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Original articles

• Definition and assessment of specific occupational demands concerning lifting, pushing, and pulling based on a systematic literature search (1 December, 2002)

  J Bos, P P F M Kuijer, M H W Frings-Dresen
• Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of a disability prevention model for back pain management: a six year follow up study (1 December, 2002)

  P Loisel, J Lemaire, S Poitras, M-J Durand, F Champagne, S Stock, B Diallo, C Tremblay
• Cross sectional study on lung function of coke oven workers: a lung function surveillance system from 1978 to 1990 (1 December, 2002)

  J Wu, I A Kreis, D Griffiths, C Darling
• Relation between colour vision loss and occupational styrene exposure level (1 December, 2002)

  Y Y Gong, R Kishi, Y Katakura, E Tsukishima, K Fujiwara, S Kasai, T Satoh, F Sata, T Kawai
• Respiratory symptoms and diseases among workers in the soft tissue producing industry (1 December, 2002)

  T Kraus, A Pfahlberg, O Gefeller, H J Raithel
• Self perceived work related stress and the relation with salivary IgA and lysozyme among emergency department nurses (1 December, 2002)

  Y Yang, D Koh, V Ng, C Y Lee, G Chan, F Dong, S H Goh, V Anantharaman, S E Chia
• Passive smoking and its impact on employers and employees in Hong Kong (1 December, 2002)

  S M McGhee, A J Hedley, L M Ho
• Influence of years engaged in agriculture and number of pregnancies and deliveries on mortality of inhabitants of the Jinzu River basin area, Japan (1 December, 2002)

  E Kobayashi, Y Okubo, Y Suwazono, T Kido, M Nishijo, H Nakagawa, K Nogawa