Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM)

Mental health effects of unemployment and re-employment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

This systematic review examined the impact of unemployment and re-employment on mental health problems (depression, anxiety ...
Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM)

Day-to-day association of night work with musculoskeletal pain and other symptoms: results from the 1001 nights-cohort

Objectives Night work disrupts sleep, which may increase inflammatory processes, pain sensitivity and pain perception. We ...
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Associations between shift work arrangements, sleep characteristics, urinary cortisol and melatonin levels among nurses in Hong Kong

Objectives Shift work disrupts hormonal rhythms, but evidence linking specific shift patterns to cortisol/melatonin ...
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Dose-response relationship of cadmium and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis

Cadmium (Cd), a group 1 carcinogen, is linked to the development of pancreatic cancer. Not well-defined is the dose-response relationship between Cd and cancer development. This study investigated the ...
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Protracted exposure to low-dose ionising radiation and cancer incidence among Canadian nuclear power plant workers

Objectives Ionising radiation is a human carcinogen; however, there are uncertainties about the shape of the exposure-response function at low doses. We evaluated the relationship between radiation ...
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Overtime work, insufficient sleep, and risk of non-fatal acute myocardial infarction in Japanese men

1 Graduate student of Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan 2 Department of Epidemiology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo ...
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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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Health effects of shift work and extended hours of work

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Occupational risk factors for shoulder pain: a systematic review

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 ...
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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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Associations of short-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution with cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions in London, UK

Correspondence to Professor Frank J Kelly, NIHR Health protection Unit in Health Impacts of Environmental Hazards, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK; frank.kelly{at}kcl.ac ...
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CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT OF STRESS AT WORK

Correspondence to: Dr Susan Michie, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK; susan.michie{at}kcl.ac.uk Stress has been defined in different ways over the ...