Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM)

Parental occupational exposure to pesticides at birth and risk of adult testicular germ cell tumours in offspring: a French nationwide case-control study

Objective To assess the association between parental occupational pesticide exposures at birth and adult testicular germ cell ...
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Benzene exposure and risk of lung cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Worker cohort: a prospective case-cohort study

Objective The objective of our study was to examine whether occupational exposure to benzene is associated with lung cancer among males in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort. Methods ...
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Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication

OBJECTIVES To compare the relative effects on performance of sleep deprivation and alcohol. METHODS Performance effects were studied in the same subjects over a period of 28 hours of sleep deprivation ...
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Reducing respirable silica exposure among brick kiln workers in Nepal: a human-centred design and implementation science framework to develop and pilot a personal protective equipment intervention ...
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Malignant mesothelioma due to non-occupational asbestos exposure from the Italian national surveillance system (ReNaM): epidemiology and public health issues

1 Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL), Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Unit of Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Italian ...
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Medical evacuations from offshore structures.

Centre for Offshore Health, Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen, UK. A retrospective study was carried out on medical evacuations from the installations of four major oil or gas ...
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Incidence of cancer among commercial airline pilots

OBJECTIVES To describe the cancer pattern in a cohort of commercial pilots by follow up through the Icelandic Cancer Registry. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of 458 pilots with emphasis ...
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Health effects of shift work and extended hours of work

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Work shift duration: a review comparing eight hour and 12 hour shift systems.

Shiftwork and Safety Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK. OBJECTIVES: Shiftwork is now a major feature of working life across a broad range of industries. The features of the ...
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Bernardino Ramazzini (1633–1714): a visionary physician, scientist and communicator

Correspondence to Dr S Iavicoli, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL Research Area, Italian Workers Compensation Authority, Via Fontana Candida 1, ...
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Quantitative silica dust exposure and lung cancer incidence in hard rock miners: 1.6 million person-years of follow-up in the Mining Master File cohort study

Objective Inhalation of crystalline silica dust causes lung cancer, although evidence assessing risk at low levels of exposure is needed. We sought to estimate the association between cumulative ...
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Musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and shoulders in female sewing machine operators: prevalence, incidence, and prognosis

OBJECTIVES To assess the occurrence and persistence of two restrictively defined neck-shoulder disorders among sewing machine operators. To assess factors associated with the development of ...