Objectives Firefighters face a range of hazards, including strenuous tasks in high-temperature environments and exposure to ...

Objectives There is a lack of knowledge about whether occupational exposures increase the risk of emphysema, especially in ...

Background: The nested case-control design can be a very efficient approach to an epidemiological investigation. In order to obtain unbiased estimates of relative risk, controls should be selected by ...

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Academic Medical Center, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Research Center for Insurance Medicine, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr Patricia Dekkers-Sánchez, Academic ...

1 Department of Public Health Sciences, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 2 Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas School of Public ...

5 Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Francisca S Then, Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health ...

Introduction Some studies have suggested increased lung cancer risks among bakers, however the results overall were inconsistent. The authors studied lung cancer risks among bakers and baking-related ...

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the evidence for an association between hip osteoarthritis (OA) and physical work demands. Systematic searches were made and epidemiological studies on hip OA and ...

Introduction The epidemiological surveillance of mesothelioma incidence is a crucial key for investigating the occupational and environmental sources of asbestos exposure. The median age at diagnosis ...

1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Erasmus University, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands 2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, ...