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OBJECTIVES To systematically evaluate the available evidence on occupational risk factors of shoulder pain. METHODS Relevant reports were identified by a systematic search of Medline, Embase, Psychlit ...

Objectives This study investigates the impact of different work paces on cardiorespiratory outcomes, perceived effort and carried load (CL) in industrial workers. Methods A randomised cross-over trial ...

Objectives The purpose of the current study was to evaluate differences in total sleep time and heart rate variability (HRV) in active-duty firefighters between on-shift and off-shift days. Methods 59 ...

Occupational lung cancers represent a major health burden due to their increasing prevalence and poor long-term outcomes. While wood dust is a confirmed human carcinogen, its association with lung ...

1 Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National ...

Objectives While injuries/illnesses among emergency responders during extreme bushfires in Victoria, Australia, are well-documented, the impact of bushfire periods on return-to-work (RTW) outcomes is ...

1 Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2 National Institute ...

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 Professor Frank J Kelly, NIHR Health protection Unit in Health Impacts of Environmental Hazards, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK; frank.kelly{at}kcl.ac ...

Objectives Ionising radiation is a human carcinogen; however, there are uncertainties about the shape of the exposure-response function at low doses. We evaluated the relationship between radiation ...