Table of contents

Original articles

Workplace

• Original article: A case-control study of occupational exposure to metalworking fluids and bladder cancer risk among men (20 June, 2014)

  Joanne S Colt, Melissa C Friesen, Patricia A Stewart, Park Donguk, Alison Johnson, Molly Schwenn, Margaret R Karagas, Karla Armenti, Richard Waddell, Castine Verrill, Mary H Ward, Laura E Beane Freeman, Lee E Moore, Stella Koutros, Dalsu Baris, Debra T Silverman
• Urinary VEGF and PGE2 levels and the association with arsenical metabolites in copper-smelting workers (4 July, 2014)

  Fei Wang, Shengnan Liu, Qingshan Sun, Lin Zhang, Yingli Song, Wei Sheng, Shuhua Xi, Guifan Sun
• Original article: Exposure to chlorinated solvents and lung cancer: results of the ICARE study (11 July, 2014)

  Francesca Mattei, Florence Guida, Mireille Matrat, Sylvie Cenée, Diane Cyr, Marie Sanchez, Loredana Radoi, Gwenn Menvielle, Fatima Jellouli, Matthieu Carton, Simona Bara, Emilie Marrer, Danièle Luce, Isabelle Stücker
• Original article: Small mine size is associated with lung function abnormality and pneumoconiosis among underground coal miners in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia (22 July, 2014) Free

  David J Blackley, Cara N Halldin, Mei Lin Wang, A Scott Laney
• Original article: Examining the epidemiology of work-related traumatic brain injury through a sex/gender lens: analysis of workers’ compensation claims in Victoria, Australia (21 July, 2014)

  Vicky C Chang, Rasa Ruseckaite, Alex Collie, Angela Colantonio

Environment

• Original article: Dampness, bacterial and fungal components in dust in primary schools and respiratory health in schoolchildren across Europe (17 July, 2014)

  José Jacobs, Alicia Borràs-Santos, Esmeralda Krop, Martin Täubel, Hanna Leppänen, Ulla Haverinen-Shaughnessy, Juha Pekkanen, Anne Hyvärinen, Gert Doekes, Jan-Paul Zock, Dick Heederik
• Short report: Air temperature exposure and outdoor occupational injuries: a significant cold effect in Central Italy (30 July, 2014)

  Marco Morabito, Maurizio Iannuccilli, Alfonso Crisci, Valerio Capecchi, Alberto Baldasseroni, Simone Orlandini, Gian Franco Gensini

Exposure assessment

• Original article: Expert assessment of historical crop specific pesticide use in the Netherlands (1 August, 2014)

  Maartje Brouwer, Anke Huss, Roel Vermeulen, Peter Nijssen, Geert de Snoo, Hans Kromhout

Methodology

• Original article: Assessment of exposure to shiftwork mechanisms in the general population: the development of a new job-exposure matrix (6 August, 2014)

  Renae C Fernandez, Susan Peters, Renee N Carey, Michael J Davies, Lin Fritschi