1 Reader in Clinical Health Psychology, Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Department of Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK 2 Consultant in ...

Aims: To use national surveillance data in Canada to describe gender differences in the pattern of farm fatalities and severe injuries (those requiring hospitalisation). Methods: Data from the ...

3 Department of Chemical and Biological Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway 4 Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology, National Institute of Occupational Health ...

The “need for recovery scale” is suggested as an operationalisation for the measurement of (early symptoms of) fatigue at work. Definition of and background on the concept of need for recovery are ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the relative effects on performance of sleep deprivation and alcohol. METHODS Performance effects were studied in the same subjects over a period of 28 hours of sleep deprivation ...

Objectives The study investigated the association between occupational biomechanical risk factors and the occurrence of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis (CMC1 OA) in construction workers.

Correspondence to: Dr M L Burr Department of Epidemiology, Statistics & Public Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK; burrmlcf.ac.uk Aims: To determine ...

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Dr N Roeleveld, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HP 133), Radboud ...

Correspondence to: Prof. R L Maynard, Department of Health, Room 661C, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH, UK; robert.maynard{at}doh.gsi.gov.uk The effects on health of prolonged but low ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the validity of the checklist individual strength questionnaire (CIS) in the working population. This 20 item self reported questionnaire has often been used in patients with ...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether underground construction workers exposed to tunnelling pollutants over a follow up period of 8 years have an increased risk of decline in lung function and respiratory ...