Background: A number of epidemiological studies suggest that the risk of asthma is increased among those living in close proximity to major roads. However, the evidence is inconsistent, and effects on ...

Correspondence to Dr Prakash KC, Department of Public Health, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku 20500, Finland; prakashkc10{at}gmail.com Objective This study aimed to compare ...

Correspondence to Dr Charles B Hall, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; charles.hall{at}einsteinmed.org Background The World ...

The published evidence on whether workplace health and well-being interventions are as effective in male-dominated industries compared with mixed-gender environments has not been synthesised. We ...

3 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to Garthika Navaranjan, Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, 525 University ...

Objectives To estimate the economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure in Canada. Methods We estimate the lifetime cost of newly ...

Correspondence to Dr Anita Koushik, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada; anita.koushik{at}umontreal.ca Objectives To investigate ...

Objective To report the effects of bleach use at home on the frequency of infections in 9102 school-age children participating in the HITEA project. Methods Parents of pupils aged 6–12 years from ...

Objectives In the Netherlands, a new regulation has been adopted for recognition and compensation of serious substance-related occupational diseases. A national advisory committee has a key task of ...

Objectives Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) has been associated with adverse respiratory and systemic outcomes. Physical activity (PA) in polluted air may increase pollutant uptake and ...

Methods We searched the Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Education Research Complete until 30 November 2021, to identify relevant studies using relevant key words. Job or occupational stress was used as ...

The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to examine which work-related risk factors are associated with specific soft tissue shoulder disorders. We searched the electronic ...