Objectives Pregnancy complications are common contributors to perinatal mortality and morbidity. Still, the cause(s) of gestational hypertensive disorders and diabetes are largely unknown. Some ...

Principal component analysis of pre-sleep artificial light at night exposure patterns and the associations with sleep disturbances in Hong Kong shift-working nurses and daytime office workers ...

Objectives The individual peripheral vascular disease risk factors are well documented, but the role of work conditions remains equivocal. This systematic review aims to assess relationships between ...

1 Centre for Ergonomics and Human Factors, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2 Centre for Ergonomics and Human Factors, La Trobe University, School of Psychology and Public Health, ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Bjørnar Finnanger Garshol, Department of Work Psychology and Physiology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo 0304, Norway; bjga{at}stami.no Objectives This study aimed ...

Objective We aimed to investigate the association between occupational standing, walking and forward bending during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage. Methods This register-based study examined ...

1 Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2 National Institute ...

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- ...

Objectives To prospectively determine the association between occupational biomechanical exposures and the incidence of surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in Swedish male construction ...

Objectives This study provides an overview of the influence of occupational risk factors on the global burden of disease as estimated by the occupational component of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD ...