Table of contents

Original articles

• Intensive education combined with low tech ergonomic intervention does not prevent low back pain in nurses (21 December, 2004)

  J Hartvigsen, S Lauritzen, S Lings, T Lauritzen
• Task based exposure assessment in ergonomic epidemiology: a study of upper arm elevation in the jobs of machinists, car mechanics, and house painters (21 December, 2004)

  S W Svendsen, S E Mathiassen, J P Bonde
• Biomonitoring of a worker population exposed to platinum dust in a catalyst production plant (21 December, 2004)

  F Petrucci, N Violante, O Senofonte, A Cristaudo, M Di Gregorio, G Forte, A Alimonti
• Mortality in New Zealand workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides and dioxins (21 December, 2004)

  A ’t Mannetje, D McLean, S Cheng, P Boffetta, D Colin, N Pearce
• Understanding work related musculoskeletal pain: does repetitive work cause stress symptoms? (21 December, 2004)

  J P Bonde, S Mikkelsen, J H Andersen, N Fallentin, J Bælum, S W Svendsen, J F Thomsen, P Frost, A Kærgaard
• Work related physical activity and risk of a hospital discharge diagnosis of atrial fibrillation or flutter: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study (21 December, 2004)

  L Frost, P Frost, P Vestergaard
• Employment characteristics and job loss in patients awaiting surgery on the hip or knee (21 December, 2004)

  K T Palmer, P Milne, J Poole, C Cooper, D Coggon