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16 April 2008

Adeleh Shirangi, Lin Fritschi, and C. D'Arcy J Holman: Maternal Occupational Exposures and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion in Veterinary Practice
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035246 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Boris A Revich and Dmitry A Shaposhnikov: Excess Mortality during heat waves and cold spells in Moscow, Russia
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.033944 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nicola Cherry, Harry Moore, Roseanne McNamee, Allan Pacey, Gary Burgess, Julie-Ann Clyma, Martin Dippnall, Helen Baillie, and Andrew Povey: Occupation and male infertility: glycol ethers and other exposures
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035824 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ross Anthony Iles, Megan Davidson, and Nicholas F Taylor: A systematic review of psychosocial predictors of failure to return to work in non-chronic non-specific low back pain
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036046 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Roseanne McNamee, Melanie Carder, Yiqun Chen, and Raymond Agius: Measurement of trends in incidence of work-related skin and respiratory diseases, UK 1996-2005
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036731 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Emanuela Fadda, Ragnar Rylander, Giovanni Milan, Ugo Fedeli, Rossi di Schio, and John H Lange: Lung and other cancer site mortality in a cohort of Italian cotton mill workers
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036327 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Bart Ostro, Wen-Ying Feng, Rachel Broadwin, Brian Malig, Shelley Green, and Michael Lipsett: The Impact of Components of Fine Particulate Matter on Cardiovascular Mortality in Susceptible Subpopulations
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036673 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde: Psychosocial factors at work and risk of depression: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.038430 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Mohammad Golam Mostafa, J Corbett McDonald, and Nicola M Cherry: Lung cancer and arsenic exposure in rural Bangladesh
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.037895 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Keith T Palmer, Elizabeth Clare Harris, and David Coggon: Chronic health problems and risk of accidental injury in the workplace: A systematic literature review
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.037440 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Eija Haukka, Päivi Leino-Arjas, Eira Viikari-Juntura, Esa-Pekka Takala, Antti Malmivaara, Leila Hopsu, Pertti Mutanen, Ritva Ketola, Tuija Virtanen, Irmeli Pehkonen, Merja Holtari-Leino, Jaana Nykänen, Sari Stenholm, Elina Nykyri, and Hilkka Riihimäki: Could a participatory ergonomics intervention prevent musculoskeletal disorders? A randomized controlled trial
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.034579 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

3 April 2008

Stephen A Stansfeld, Charlotte Clark, Tanya Caldwell, Bryan Rodgers, and Chris Power: Psychosocial work characteristics and anxiety and depressive disorders in midlife: the effects of prior psychological distress
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 3 April 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036640 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 February 2008

Cathryn Tonne, Sean Beevers, Ben G Armstrong, Frank Kelly, and P Wilkinson: Air pollution and mortality benefits of the London Congestion Charge: spatial and socioeconomic inequalities
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 28 February 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036533 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

31 January 2008

Lesley Rushton, Sally Hutchings, and Terry P Brown: The Burden of Cancer at Work: Estimation as the first step to prevention
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 31 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.037002 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 January 2008

Ivo Tiemessen, Carel Hulshof, and Monique Frings-Dresen: Low back pain in drivers exposed to whole body vibration: Analysis of a dose-response pattern
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 23 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035147 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

18 January 2008

Giulia Cesaroni, Chiara Badaloni, Daniela Porta, Francesco Forastiere, and Carlo A Perucci: Comparison between several indices of exposure to traffic-related air pollution and their respiratory health impact in adults
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 18 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.037846 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Taina Hintsa, Mika Kivimäki, Marko Elovainio, Jussi Vahtera, Mirka Hintsanen, Jorma S A Viikari, Olli T Raitakari, and Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen: Is the association between job strain and carotid intima-media thickness attributable to preemployment environmental and dispositional factors? The prospective Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Cohort Study
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 18 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.037622 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 January 2008

Vijay Jayaprakash, Karthi K Natarajan, Kirsten B Moysich, Nestor R Rigual, Nithya Ramnath, Nachimuthu Natarajan, and Mary E Reid: Wood Dust Exposure and the Risk of Upper Aero-Digestive and Respiratory Cancers in Males
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 8 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036210 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

4 January 2008

Carolina Bigert, Magnus Alderling, Magnus Svartengren, Nils Plato, Ulf de Faire, and Per Gustavsson: Blood markers of inflammation and coagulation and exposure to airborne particles in employees in the Stockholm underground
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 4 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.038273 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Hind Sbihi, Hugh W Davies, and Paul A Demers: Hypertension in noise-exposed sawmill workers: a cohort study
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 4 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035709 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Tess E Browne, Amy Iversen, Lisa Hull, Lorna Workman, Christopher Barker, Oded Horn, Margaret Jones, Dominic Murphy, Neil Greenberg, Roberto Rona, Matthew Hotopf, Simon Wessely, and Nicola Fear: How Do Experiences In Iraq Affect Alcohol Use Amongst Male Uk Armed Forces Personnel?
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 4 January 2008. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036830 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

20 December 2007

Leslie T Stayner, Eileen Kuempel, Steve Gilbert, Misty Hein, and John Dement: An epidemiologic study of the role of chrysotile asbestos fiber dimensions in determining respiratory disease risk in exposed workers
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 20 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035584 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Blandine VACQUIER, Sylvaine CAER, Agnès ROGEL, Myriam FEURPRIER, Margot TIRMARCHE, Catherine LUCCIONI, Benoît QUESNE, Alain ACKER, and Dominique LAURIER: Mortality risk in the French cohort of uranium miners: extended follow-up 1946-1999
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 20 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.034959 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ben G Armstrong and Andrew Darnton: Estimating Reduction in Occupational Disease Burden Following Reduction in Exposure
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 20 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035725 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Antoon A De Schryver, Kathleen Cornelis, Myriam Van Winckel, Guido F Moens, Gery Devlies, Dirk Derthoo, and Marc Van Sprundel: The occupational risk of Helicobacter pylori infection among workers in institutions for people with intellectual disability
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 20 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035022 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

17 December 2007

Petter Kristensen, Rannveig Nordhagen, Ebba Wergeland, and Tor Bjerkedal: Job adjustment and absence from work in mid-pregnancy in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 17 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035626 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Alberto Scarselli, Alessandra Binazzi, Pierpaolo Ferrante, and Alessandro Marinaccio: Occupational exposure levels to wood dust in Italy, 1996-2006
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 17 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036350 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

10 December 2007

Elizabeth Nethery, Sara E Leckie, K Teschke, and Michael Brauer: From measures to models: An evaluation of air pollution exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies of pregnant women
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 10 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035337 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Xueying Qin, Yiqun Wu, Tongshan Liu, Wenjian Wang, Lihua Wang, Yonghua Hu, and Dafang Chen: Low organic solvent exposure and combined maternal-infant gene polymorphisms affect gestational age
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 10 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.032474 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

7 December 2007

Reiner Rugulies and Niklas Krause: Effort-reward imbalance and incidence of low back and neck injuries in San Francisco transit operators
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 7 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035188 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 December 2007

Sabine Host, Sophie Larrieu, Laurence Pascal, Myriam Blanchard, Christophe Declercq, Pascal Fabre, Jean-François Jusot, Benoît Chardon, Alain Le Tertre, Vérène Wagner, Hélène Prouvost, and Agnès Lefranc: Short-term Associations between Fine and Coarse Particles and Cardiorespiratory Hospitalizations in Six French Cities
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 5 December 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.036194 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 November 2007

Consol Serra, Manolis Kogevinas, Debra T Silverman, Domenec Turuguet, Adonina Tardon, Reina García-Closas, Alfredo Carrato, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Francisco Fernandez, Patricia Stewart, Fernando G Benavides, Silvia Gonzalez, Antoni Serra, Nathaniel Rothman, Nuria Malats, and Mustafa Docemeci: Work in the textile industry in Spain and bladder cancer
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 28 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035667 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Arthur Bill Musk, Nicholas de Klerk, Alison Reid, Gina L Ambrosini, Lin Fritschi, Nola Olsen, Enzo Merler, Michael Hobbs, and Geoffrey Berry: Mortality Of Former Crocidolite (Blue Asbestos) Miners And Millers At Wittenoom
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 28 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.034280 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

21 November 2007

Petra C Koopmans, Corne AM Roelen, and Johan W Groothoff: Frequent and long-term absence as a risk factor for work disability and job termination among employees in the private sector
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 21 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.034322 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Marie S. O'Neill, Ana V Diez-Roux, Amy H. Auchincloss, Tracy G. Franklin, David R. Jacobs Jnr, Brad C Astor, J. Timothy Dvonch, and Joel Kaufman: Airborne particulate matter exposure and urinary albumin excretion: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 21 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.035238 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Aarne Laakkonen, Pia K Verkasalo, Aino Nevalainen, Timo Kauppinen, Pentti Tapio Kyyrönen, and Eero I Pukkala: Moulds, bacteria and cancer among Finns: an occupational cohort study
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 21 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.034017 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 November 2007

Lauren E. Griffith, Richard P. Wells, Harry S. Shannon, Stephen D. Walter, Donald C. Cole, and Sheilah Hogg-Johnson: Developing common metrics of mechanical exposures across etiologic studies of low back pain in working populations for use in meta-analysis
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 8 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.034801 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

7 November 2007

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Peter Wahlin, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Matthias Ketzel, Thomas Scheike, and Steffen Loft: Size Distribution and Total Number Concentration of Ultrafine and Accumulation Mode Particles and Hospital Admissions in Children and the Elderly in Copenhagen, Denmark
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 7 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.033290 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Markku Sallmen, Maria Neto, and Olga N Mayan: Reduced fertility among shoe manufacturing workers
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 7 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.032839 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 November 2007

John M Dement, Eileen Kuempel, Ralph Zumwalde, Randall Smith, Leslie Stayner, and Dana Loomis: Development of a Fiber Size-Specific Job-Exposure Matrix for Airborne Asbestos Fibers
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 5 November 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.033712 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

12 October 2007

Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol, Núria Ribas-Fito, Maties Torrent, Daniel Carrizo, Joan O Grimalt, and Jordi Sunyer: Effects of PCBs, p,p'-DDT, p,p'-DDE, HCB and ${beta}$ -HCH on thyroid function in preschoolers
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 12 October 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2007.032763 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

17 July 2006

Sam Pattenden, Gerard Hoek, Charlotte Braun-Fahrlander, Francesco Forastiere, Anna Kosheleva, Manfred Neuberger, and A C Fletcher: NO2 and children¡¦s respiratory symptoms in the PATY study
Occup Environ Med Published Online First: 17 July 2006. doi:10.1136/oem.2005.025213 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

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