Occupational Medicine

In this issue of Occupational Medicine:

    John Hobson

In this issue of Occupational Medicine
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 437; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql101 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

    Debbie Cohen and Melody Rhydderch

Measuring a doctor's performance: personality, health and well-being
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 438-440; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql076 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    James Preston

Publication of dissertations
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 440-441; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql063 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Susan A. Robson

Why I became an occupational physician ...
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 441; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql065 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

    Corné A. M. Roelen, Tjepke R. van der Pol, Petra C. Koopmans, and Johan W. Groothoff

Identifying workers at risk of sickness absence by questionnaire
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 11, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 442-446; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    C. Cunningham, T. Flynn, and C. Blake

Low back pain and occupation among Irish health service workers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 22, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 447-454; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Mostafa Ghaffari, Akbar Alipour, Irene Jensen, Ali Asghar Farshad, and Eva Vingard

Low back pain among Iranian industrial workers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 455-460; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    David Rebergen, John Hoenen, Annemarie Heinemans, David Bruinvels, Arnold Bakker, and Willem van Mechelen

Adherence to mental health guidelines by Dutch occupational physicians
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 461-468; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Merete Labriola, Thomas Lund, and Hermann Burr

Prospective study of physical and psychosocial risk factors for sickness absence
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on July 3, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 469-474; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    M. M. A. De Valk, C. Oostrom, and A. J. P. Schrijvers

An assessment of occupational health care in the Netherlands (1996–2005)
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 8, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 475-479; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Judith Brown, W. Harper Gilmour, and Ewan B. Macdonald

Return to work after ill-health retirement in Scottish NHS staff and teachers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 7, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 480-484; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Dominik D. Alexander, Pamela J. Mink, Jeffrey H. Mandel, and Michael A. Kelsh

A meta-analysis of occupational trichloroethylene exposure and multiple myeloma or leukaemia
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 11, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 485-493; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

    Toshihiko Sakakibara, Yuichi Kasai, and Atsumasa Uchida

Effects of driving on low back pain
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 494-496; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Nicola Hunter, Chris Sharp, Julie Denning, and Lutgen Terblanche

Evaluation of a functional restoration programme in chronic low back pain
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 11, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 497-500; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Aliye Mandiracioglu and Olcay Cam

Violence exposure and burn-out among Turkish nursing home staff
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 3, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 501-503; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Reports:

    Alexis Descatha, Dominique Mompoint, and Jacques Ameille

Occupational paraffin-induced pulmonary fibrosis: a 25-year follow-up
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 1, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 504-506; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Sami Youakim

Thenar hammer syndrome: a case report
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on August 11, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 507-509; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response:

   Letters to the Editor:

    Padraic J. Ryan and Karen Crampin

Time cost associated with smoking at work highlighted by baseline survey of employees participating in a workplace smoking cessation programme
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 510; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql077 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Book Reviews:

    Simon C. Sheard

Expert Guide to Rheumatology. Arthur M. F. Yee and Stephen A. Paget. Published by American college of Physicians, 2005. ISBN 1-930513-55-0. Price: £31.95.
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 511; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql066 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Kevin Barraclough

Occupational Health Law, 4th edition. Diana Kloss. Published by Blackwell Science, 2005. ISBN 0-632-06497-8. Price: £65.
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 511-512; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql068 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   

Top 10 articles to August 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 512; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql123 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   WEBSITE REVIEW:

    David Haldane

Drugscope: www.drugscope.org.uk
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 513; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql082 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   MONITOR:

    Dipti Patel

Exposure to loud noise and risk of acoustic neuroma
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 514; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql095 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Calendar:

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CALENDAR
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql111 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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