Occupational Medicine

Editorials:

    David Coggon

Academic occupational medicine
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 73-74; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj022 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    John Harrison

Illness in doctors and dentists and their fitness for work—are the cobbler's children getting their shoes at last?
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 75-76; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj042 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

    Sara Taub, Karine Morin, Michael S. Goldrich, Priscilla Ray, and Regina Benjamin for the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association

Physician health and wellness
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 77-82; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Mirei Uetani, Yasushi Suwazono, Etsuko Kobayashi, Takeya Inaba, Mitsuhiro Oishi, and Koji Nogawa

A longitudinal study of the influence of shift work on serum uric acid levels in workers at a telecommunications company
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on November 2, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 83-88; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Sihao Lin, Zhiming Wang, and Mianzhen Wang

Work ability of workers in western China: reference data
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on November 2, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 89-93; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Michael Feuerstein and Rena A. Nicholas

Development of a short form of the Workstyle measure
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on December 15, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 94-99; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

    Mary Kinoulty and Nerys Williams

Occupational health provision and health surveillance in the semiconductor industry
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on November 30, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 100-101; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Isabelle Leroux, Chantal Brisson, and Sylvie Montreuil

Job strain and neck–shoulder symptoms: a prevalence study of women and men white-collar workers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on December 21, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 102-109; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Paul Grime, Siân Williams, and Sandra Nicholson

Medical students' evaluation of a teaching session in occupational medicine: the value of a workplace visit
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on December 21, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 110-114; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

    Roberta Bonfiglioli, Stefano Mattioli, Maria Rosa Spagnolo, and Francesco Saverio Violante

Course of symptoms and median nerve conduction values in workers performing repetitive jobs at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on December 21, 2005
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 115-121; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    P. A. Noone, E. R. Waclawski, and A. D. Watt

Are endoscopy nurses at risk of infection with Helicobacter pylori from their work?
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on January 3, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 122-128; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

    Katrien Mortelmans, Peter Donceel, and Dirk Lahaye

Disability management through positive intervention in stakeholders' information asymmetry. A pilot study
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on February 1, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 129-136; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Claire Ryall, David Coggon, Robert Peveler, Isabel Reading, and Keith T. Palmer

A case–control study of risk factors for arm pain presenting to primary care services
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on February 1, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 137-143; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

    Hudaverdi Kucuker

Occupational fatalities among coal mine workers in Zonguldak, Turkey, 1994–2003
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 144-146; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Monitor:

   

Mortality and the economic cycle
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 146; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj045 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response:

   Book Reviews:

    Nerys Williams

An Essential Medical Miscellany. Ayan Panja. Published by RSM Press Ltd, 2005. ISBN 1-85315-631-0. Price: £12.95 (hardback). 124 pp.
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 147; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi174 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Frank Gallagher

Your Questions Answered: Depression. Cosmo Hallstrom and Nicola McClure. Published by Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005. ISBN 0-443-07290-6 Price: £19.99.
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 147-148; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqi180 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Steven Boorman

Business Psychology in Practice. Pauline Grant. Published by Whurr Publishers Ltd, 2005. ISBN 1-86156-4767. £19.99. 398 pp.
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 148; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj008 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Website Reviews:

    Euan Thompson

www.onmedica.net
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 149; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj010 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Calendar:

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CALENDAR
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqj047 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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