Objectives We investigated associations between maternal occupations and a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. Methods We obtained data for 1702 ASD cases born between 1973 and ...

5 Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Correspondence to: Dr D Christiani Occupational Health Program, ...

Objectives: Benzene is a widely recognised cause of leukaemia but its association with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is less well established. The goal of this project is to review the current ...

Objectives Exposure to high altitude can affect human health, including the development of adverse cardiovascular effects. This study aimed to investigate alterations in cardiac morphology and ...

A simple experimental model was used to study the influence of organic solvents and solvent mixtures on the integrity of biological membranes. Radiolabelled membranes were prepared biosynthetically by ...

Aims: To examine the dimensionality, internal consistency, and construct validity of a new physical workload questionnaire in employees with musculoskeletal complaints. Methods: Factor analysis was ...

2 Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain 3 Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for ...

Correspondence to Professor Duncan McVicar, Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5EE, UK; d.mcvicar{at}qub.ac.uk Objectives This paper assessed the impact of working in ...

2 Department of Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 3 Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, ...

In order to know as much as possible about human reactions under conditions of extreme ambient air temperatures, and about the ability of men to survive under these conditions and to assist in their ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relation between different types of exposure to noise and a classic sign of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), the audiometric notch. METHODS The study sample had ...