Occupational Medicine

In this issue of Occupational Medicine:

    Jeremy R. Beach

In this issue of Occupational Medicine
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 515; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql139 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In-depth Reviews:

    Alex Burdorf, Irene Figà-Talamanca, Tina Kold Jensen, and Ane Marie Thulstrup

Effects of occupational exposure on the reproductive system: core evidence and practical implications
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 516-520; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql113 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Donald Hunter

The diseases of occupations
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 520; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql128 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Irene Figà-Talamanca

Occupational risk factors and reproductive health of women
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 521-531; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Ane Marie Thulstrup and Jens Peter Bonde

Maternal occupational exposure and risk of specific birth defects
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 532-543; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Tina Kold Jensen, Jens Peter Bonde, and Michael Joffe

The influence of occupational exposure on male reproductive function
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 544-553; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

    Metin Akgun, Arzu Mirici, Elif Yilmazel Ucar, Mecit Kantarci, Omer Araz, and Metin Gorguner

Silicosis in Turkish denim sandblasters
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on October 4, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 554-558; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Paul Dawkins, Alastair Robertson, Wendy Robertson, Vicky Moore, John Reynolds, Gerald Langman, Edward Robinson, Joanne Harris-Roberts, Brian Crook, and Sherwood Burge

An outbreak of extrinsic alveolitis at a car engine plant
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on November 9, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 559-565; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Alexander Elder and Caron Paterson

Sharps injuries in UK health care: a review of injury rates, viral transmission and potential efficacy of safety devices
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on October 25, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 566-574; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

    Paula Chiarello, Paulo Scatena Sobrinho, Marta Neves Campanelli Marçal Vieira, and Rosa Wanda Diez Garcia

Protein-energy supplements to preserve nutritional status of sugar cane cutters
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on October 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 575-577; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Koji Wada, Noritada Katoh, Yutaka Aratake, Yasushi Furukawa, Toshio Hayashi, Emi Satoh, Katsutoshi Tanaka, Toshihiko Satoh, and Yoshiharu Aizawa

Effects of overtime work on blood pressure and body mass index in Japanese male workers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on October 16, 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 578-580; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response:

   Letters to the Editor:

    John H. Lange, JA Hoskins, and G Mastrangelo

Smoking rates in asbestos workers
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 581; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql090 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Terry Edwards

Appendix to Ill-health retirement: national rates and updated guidance for occupational physicians. Poole CJM, Bass CM (co-opted), Sorrell JE, Thompson ME, Harrison JR, Archer AD on behalf of the Association of Local Authority Medical Advisers. Occupational Medicine 2005;55
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 581-582; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql096 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    CJM Poole, CM Bass, JE Sorrell, ME Thompson, JR Harrison, and AD Archer

Reply
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 582-583; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql144 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    David Wright

Why I became an occupational physician ...
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 583; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql067 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Book Reviews:

    Nerys Williams

Obesity Prevention and Public Health
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 584; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql069 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Lucy Wright

Clinical Practice
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 584-585; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql081 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    Robin Philipp

Reflections on Spirituality and Health
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 585; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Website Reviews:

    David Haldane

MoodGYM: http://moodgym.anu.edu.au/
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 586; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql121 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Monitor:

   

Waste incineration—a quantitative evaluation of the health risk
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 587-589; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql136 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    JJA Blakely

Harmful noise
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: 589; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql118 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    El Murphy

Observations on craft palsies
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: NP; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql119 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

    El Murphy

Observations on craft palsies
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56: NP; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql120 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

   Calendar:

Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Occupational Medicine 2006 Solihull, 19–22 June 2006
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql149 [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CALENDAR
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql150 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thank you to reviewers
Occup Med (Lond) 2006 56; doi:10.1093/occmed/kql145 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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