Occupational Medicine

Editorials:

    John Hobson

Ill-health retirement: time for regulations?
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 341-342; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi132 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Mike Gibson

The celebration of Saint Monday
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 342; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi068 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Eugene R. Waclawski and Ira Madan

In the current era of evidence-based guidelines, do consensus-based guidelines still have a place?
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 343-344; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi095 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

    C. J. M. Poole, C. M. Bass (co-opted), J. E. Sorrell, M. E. Thompson, J. R. Harrison, and A. D. Archer On behalf of the Association of Local Authority Medical Advisers

Ill-health retirement: national rates and updated guidance for occupational physicians
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 1, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 345-348; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi093 [Abstract] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

    Pushpa L. Jayawardana

Ill-health retirement at a health agency between 1991 and 1994
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on February 8, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 349-351; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi016 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Nigel Wilson

Changing medical criteria and medical severance payments may reduce the rate and costs of ill-health retirement
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on March 30, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 352-356; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi032 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Judith Brown, K. Nundita Reetoo, Keith J. Murray, William Thom, and Ewan B. Macdonald

The involvement of occupational health services prior to ill-health retirement in NHS staff in Scotland and predictors of re-employment
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 357-363; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi069 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Deirdre Gleeson and John Gallagher

Ill-health retirement among healthcare workers in the Southern Health Board of the Republic of Ireland
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 364-368; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi098 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    T. A. Smith, R. P. Kanas, I. A. McCoubrey, and M. E. Belton

Code of practice for food handler activities
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on May 27, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 369-370; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi094 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

    H. Mason and N. Williams

The decay of blood lead levels in workers suspended under the control of lead at work regulations
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on March 30, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 371-374; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi050 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Serena Bartys, Kim Burton, and Chris Main

A prospective study of psychosocial risk factors and absence due to musculoskeletal disorders—implications for occupational screening
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on April 12, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 375-379; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi052 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Jason Lyons, Adrian Allsopp, and James Bilzon

Influences of body composition upon the relative metabolic and cardiovascular demands of load-carriage
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 380-384; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi087 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Vicky Huggins, Wasif Anees, Charles Pantin, and Sherwood Burge

Improving the quality of peak flow measurements for the diagnosis of occupational asthma
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 385-388; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi072 [Abstract] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

    H. J. Mason, K. Poole, and J. Elms

Upper limb disability in HAVS cases—how does it relate to the neurosensory or vascular elements of HAVS?
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on May 12, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 389-392; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi076 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

    Philip Wynn and Stephen Bell

Phytophotodermatitis in grounds operatives
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 393-395; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi053 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Anna M. Krakowiak, Wojtek Dudek, Urszula Ruta, and Cezary Palczynski

Occupational eosinophilic bronchitis without asthma due to chloramine exposure
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 396-398; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi054 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

    Veikko Kujala, Jouko Remes, Ellen Ek, Tuija Tammelin, and Jaana Laitinen

Classification of Work Ability Index among young employees
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 399-401; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi075 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response:

   Letters to the Editor:

    C. J. Kalman

Re: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism: an introduction for occupational physicians
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 402-403; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi067 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    C. J. Kalman

The NRL precedent?
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 402; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi070 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Mike McKiernan

Back pain
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 403; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi078 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Ian J. Lawson

Pabulum
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 403-404; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi079 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Peter Noone and Aoife Carroll

Safer devices preventing occupational blood and body fluid exposures
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 404-405; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi080 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    J. T. Mets

Re: The interpretation of zinc protoporphyrin changes in lead intoxication
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 405-406; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi090 [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

    C. J. Martin, C. L. Werntz, III, and A. M. Ducatman

Reply
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 406; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi091 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Leopoldo Paolo Pucillo, Eugenio Bordi, Patrizia De Mori, Anna Festa, and Vincenzo Puro

Safe inoculation of blood for liquid culture
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 406-407; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi103 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Book Reviews:

    Jacques Tamin

Every Family in the Land: Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination against People with Mental Illness
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 408; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi100 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Website Reviews:

    Philip Wynn

WEBSITE REVIEWS
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 409; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi062 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    M. A. Cooke

HSE website: latex allergies
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 410; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi074 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Monitor:

    Mary Kinoulty

MONITOR
Occup Med (Lond) 2005 55: 411; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi112 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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