Occupational exposure to dust has been linked with excess mortality from stomach cancer. To examine this hypothesis in respect of cement workers the mortality of a group of men, identified as cement ...

1 Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Science, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China 2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, 3rd Hospital Affiliated to Peking ...

Aim: To determine the possible influence of high physical load in the workplace on the physical fitness of employees. Methods: The subjects (494 men) were tested by means of Baecke’s questionnaire for ...

The development of methods for the assessment of the thermal environment is traced, and the reasons for the devising of special indices of thermal stress are discussed. The more important of the ...

Background The health impacts of temperatures are gaining attention in Australia and worldwide. While a number of studies have investigated the association of temperatures with the risk of ...

a The Medical Centre, Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Queensland 4825, Australia, b School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia Dr A Michael Donoghue, Senior ...

Department of Neurology, University of Texas, Houston Medical School, USA. OBJECTIVES: To obtain more information about injuries of West End performers. METHODS: A retrospective survey of 269 ...

1 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 2 Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Council of Labor Affairs, Taipei, ...

Frigihashi Clinic, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Jichi Medical School, 644–10 Higashi-Yokoyana, Frigihashi, Ibi, Gifu, SO1–0801, Japan Dr Masatoshi Matsumoto, Frigihashi Clinic, ...

OBJECTIVES To examine environmental exposure and incidence and mortality of cancer in the village of San Carlos surrounded by oil fields in the Amazon basin of Ecuador. METHODS Water samples of the ...

1 Industrywide Studies Branch, Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 US Department of ...

22 International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France Correspondence to Dr Richard G Stevens, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA; bugs ...