Table of contents

Original articles

Workplace

• Workplace: Does the use of biofuels affect respiratory health among male Danish energy plant workers? (23 November, 2010)

  Vivi Schlünssen, Anne Mette Madsen, Simon Skov, Torben Sigsgaard
• Workplace: Cardiac autonomic dysfunction from occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (16 December, 2010)

  Mi-Sun Lee, Shannon Magari, David C Christiani
• Workplace: Long-term effects of an intervention on psychosocial work factors among healthcare professionals in a hospital setting (23 November, 2010)

  Renée Bourbonnais, Chantal Brisson, Michel Vézina
• Workplace: HLA class II DPB1 and DRB1 polymorphisms associated with genetic susceptibility to beryllium toxicity (23 December, 2010)

  K D Rosenman, M Rossman, V Hertzberg, M J Reilly, C Rice, E Kanterakis, D Monos
• Workplace: Job choice and the influence of prior asthma and hay fever (25 November, 2010)

  Barbara K Butland, Rebecca Ghosh, David P Strachan, Paul Cullinan, Deborah Jarvis
• Workplace: Software-recorded and self-reported duration of computer use in relation to the onset of severe arm–wrist–hand pain and neck–shoulder pain (2 November, 2010)

  Stefan IJmker, Maaike A Huysmans, Allard J van der Beek, Dirk L Knol, Willem van Mechelen, Paulien M Bongers, Birgitte M Blatter
• Workplace: Use of historical data and a novel metric in the evaluation of the effectiveness of hearing conservation program components (7 November, 2010)

  Nicholas Heyer, Thais C Morata, Lynne E Pinkerton, Scott E Brueck, Daniel Stancescu, Mary Prince Panaccio, Hyoshin Kim, J Stephen Sinclair, Martha A Waters, Cherie F Estill, John R Franks

Environment

• Environment: Medication use in relation to noise from aircraft and road traffic in six European countries: results of the HYENA study (16 November, 2010)

  Sarah Floud, Federica Vigna-Taglianti, Anna Hansell, Marta Blangiardo, Danny Houthuijs, Oscar Breugelmans, Ennio Cadum, Wolfgang Babisch, Jenny Selander, Göran Pershagen, Maria Chiara Antoniotti, Salvatore Pisani, Konstantina Dimakopoulou, Alexandros S Haralabidis, Venetia Velonakis, Lars Jarup
• Environment: Cardiovascular mortality during heat and cold events: determinants of regional vulnerability in Taiwan (29 October, 2010)

  Pei-Chih Wu, Chuan-Yao Lin, Shih-Chun Lung, How-Ran Guo, Chang-Hung Chou, Huey-Jen Su
• Environment: Mortality related to temperature and persistent extreme temperatures: a study of cause-specific and age-stratified mortality (20 October, 2010) Free

  Joacim Rocklöv, Kristie Ebi, Bertil Forsberg

Methodology

• Methodology: Impact of pesticide exposure misclassification on estimates of relative risks in the Agricultural Health Study (21 January, 2011)

  Aaron Blair, Kent Thomas, Joseph Coble, Dale P Sandler, Cynthia J Hines, Charles F Lynch, Charles Knott, Mark P Purdue, Shelia Hoar Zahm, Michael C R Alavanja, Mustafa Dosemeci, Freya Kamel, Jane A Hoppin, Laura Beane Freeman, Jay H Lubin

Practice

• Practice: Pneumoconiosis and emphysema in construction workers: results of HRCT and lung function findings (25 February, 2011)

  E Meijer, E Tjoe Nij, T Kraus, J S van der Zee, O van Delden, M van Leeuwen, J W Lammers, D Heederik

Short report

• Trends in mesothelioma mortality rates in South Africa: 1995–2007 (19 March, 2011)

  D Kielkowski, G Nelson, B Bello, S Kgalamono, J I Phillips