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Environmental epidemiology study methods and applicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mills, I C Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

Biomass fuel use and indoor air pollution in homes in MalawiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Indoor air pollution levels in Malawian homes are high. Further investigation is justified because the levels that we have demonstrated are hazardous and are likely to be damaging to health. Interventions should be sought to reduce exposure to concentrations less harmful to health. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Fullerton, D G, Semple, S, Kalambo, F, Suseno, A, Malamba, R, Henderson, G, Ayres, J G, Gordon, S B Tags: Air pollution, air quality, Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

Association between passive jobs and low levels of leisure-time physical activity: the Whitehall II cohort studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This study provides evidence that working in passive jobs may encourage a passive lifestyle in men. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gimeno, D, Elovainio, M, Jokela, M, De Vogli, R, Marmot, M G, Kivimaki, M Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Population-based asbestosis surveillance in British ColumbiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Single data sources were not sufficient to identify all new cases, thus leading to serious underestimations of the true burden of asbestosis. Integrating multiple health data sources could provide a more complete picture in population-based surveillance of asbestosis and other occupational diseases. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gan, W Q, Demers, P A, McLeod, C B, Koehoorn, M Tags: Respiratory Original articles Source Type: journals

A cross-sectional study among detergent workers exposed to liquid detergent enzymesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Workers exposed to liquid detergent enzymes are at risk of developing sensitisation (14%) and respiratory allergy. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: van Rooy, F G B G J, Houba, R, Palmen, N, Zengeni, M M, Sander, I, Spithoven, J, Rooyackers, J M, Heederik, D J J Tags: Allergy, asthma, Respiratory Original articles Source Type: journals

Detergent protease exposure and respiratory disease: case-referent analysis of a retrospective cohortEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These findings provide strong evidence of an association between detergent enzyme exposure and the development of respiratory disease in an occupational setting. Using the routinely collected information on specific sensitisation and the close attention to workplace exposures that are characteristic of this industry, it should be possible to derive meaningful occupational exposure standards for most detergent enzymes. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Brant, A, Upchurch, S, van Tongeren, M, Zekveld, C, Helm, J, Barnes, F, Newman Taylor, A J, Cullinan, P Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

Associations of long- and short-term air pollution exposure with markers of inflammation and coagulation in a population sampleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our results suggest that exposure to moderate levels of air pollution may influence serum levels of inflammatory markers. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Panasevich, S, Leander, K, Rosenlund, M, Ljungman, P, Bellander, T, de Faire, U, Pershagen, G, Nyberg, F Tags: Air pollution, air quality, Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

Exposure-response relationship between lung cancer and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Despite the large cohort with long follow-up, the shape of the exposure–response function and the mode of combination of risks due to occupational PAH and smoking remains uncertain. If a linear exposure–response function is assumed, the estimated slope is broadly in line with the estimate from a previous follow-up of the same cohort, and somewhat higher than the average found in a recent meta-analysis of lung cancer studies. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Armstrong, B G, Gibbs, G Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

Regression models for public health surveillance data: a simulation studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: When overdispersion is detected in a Poisson regression model, the NB2 model should be fit as an alternative. If there is no longer overdispersion, then the NB2 results may be preferred. However, it is important to remember that NB2 cannot correct for bias from omitted covariates or from using an incorrect offset. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kim, H, Kriebel, D Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Cancer mortality and congenital anomalies in a region of Italy with intense environmental pressure due to wasteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although the causal nature of the association is uncertain, findings support the hypothesis that waste-related environmental exposures in Campania produce increased risks of mortality and, to a lesser extent, CAs. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Martuzzi, M, Mitis, F, Bianchi, F, Minichilli, F, Comba, P, Fazzo, L Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Rhinitis associated with pesticide exposure among commercial pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Exposure to pesticides may increase the risk of rhinitis. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Slager, R E, Poole, J A, LeVan, T D, Sandler, D P, Alavanja, M C R, Hoppin, J A Tags: Agriculture and farming, Other Original articles Source Type: journals

An improved estimate of the quantitative relationship between polycyclic hydrocarbons and lung cancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mirabelli, D. Tags: Commentaries Source Type: journals

Deciphering the clinical spectrum of occupational rhinitisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gautrin, D., Castano, R. Tags: Commentaries Source Type: journals

Predicting occupational diseasesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - October 16, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Suarthana, E., Meijer, E., Grobbee, D. E, Heederik, D. Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals

CORRECTION [PostScript]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Comments on determinants of implementation of primary preventive interventions on patient handling in healthcare [PostScript]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Verbeek, J Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

Work status, work hours and health in women with and without children [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Having children may contribute to fatigue and poor self-rated health particularly in women working 40 h or more per week. Student mothers and job seeking mothers were also at increased risk of poor self-rated health. The results should be noted by Swedish policy-makers. Also countries aiming for economic and gender equality should consider factors that may facilitate successful merging of work and family life. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Floderus, B, Hagman, M, Aronsson, G, Marklund, S, Wikman, A Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Ischaemic heart disease mortality study among workers with occupational exposure to ammonium perfluorooctanoate [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This exposure–response study shows no convincing evidence of increased IHD mortality risk for APFO-exposed workers at this plant. Further studies evaluating the incidence of IHD are being conducted. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sakr, C J, Symons, J M, Kreckmann, K H, Leonard, R C Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

Quantitative health impact assessment of transport policies: two simulations related to speed limit reduction and traffic re-allocation in the Netherlands [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Quantitative HIA of transport policies at a local scale is possible, provided that data on exposures, the exposed population and their baseline health status are available. The interpretation of the HIA information should be carried out in the context of the quality of input data and assumptions and uncertainties of the analysis. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Schram-Bijkerk, D, van Kempen, E, Knol, A B, Kruize, H, Staatsen, B, van Kamp, I Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Occupational physical activities, working hours and outcome of pregnancy: findings from the Southampton Women's Survey [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is a need for more research on trunk bending late in pregnancy, and on the relationship of work to reduced head circumference. Our findings on several other occupational exposures common among pregnant workers are reassuring. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Bonzini, M, Coggon, D, Godfrey, K, Inskip, H, Crozier, S, Palmer, K T Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

Effect of living close to a main road on asthma, allergy, lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Our analysis of a large and nationally representative population sample did not provide evidence of an adverse effect of living in close proximity to main roads on the risk of asthma, COPD or allergic disease in England. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Pujades-Rodriguez, M, Lewis, S, Mckeever, T, Britton, J, Venn, A Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Occupational risk of lung cancer among lifetime non-smoking women in Shanghai, China [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Significantly elevated lung cancer risk was associated with employment in some broad occupational categories that also included jobs with potential exposure to suspected carcinogens (B-list). The results suggest that although similar exposures to those described on the B-list may play a role in this cohort of Chinese women, carcinogenic exposure may not be restricted only to the jobs on the B-list. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Pronk, A, Coble, J, Ji, B-T, Shu, X-O, Rothman, N, Yang, G, Gao, Y-T, Zheng, W, Chow, W-H Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Determinants of mobile phone output power in a multinational study: implications for exposure assessment [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Average power levels are substantially higher than the minimum levels theoretically achievable in GSM networks. Exposure indices could be improved by accounting for average power levels of different telecommunications systems. There appears to be little value in gathering information on circumstances of phone use other than use in very sparsely populated regions. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Vrijheid, M, Mann, S, Vecchia, P, Wiart, J, Taki, M, Ardoino, L, Armstrong, B K, Auvinen, A, Bedard, D, Berg-Beckhoff, G, Brown, J, Chetrit, A, Collatz-Christensen, H, Combalot, E, Cook, A, Deltour, I, Feychting, M, Giles, G G, Hepworth, S J, Hours, M, Ia Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Criterion-related validity of functional capacity evaluation lifting tests on future work disability risk and return to work in the construction industry [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Criterion-related validity with future work disability risk was poor for the two isometric EK lifting tests and moderate for the three dynamic lifting tests, especially the carrying lifting strength test. Predictive validity on durable RTW was poor, although weakly significant in two dynamic EK FCE tests, of which one was the carrying lifting strength test. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gouttebarge, V, Kuijer, P P F M, Wind, H, van Duivenbooden, C, Sluiter, J K, Frings-Dresen, M H W Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Automobile industry occupations and bladder cancer: a population-based case-control study in southeastern Michigan, USA [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Among workers on the assembly line for at least 20 years, we observed an approximately twofold risk for bladder cancer. Heavy smokers working on the assembly line experience a sixfold risk for bladder cancer. Further research is necessary to verify this finding, identify the exposures that might be contributing to bladder cancer on the assembly line, and examine whether those exposures continue to persist in today’s workplace. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kobrosly, R W, Meliker, J R, Nriagu, J O Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

Paternal occupation and retinoblastoma: a case-control study based on data for Great Britain 1962-1999 [Original articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our finding for exposure to oil mists in metal working (a subset of metal workers) is not directly comparable to those for metal working previously reported in the literature. Overall, our findings do not support the hypothesis that paternal occupational exposure is an important aetiological factor for retinoblastoma, however, the study has low power and other methodological limitations. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: MacCarthy, A, Bunch, K J, Fear, N T, King, J C, Vincent, T J, Murphy, M F G Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

The July 2005 London bombings: environmental monitoring, health risk assessment and lessons identified for major incident response [Leader]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Wilson, J., Murray, V., Kettle, J N. Tags: Leader Source Type: journals

OEM's impact factor continues moving upward [Editorial]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 21, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Loomis, D. Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals

[PostScript] CORRECTIONEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

[PostScript] Comments on determinants of implementation of primary preventive interventions on patient handling in healthcareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Verbeek, J Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Work status, work hours and health in women with and without childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Having children may contribute to fatigue and poor self-rated health particularly in women working 40 h or more per week. Student mothers and job seeking mothers were also at increased risk of poor self-rated health. The results should be noted by Swedish policy-makers. Also countries aiming for economic and gender equality should consider factors that may facilitate successful merging of work and family life. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Floderus, B, Hagman, M, Aronsson, G, Marklund, S, Wikman, A Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Ischaemic heart disease mortality study among workers with occupational exposure to ammonium perfluorooctanoateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This exposure–response study shows no convincing evidence of increased IHD mortality risk for APFO-exposed workers at this plant. Further studies evaluating the incidence of IHD are being conducted. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sakr, C J, Symons, J M, Kreckmann, K H, Leonard, R C Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Quantitative health impact assessment of transport policies: two simulations related to speed limit reduction and traffic re-allocation in the NetherlandsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Quantitative HIA of transport policies at a local scale is possible, provided that data on exposures, the exposed population and their baseline health status are available. The interpretation of the HIA information should be carried out in the context of the quality of input data and assumptions and uncertainties of the analysis. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Schram-Bijkerk, D, van Kempen, E, Knol, A B, Kruize, H, Staatsen, B, van Kamp, I Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Occupational physical activities, working hours and outcome of pregnancy: findings from the Southampton Women's SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is a need for more research on trunk bending late in pregnancy, and on the relationship of work to reduced head circumference. Our findings on several other occupational exposures common among pregnant workers are reassuring. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Bonzini, M, Coggon, D, Godfrey, K, Inskip, H, Crozier, S, Palmer, K T Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Effect of living close to a main road on asthma, allergy, lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Our analysis of a large and nationally representative population sample did not provide evidence of an adverse effect of living in close proximity to main roads on the risk of asthma, COPD or allergic disease in England. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Pujades-Rodriguez, M, Lewis, S, Mckeever, T, Britton, J, Venn, A Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Occupational risk of lung cancer among lifetime non-smoking women in Shanghai, ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Significantly elevated lung cancer risk was associated with employment in some broad occupational categories that also included jobs with potential exposure to suspected carcinogens (B-list). The results suggest that although similar exposures to those described on the B-list may play a role in this cohort of Chinese women, carcinogenic exposure may not be restricted only to the jobs on the B-list. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Pronk, A, Coble, J, Ji, B-T, Shu, X-O, Rothman, N, Yang, G, Gao, Y-T, Zheng, W, Chow, W-H Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Determinants of mobile phone output power in a multinational study: implications for exposure assessmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Average power levels are substantially higher than the minimum levels theoretically achievable in GSM networks. Exposure indices could be improved by accounting for average power levels of different telecommunications systems. There appears to be little value in gathering information on circumstances of phone use other than use in very sparsely populated regions. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Vrijheid, M, Mann, S, Vecchia, P, Wiart, J, Taki, M, Ardoino, L, Armstrong, B K, Auvinen, A, Bedard, D, Berg-Beckhoff, G, Brown, J, Chetrit, A, Collatz-Christensen, H, Combalot, E, Cook, A, Deltour, I, Feychting, M, Giles, G G, Hepworth, S J, Hours, M, Ia Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Criterion-related validity of functional capacity evaluation lifting tests on future work disability risk and return to work in the construction industryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Criterion-related validity with future work disability risk was poor for the two isometric EK lifting tests and moderate for the three dynamic lifting tests, especially the carrying lifting strength test. Predictive validity on durable RTW was poor, although weakly significant in two dynamic EK FCE tests, of which one was the carrying lifting strength test. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gouttebarge, V, Kuijer, P P F M, Wind, H, van Duivenbooden, C, Sluiter, J K, Frings-Dresen, M H W Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Automobile industry occupations and bladder cancer: a population-based case-control study in southeastern Michigan, USAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Among workers on the assembly line for at least 20 years, we observed an approximately twofold risk for bladder cancer. Heavy smokers working on the assembly line experience a sixfold risk for bladder cancer. Further research is necessary to verify this finding, identify the exposures that might be contributing to bladder cancer on the assembly line, and examine whether those exposures continue to persist in today’s workplace. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kobrosly, R W, Meliker, J R, Nriagu, J O Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Paternal occupation and retinoblastoma: a case-control study based on data for Great Britain 1962-1999Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our finding for exposure to oil mists in metal working (a subset of metal workers) is not directly comparable to those for metal working previously reported in the literature. Overall, our findings do not support the hypothesis that paternal occupational exposure is an important aetiological factor for retinoblastoma, however, the study has low power and other methodological limitations. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: MacCarthy, A, Bunch, K J, Fear, N T, King, J C, Vincent, T J, Murphy, M F G Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

[Leader] The July 2005 London bombings: environmental monitoring, health risk assessment and lessons identified for major incident responseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Wilson, J., Murray, V., Kettle, J N. Tags: Leader Source Type: journals

[Editorial] OEM's impact factor continues moving upwardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 20, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Loomis, D. Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals

[PostScript] CORRECTIONEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

[PostScript] Care-home workers' exposure to SHS: a short summary of findingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Semple, S, Naji, A, Haw, S, Ayres, J G Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

[PostScript] A revised SAS macro for maximum likelihood estimation of prevalence ratios using the COPY methodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Petersen, M R, Deddens, J A Tags: PostScript Source Type: journals

[Short report] A time-series study of the health effects of water-soluble and total-extractable metal content of airborne particulate matterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Within the limitations of the study power, the epidemiological results have not provided evidence for associations between particle-bound metal concentrations and adverse health outcomes that are substantially greater than for total PM. The generally strong correlations between metal and total PM suggest that quantifying independent effects of PM metal exposure on health will be difficult, even using more powerful time series of direct measurements. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Heal, M R, Elton, R A, Hibbs, L R, Agius, R M, Beverland, I J Tags: Short report Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Traffic exposure and subclinical cardiovascular disease: is the association modified by socioeconomic characteristics of individuals and neighbourhoods? Results from a multilevel study in an urban regionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: High traffic exposure was associated with coronary calcification in all social groups, but as low SES individuals had higher calcification in general and were also more often exposed to traffic, existing inequalities could be further shaped by traffic exposure. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Dragano, N, Hoffmann, B, Moebus, S, Mohlenkamp, S, Stang, A, Verde, P E, Jockel, K-H, Erbel, R, Siegrist, J, on behalf of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigative Group Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Occupational exposure of UK adults to extremely low frequency magnetic fieldsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This report substantially expands information on adult exposure to ELF MF in the UK. The accuracy of exposure assessments based solely on job codes is improved by linking with either industry code or contextual knowledge of equipment and of power lines or substations in the work environment. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Mee, T, Whatmough, P, Broad, L, Dunn, C, Maslanyj, M, Allen, S, Muir, K, McKinney, P A, van Tongeren, M Tags: Other exposures Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Relationships between alumina and bauxite dust exposure and cancer, respiratory and circulatory diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These preliminary findings, based on very few cases, suggest that cumulative inhalable bauxite exposure may be associated with an excess risk of death from non-malignant respiratory disease and that cumulative inhalable alumina dust exposure may be associated with an excess risk of death from cerebrovascular disease. Neither exposure appears to increase the risk of incident cancers. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Friesen, M C, Fritschi, L, Del Monaco, A, Benke, G, Dennekamp, M, de Klerk, N, Hoving, J L, MacFarlane, E, Sim, M R Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Occupational exposure to potential endocrine disruptors: further development of a job exposure matrixEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Despite some important limitations, this JEM could be a valuable tool for exposure assessment in studies on the health risks of endocrine disruptors, especially when task specific information is incorporated. The documented exposure scenarios are meant to facilitate further adjustments to the JEM to allow more widespread use. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Brouwers, M M, van Tongeren, M, Hirst, A A, Bretveld, R W, Roeleveld, N Tags: Original articles Source Type: journals