Background: Poisson regression is routinely used for analysis of epidemiological data from studies of large occupational cohorts. It is typically implemented as a grouped method of data analysis in ...

Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture 889-1692, Japan Correspondence to: Dr H Imai Department of Public Health, School ...

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 ...

OBJECTIVES Consolidation of epidemiological data on pancreatic cancer and worksite exposures. METHODS Publications during 1969–98 were surveyed. Studies without verified exposures were excluded.

2 Department of Occupational Medicine, Copenhagen County Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark 3 National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark 4 Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus ...

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 ...

Objective To estimate associations between use of specific agricultural pesticides and incident diabetes in women. Methods We used data from the Agricultural Health Study, a large prospective cohort ...

Objective To investigate the short-term effect of air temperature on outdoor occupational injuries (out_OI) in Central Italy, also by taking different geographical factors and employment sectors of ...

Correspondence to: Dr R Ketola, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Department of Physiology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland; ...

Aim: To assess the incidence and risk factors for neck and shoulder pain in nurses. Methods: A longitudinal study of neck and shoulder pain was carried out in female nurses at two hospitals in England ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects of work related and individual factors as well as physical activity and sports on the incidence and persistence of shoulder pain among forestry workers. METHODS ...

OBJECTIVES Particulate air pollution has been shown to cause adverse health effects, and the ultrafine particle component has been implicated. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether ...