OBJECTIVE: This is a case report describing the occurrence of hepatitis A in three workers at a waste water treatment plant during a small community outbreak involving 16 cases. CASE REPORT: The first ...

Correspondence to Professor Zuxun Lu, Social Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Medical College, Wuhan 430030, China; zuxunlu{at}yahoo.com; Professor ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon in the general population of Great Britain and to estimate the proportion and number of cases attributable to hand transmitted vibration ...

Relations between working conditions and mental health status of female hospital workers were studied in a sample of 1505 women: 43% were nurses, 32% auxiliaries, and 7% ancillary staff; 13% were ...

Aims: To assess mortality and cancer morbidity in Canadian petroleum workers and explore exposure-response relations for specific petroleum agents. Methods: A total of 25 292 employees hired between ...

Goals To describe the exposure to psychosocial risks at work and the consumption of psychotropic drugs and opioids among women working as cleaners; and to analyse the association between their ...

Correspondence to Dr Matthias Möhner, Work and Health, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Berlin 10317, Germany; Moehner.Matthias{at}baua.bund.de Objectives The aim of this study is ...

Objectives Exposure to bioaerosols in salmon processing workers is associated with occupational asthma. IgE-mediated allergy and other disease mechanisms may be involved in airway inflammation and ...

Correspondence to Dr Sorosh Tabatabaeifar, Department of Occupational Medicine, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus 8200, Denmark; sortab{at}rm.dk Objectives The aim was to ...

Correspondence to Dr Theodore Lytras, School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus; t.lytras{at}euc.ac.cy ...

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Objectives Occupational exposure to soft paper dust is associated with impaired lung function. Whether there is an increased risk for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unclear.