Background: The nested case-control design can be a very efficient approach to an epidemiological investigation. In order to obtain unbiased estimates of relative risk, controls should be selected by ...
Objectives We investigated associations between maternal occupations and a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in ...
Correspondence to Professor Shuhua Xi, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, China Medical University School of Public Health, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, China; shxi{at}cmu.edu.cn ...
Correspondence to Dr Bénédicte Clin, Service de Santé au Travail et Pathologie Professionnelle (Occupational Health Department), C.H.U. (University Hospital) Côte de Nacre, 14033 CAEN Cedex, France; ...
6 The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Queensland, Australia 7 School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 8 ...
Objectives The US Environmental Protection Agency has determined that formaldehyde presents an ‘unreasonable risk of injury to human health’. Occupational inhalation exposure is associated with short- ...
2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, South Karelian Central Hospital, South Karelian District of Social and Health Services, Lappeenranta, Finland 3 Department of Biomedical ...
Objectives Previous analyses of cataract in radiation-exposed populations have assessed relative risk; radiogenic excess additive risk (EAR), arguably of more public health importance, has not been ...
Correspondence to Professor Lygia T Budnik, Occupational Toxicology and Immunology Unit, Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, ...
Objectives To identify and summarise volatile organic compound (VOC) exposure profiles of healthcare occupations. Methods Personal (n=143) and mobile area (n=207) evacuated canisters were collected ...