Occupational Medicine

Editorials:

    John Sorrell

ALAMA: 25 years young
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 367-368; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh127 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

    Mario Vaz and A. V. Bharathi

How sedentary are people in ‘sedentary’ occupations? The physical activity of teachers in urban South India
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 369-372; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg100 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Constance M. Mier and Ann L. Gibson

Evaluation of a treadmill test for predicting the aerobic capacity of firefighters
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 373-378; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh008 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    William W. Davies, John R. Harrison, Christopher W. Ide, Ian S. Robinson, and Anthony Steele-Perkins

Ill-health retirement: a survey of decision making by occupational physicians working for local authority fire and police services
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 379-386; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh034 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Geoffrey Berry, Alan Rogers, and Paul Yeung

Silicosis and lung cancer: a mortality study of compensated men with silicosis in New South Wales, Australia
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 387-394; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh029 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    David Elder, Michael Abramson, David Fish, Anthony Johnson, Dean McKenzie, and Malcolm Sim

Surveillance of Australian workplace Based Respiratory Events (SABRE): notifications for the first 3.5 years and validation of occupational asthma cases
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 395-399; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh050 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    A. N. Ofili, M. C. Asuzu, E. C. Isah, and O. Ogbeide

Job satisfaction and psychological health of doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 400-403; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh081 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Mauro Maniscalco, Luigi Grieco, Aniello Galdi, Jon O. N. Lundberg, and Matteo Sofia

Increase in exhaled nitric oxide in shoe and leather workers at the end of the work-shift
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 404-407; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh082 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Cornelia Johanna Baines, Gail Elizabeth McKeown-Eyssen, Nicole Riley, David Edward C. Cole, Lynn Marshall, Barry Loescher, and Vartouhi Jazmaji

Case–control study of multiple chemical sensitivity, comparing haematology, biochemistry, vitamins and serum volatile organic compound measures
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on September 3, 2004
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 408-418; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh083 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

    H. Andrea, J. F. M. Metsemakers, IJ. Kant, A. J. H. M. Beurskens, G. M. H. Swaen, and C. P. van Schayck

Seeking help in relation to work—visiting the occupational physician or the general practitioner
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 419-421; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh069 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Aslak Savolainen, Jari Ahlberg, Hanna Nummila, and Maunu Nissinen

Active or passive treatment for neck–shoulder pain in occupational health care? A randomized controlled trial
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 422-424; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh070 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    M. K. Schweigert, D. McNeil, and L. Doupe

Treating physicians’ perceptions of barriers to return to work of their patients in Southern Ontario
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 425-429; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh076 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

    Stewart Lloyd

Carotid artery dissection following minimal postural trauma in a firefighter
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 430-431; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh044 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    R. Donnelly, J. B. Buick, and J. Macmahon

Occupational asthma after exposure to plaster casts containing methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 432-434; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqg133 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response:

   Letters to the Editor:

    Bruce Hocking

Thyroiditis and inflammatory bowel disease associated with 50 Hz magnetic field exposure
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 435; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh085 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Monitor:

    Mary Kinoulty

MONITOR
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54: 436; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh129 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Calendar:

Calendar
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 54; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqh128 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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