Objectives Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally and the second most frequent cause of death in Denmark. Due to their unique occupational environment, seafarers are ...

22 International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France Correspondence to Dr Richard G Stevens, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA; bugs ...

1 Reader in Clinical Health Psychology, Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Department of Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK 2 Consultant in ...

3 Department of Chemical and Biological Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway 4 Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health ...

Aim: To compare self-reported sickness absence days in the last 12 months with recorded absences from the employers’ registers for the same period. Methods: Self-reported sickness absence data over ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the validity of the checklist individual strength questionnaire (CIS) in the working population. This 20 item self reported questionnaire has often been used in patients with ...

Aims: To use national surveillance data in Canada to describe gender differences in the pattern of farm fatalities and severe injuries (those requiring hospitalisation). Methods: Data from the ...

Random error (misclassification) in exposure measurements usually biases a relative risk, regression coefficient, or other effect measure towards the null value (no ...

Correspondence to Dr Thomas Clemm, Department of Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, Statens arbeidsmiljoinstitutt, Oslo, Norway; thomas.clemm{at}outlook.com Background Testing of vibration ...

4 Division of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 5 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ...

Professor Paul Elliott, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's, London W2 1PG, UK OBJECTIVES AND METHODS Chlorination has been the major ...