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Original articles

• Acute effects of winter air pollution on respiratory function in schoolchildren in southern England (1 February, 2003)

  J L Peacock, P Symonds, P Jackson, S A Bremner, J F Scarlett, D P Strachan, H R Anderson
• Fluid losses and hydration status of industrial workers under thermal stress working extended shifts (1 February, 2003)

  D J Brake, G P Bates
• Exposure related mutagens in urine of rubber workers associated with inhalable particulate and dermal exposure (1 February, 2003)

  R Vermeulen, R P Bos, J Pertijs, H Kromhout
• Exposure-response relations among laboratory animal workers exposed to rats (1 February, 2003)

  M J Nieuwenhuijsen, V Putcha, S Gordon, D Heederik, K M Venables, P Cullinan, A J Newman-Taylor
• Ambiguous relation between physical workload and low back pain: a twin control study (1 February, 2003)

  J Hartvigsen, K O Kyvik, C Leboeuf-Yde, S Lings, L Bakketeig
• A longitudinal observation of early pulmonary responses to cotton dust (1 February, 2003)

  X-R Wang, L-D Pan, H-X Zhang, B-X Sun, H-L Dai, D C Christiani
• Occupational silica exposure and risk of various diseases: an analysis using death certificates from 27 states of the United States (1 February, 2003)

  G M Calvert, F L Rice, J M Boiano, J W Sheehy, W T Sanderson
• Follow up study of haematological effects in workers exposed to 2-methoxyethanol (1 February, 2003)

  T-S Shih, A-T Hsieh, Y-H Chen, G-D Liao, C-Y Chen, J-S Chou, S-H Liou
• Reported incidence of occupational asthma in France, 1996–99: the ONAP programme (1 February, 2003)

  J Ameille, G Pauli, A Calastreng-Crinquand, D Vervloët, Y Iwatsubo, E Popin, M C Bayeux-Dunglas, M C Kopferschmitt-Kubler