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Original research

Workplace

• Original research: Occupational exposure to dust and to fumes, work as a welder and invasive pneumococcal disease risk (17 December, 2019)

  Kjell Torén, Paul D Blanc, Rajen N Naidoo, Nicola Murgia, Ingemar Qvarfordt, Olov Aspevall, Anna Dahlman-Hoglund, Linus Schioler
• Original research: A follow-up study of occupational styrene exposure and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases (17 December, 2019)

  Signe Hjuler Boudigaard, Zara Ann Stokholm, Jesper Medom Vestergaard, Mette Skovgaard Mohr, Klaus Søndergaard, Kjell Torén, Vivi Schlünssen, Henrik A Kolstad
• Original research: Trajectories of self-rated health before and after retirement: evidence from two cohort studies (11 December, 2019) Free

  Sari Stenholm, Marianna Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
• Original research: Commuting time to work and behaviour-related health: a fixed-effect analysis (13 December, 2019)

  Jaana I Halonen, Anna Pulakka, Jussi Vahtera, Jaana Pentti, Hanna Laström, Sari Stenholm, Linda Magnusson Hanson
• Original research: Mortality in a cohort of US firefighters from San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia: an update (2 January, 2020)

  Lynne Pinkerton, Stephen J Bertke, James Yiin, Matthew Dahm, Travis Kubale, Thomas Hales, Mark Purdue, James J Beaumont, Robert Daniels
• Original research: Characterising near misses and injuries in the temporary agency construction workforce: qualitative study approach (2 January, 2020)

  Katerina Santiago, Xuan Yang, Estefania C Ruano-Herreria, Juanita Chalmers, Philip Cavicchia, Alberto J Caban-Martinez
• Original research: Occupational barriers to accessing and adhering to antiretroviral therapy for female sex workers living with HIV in South Africa (7 January, 2020)

  Lauren E Parmley, Carly A Comins, Katherine Young, Mfezi Mcingana, Deliwe Rene Phetlhu, Vijay Guddera, Happiness Mkhize, Harry Hausler, Stefan Baral, Sheree Schwartz

Environment

• Original research: Exposure to traffic noise and gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention: a cohort study (4 December, 2019)

  Mette Sørensen, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Matthias Ketzel, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen

Methodology

• Original research: Predicting the duration of sickness absence spells due to back pain: a population-based study from Sweden (10 December, 2019)

  Annina Ropponen, Katalin Gémes, Paolo Frumento, Gino Almondo, Matteo Bottai, Emilie Friberg, Kristina Alexanderson