Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM)

Associations between maternal occupational history and autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in offspring in Denmark

Objectives We investigated associations between maternal occupations and a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in ...
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Working hours and the onset of depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine whether working beyond the standard working hours was associated with a greater risk of depressive disorder among workers included in ...
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Absence from work and return to work in people with back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2 Department of Psychiatry, Central Clinical School, Brain & Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Dr Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, ...
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Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among frontline nurses fighting against COVID-19

Objective To explore the level and influencing factors of frontline nurses’ post-traumatic growth (PTG) during COVID-19 epidemic. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in February 2020 in ...
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Shift work and sickness absence at a Norwegian hospital: a longitudinal multilevel study

Objective Shift work is known to be related to several negative health consequences and sickness absence. Research results regarding the relationship between types of shift schedules and sickness ...
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Exposures and cancer incidence near oil fields in the Amazon basin of Ecuador

OBJECTIVES To examine environmental exposure and incidence and mortality of cancer in the village of San Carlos surrounded by oil fields in the Amazon basin of Ecuador. METHODS Water samples of the ...
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Prevalence and pattern of occupational exposure to hand transmitted vibration in Great Britain: findings from a national survey

a MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Community Clinical Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, b Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK Dr Keith Palmer, MRC ...
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Airborne occupational exposures associated with pulmonary sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The aetiology and pathophysiology of sarcoidosis is ill defined—current hypotheses centre on complex genetic–immune–environmental interactions in an individual, triggering a granulomatous process. The ...
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Prognosis of shoulder tendonitis in repetitive work: a follow up study in a cohort of Danish industrial and service workers

2 Department of Occupational Medicine, Copenhagen County Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark 3 Department of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Denmark 4 National Institute of Occupational Health, ...
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Under the microscope: formaldehyde exposure in National Health Service pathology departments in the United Kingdom

Objectives The US Environmental Protection Agency has determined that formaldehyde presents an ‘unreasonable risk of injury to human health’. Occupational inhalation exposure is associated with short- ...
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Correspondence on: Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies by Vlasak et al

When considering the impact of shiftwork on cognitive performance, there is an important distinction to be drawn between acute temporary effects and chronic impairments. Acute effects are typically ...