Table of contents

Original articles

• The risk of lung cancer with increasing time since ceasing exposure to asbestos and quitting smoking (18 July, 2006)

  A Reid, N H de Klerk, G L Ambrosini, G Berry, A W Musk
• Cancer mortality in German carbon black workers 1976–98 (23 February, 2006) Free

  J Wellmann, S K Weiland, G Neiteler, G Klein, K Straif
• Predicting the long term course of low back pain and its consequences for sickness absence and associated work disability (18 July, 2006)

  A Burdorf, J P Jansen
• A probabilistic assessment of the impact of interventions on oncology nurses’ exposure to antineoplastic agents (21 March, 2006)

  T Meijster, W Fransman, J van Hemmen, H Kromhout, D Heederik, E Tielemans
• Adverse reproductive outcomes among male painters with occupational exposure to organic solvents (6 June, 2006)

  M Hooiveld, W Haveman, K Roskes, R Bretveld, I Burstyn, N Roeleveld
• Causes of death and renal tubular dysfunction in residents exposed to cadmium in the environment (6 April, 2006)

  M Nishijo, Y Morikawa, H Nakagawa, K Tawara, K Miura, T Kido, A Ikawa, E Kobayashi, K Nogawa
• The frequency of workplace exacerbation among health maintenance organisation members with asthma (6 April, 2006)

  P K Henneberger, S J Derk, S R Sama, R J Boylstein, C D Hoffman, P A Preusse, R A Rosiello, D K Milton
• Associations of SF-36 mental health functioning and work and family related factors with intentions to retire early among employees (6 April, 2006)

  K Harkonmäki, O Rahkonen, P Martikainen, K Silventoinen, E Lahelma
• Prediction of sickness absence: development of a screening instrument (12 May, 2006)

  S F A Duijts, I J Kant, J A Landeweerd, G M H Swaen