Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, ...
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 ...
2 Centre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Michelle Jessica Pereira, Discipline of Physiotherapy, The ...
Objectives Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) has been associated with adverse respiratory and systemic outcomes. Physical activity (PA) in polluted air may increase pollutant uptake and ...
Occupational exposure limits (OELs) are tools to help employers protect the health of those who may be exposed to chemicals in their workplace. Under the United Kingdom Control of Substances Hazardous ...
Background Hot, desert Gulf countries are host to millions of migrant workers doing outdoor jobs such as construction and hospitality. The Gulf countries apply a summertime ban on midday work to ...
Objectives Chronic bronchitis (CB) is an important chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related phenotype, with distinct clinical features and prognostic implications. Occupational exposures ...