Occupational Medicine

Editorials:

    Tony Maltby

Moving beyond the ‘cliff edge’? Age regulations and a sustainable future for employment in later life
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 361-362; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql043 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    J. Ilmarinen

The ageing workforce—challenges for occupational health
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 362-364; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql046 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

    Nadi Bakirci, Abdullah Sayiner, Feride Sacaklioglu, and Ulku Bayindir

Across-shift lung function variation in cottonseed oil workers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 14, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 365-370; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, Helge Kjuus, Kaj Bo Veiersted, and Ebba Wergeland

Self-reported work-related health problems from the Oslo Health Study
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on May 24, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 371-379; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Ulf Hedlund, B. Järvholm, and B. Lundbäck

Persistence of respiratory symptoms in ex-underground iron ore miners
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 9, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 380-385; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Gisela Rose, Lars Kumlin, Lennart Dimberg, Calle Bengtsson, Kristina Orth-Gomer, and Xiaodong Cai

Work-related life events, psychological well-being and cardiovascular risk factors in male Swedish automotive workers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 386-392; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

    Olaf C. Jensen, Jens F. L. Sørensen, Michelle Thomas, M. Luisa Canals, Nebojsa Nikolic, and Yunping Hu

Working conditions in international seafaring
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 27, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 393-397; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

    J. C. McDonald, M. H. Beck, Y. Chen, and Nicola M. Cherry

Incidence by occupation and industry of work-related skin diseases in the United Kingdom, 1996–2001
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 398-405; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Yiqun Chen, J. Corbett McDonald, and Nicola M. Cherry

Incidence and suspected cause of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, United Kingdom, 1996–2001
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 406-413; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

    Nicola M. Cherry, Yiqun Chen, and J. Corbett McDonald

Reported incidence and precipitating factors of work-related stress and mental ill-health in the United Kingdom (1996–2001)
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 19, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 414-421; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

    Kerry Poole, Joanne Elms, and Howard Mason

Modification of the Stockholm Vascular Scale
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 422-425; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report:

    M. Hamill, A. Copas, and S. M. Murphy

Incentives for voluntary HIV testing in NHS staff
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 22, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 426-429; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Peter Verow

Why I became an occupational physician ...
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 429; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql032 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report:

    Timo Hannu, Kristiina Alanko, and Helena Keskinen

Anaphylaxis and allergic contact urticaria from occupational airborne exposure to HBTU
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on July 21, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 430-433; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response:

   MONITOR:

    Dipti Patel

Shift work, light at night and risk of breast cancer
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 433; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql078 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Book Reviews:

    Nerys Williams

Workplace Violence: Issues, Trends, Strategies. Edited by V. Bowie, B. S. Fisher and C. L. Cooper. Published by Willan Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84392-134-0. Price: £27.50. 312 pp.
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 434; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql060 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Elizabeth Murphy

Practical Psychiatric Epidemiology. Edited by Martin Prince, Robert Stewart, Tamsin Ford and Matthew Hotopf. Published by Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 10:0-19-851551-0 and 13:978-0-19-851551-7. Price: £39.95 (Paperback). 414 pp.
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 434-435; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql061 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   

Top Abstracts to July 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 435; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql091 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CALENDAR
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql092 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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