Table of contents

Original articles

Workplace

• Original article:

  Effect of exposure to p,p'-DDE on male hormone profile in Mexican flower growers

  (10 May, 2011)

  Julia Blanco-Muñoz, Marina Lacasaña, Clemente Aguilar-Garduño, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Susana Bassol, Mariano E Cebrián, Inmaculada López-Flores, Isabel Ruiz-Pérez
• Original article: The effectiveness of two active interventions compared to self-care advice in employees with non-acute low back symptoms: a randomised, controlled trial with a 4-year follow-up in the occupational health setting (20 May, 2011) Free

  J Rantonen, S Luoto, A Vehtari, M Hupli, J Karppinen, A Malmivaara, S Taimela
• Original article: Counselling low-back-pain patients in secondary healthcare: a randomised trial addressing experienced workplace barriers and physical activity (19 May, 2011)

  Lone Donbæk Jensen, Thomas Maribo, Berit Schiøttz-Christensen, Finn Hjorth Madsen, Bigitte Gonge, Michael Christensen, Poul Frost
• Original article: Physical and psychosocial ergonomic risk factors for low back pain in automobile manufacturing workers (17 May, 2011)

  Jonathan L Vandergrift, Judith E Gold, Alexandra Hanlon, Laura Punnett
• Original article: Association between cleaning-related chemicals and work-related asthma and asthma symptoms among healthcare professionals (20 May, 2011)

  Ahmed A Arif, George L Delclos
• Original article: Mortality among Swedish chimney sweeps (1952–2006): an extended cohort study (24 June, 2011)

  Catarina Jansson, Magnus Alderling, Christer Hogstedt, Per Gustavsson
• Original article: Allergy among veterinary medicine students in The Netherlands (31 May, 2011)

  Sadegh Samadi, Jack Spithoven, Ali-Reza Jamshidifard, Boyd R Berends, Len Lipman, Dick J J Heederik, Inge M Wouters

Environment

• Original article: The effect of high temperatures on cause-specific mortality in England and Wales (9 March, 2011)

  Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Sari Kovats, Paul Wilkinson

Exposure Assessment

• Original article: Urinary biomarkers of exposure to glycol ethers and chlorinated solvents during pregnancy: determinants of exposure and comparison with indirect methods of exposure assessment (24 June, 2011)

  Ronan Garlantézec, Luc Multigner, Laurence Labat, Nathalie Bonvallot, Juha Pulkkinen, Brigitte Dananché, Christine Monfort, Florence Rouget, Sylvaine Cordier