Now that many countries are implementing ‘exit strategies’ from the containment measures, the health impact related to COVID-19, stress and isolation will become clear. However, there is a second wave ...

Objectives Person-related work requires workers to interact with individuals not employed at the workplace, such as clients ...

Stress has been defined in different ways over the years. Originally, it was conceived of as pressure from the environment, then as strain within the person. The generally accepted definition today is ...

Objectives Previous studies suggested the association of air pollution with initial Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and the disease development. However, few studies have been conducted on air ...

Questionnaires are frequently used in the exposure assessment of occupational and environmental epidemiological studies. Questionnaires may be the method of choice for assessing exposure because no ...

Objectives Asbestos is an inflammatory agent, and there is evidence that inflammatory processes are involved in the development of cardiovascular disease. Whether asbestos is a risk factor for ...

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.

Tuija Leskinen, Kristin Suorsa, Jesse Pasanen, Suvi Rovio, Harri Niinikoski, Olli Heinonen, Laura Pulkki-Råback, Jorma Viikari, Tapani Rönnemaa, Olli T Raitakari ...

Objective To document the demographic risk factors of workers reported to have silicosis in the UK. Methods All cases of silicosis reported to the Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational ...

Methods We studied 11 300 cases with a positive test for influenza A and 3671 cases of influenza B from Swedish registry of communicable diseases. Six controls for each case were selected from the ...

Objective Young adulthood is an important transitional life phase where careers are established. Young adults with chronic disabling health conditions are underrepresented in the labour market. Our ...

From 1 July 2024, Australia has banned the use, supply and manufacture of engineered stone, also known as artificial stone, which is made from crystalline silica-containing aggregates bonded with a ...