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OEM is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality research relating to the full range of chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial hazards in the workplace and to environmental contaminants and their health effects.
Role of female sex and occupational exposures when examining …
In this recent issue, new and interesting results regarding the effects of occupational exposure on carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are presented.1 The data were from a nationwide cohort study that included more than two million persons born in Denmark (the largest study conducted on CTS) and used a job-exposure matrix to evaluate occupational exposures. The large size of the database was well ...
Roadmap to effective and attainable workplace heat standards in …
2023 was the hottest year on record; 2024 is set to be even hotter. The rise in climate change-driven occupational heat stress is putting the health and livelihoods of workers at grave risk.1 2 The number of workers suffering the consequences of excessive heat is alarming. An International Labor Organization (ILO) report in 2024 has shown that at least 71% of the global working population are ...
Occupational environment and ovarian cancer risk
Objectives To investigate employment in an occupation or industry and specific occupational exposures in relation to ovarian cancer risk. Methods In a population-based case–control study conducted in Montreal, Canada (2011–2016), lifetime occupational histories were collected for 491 cases of ovarian cancer and 897 controls. An industrial hygienist coded the occupation and industry of each ...
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Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study (4 October, 2024) Free
Mediating effect of working conditions on the association between ...
Objectives It is not fully known what explains educational inequalities in early labour market exits. This study aims to examine the mediating effect of exposure to unfavourable working conditions, measured by low job control and high physical workload, on the association between education and early labour market exit among men. Methods …
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former ...
Objectives Career duration is often used as a metric of neurotrauma exposure in studies of elite athletes. However, as a proxy metric, career length may not accurately represent causal factors, and associations with health outcomes may be susceptible to selection effects. To date, relationships between professional American-style football (ASF) career length and postcareer health remain ...
O8A.4 Asbestos exposure and prostate cancer, really?
Results After restriction to probable and definite exposure, and application of a 5 year lag, 12.5% of cases and 11.8% of controls were ever exposed to asbestos (OR=1.1, 95% CI 0.9–1.3). For duration of exposure, there was no increase in risk of overall prostate cancer in the lower tertiles of exposure but risk was elevated in the upper tertile (OR=1.6, 95% CI 1.2–2.2).
Design of exposure questionnaires for epidemiological studies
Questionnaires are frequently used in the exposure assessment of occupational and environmental epidemiological studies. Questionnaires may be the method of choice for assessing exposure because no other sources of information are available, or because they provide the most efficient data collection method, allowing a larger study size and greater statistical power than would be possible with ...
COVID-19 risk by work-related factors: pooled analysis of …
Background SARS-CoV-2 infection rates vary by occupation, but the association with work-related characteristics (such as home working, keyworker or furlough) are not fully understood and may depend on ascertainment approach. We assessed infection risks across work-related characteristics and compared findings using different ascertainment approaches. Methods Participants of 14 UK-based ...