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Original articles

• Wood dust exposure and the risk of upper aero-digestive and respiratory cancers in males (8 January, 2008)

  V Jayaprakash, K K Natarajan, K B Moysich, N R Rigual, N Ramnath, N Natarajan, M E Reid
• Blood markers of inflammation and coagulation and exposure to airborne particles in employees in the Stockholm underground (4 January, 2008)

  C Bigert, M Alderling, M Svartengren, N Plato, U de Faire, P Gustavsson
• A panel study in congestive heart failure to estimate the short-term effects from personal factors and environmental conditions on oxygen saturation and pulse rate (18 September, 2008)

  M S Goldberg, N Giannetti, R T Burnett, N E Mayo, M-F Valois, J M Brophy
• Low back pain in drivers exposed to whole body vibration: analysis of a dose–response pattern (23 January, 2008)

  I J H Tiemessen, C T J Hulshof, M H W Frings-Dresen
• Is the association between job strain and carotid intima-media thickness attributable to pre-employment environmental and dispositional factors? The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (18 January, 2008)

  T Hintsa, M Kivimäki, M Elovainio, J Vahtera, M Hintsanen, J S A Viikari, O T Raitakari, L Keltikangas-Järvinen
• Comparison between various indices of exposure to traffic-related air pollution and their impact on respiratory health in adults (18 January, 2008)

  G Cesaroni, C Badaloni, D Porta, F Forastiere, C A Perucci
• Excess mortality during heat waves and cold spells in Moscow, Russia (16 April, 2008)

  B Revich, D Shaposhnikov
• Lung and other cancer site mortality in a cohort of Italian cotton mill workers (16 April, 2008)

  G Mastrangelo, E Fadda, R Rylander, G Milan, U Fedeli, M Rossi di Schio, J H Lange
• Volcanic sulfur dioxide and acute respiratory symptoms on Miyakejima island (18 September, 2008)

  A Ishigami, Y Kikuchi, S Iwasawa, Y Nishiwaki, T Takebayashi, S Tanaka, K Omae
• Occupation and male infertility: glycol ethers and other exposures (16 April, 2008) Free

  N Cherry, H Moore, R McNamee, A Pacey, G Burgess, J-A Clyma, M Dippnall, H Baillie, A Povey, participating centres of Chaps-UK