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Occupational health

Section edited by Isabelle Niedhammer and Youcheng Liu

This section aims to publish studies on the occupational correlates of health and disease.

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  1. Content type: Research article

    Work stress prevention can reduce health risks for individuals, as well as organisational and societal costs. The success of work stress interventions depends on proper implementation. Failure to take into acc...

    Authors: Bo M. Havermans, Evelien P. M. Brouwers, Rianne J. A. Hoek, Johannes R. Anema, Allard J. van der Beek and Cécile R. L. Boot

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:642

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  2. Content type: Study protocol

    Our public health emergency response system relies on the “first of the first responders”—the emergency call center workforce that handles the emergency needs of a public in distress. Call centers across the U...

    Authors: Janet Baseman, Debra Revere, Ian Painter, Scott Stangenes, Michelle Lilly, Randal Beaton, Rebecca Calhoun and Hendrika Meischke

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:597

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    Nationwide, emergency response systems depend on 9-1-1 telecommunicators to prioritize, triage, and dispatch assistance to those in distress. 9-1-1 call center telecommunicators (TCs) are challenged by acute a...

    Authors: Hendrika Meischke, Michelle Lilly, Randal Beaton, Rebecca Calhoun, Ann Tu, Scott Stangenes, Ian Painter, Debra Revere and Janet Baseman

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:570

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    Completing upper secondary education is associated with higher work participation and less health-related absence from work. Although these outcomes are closely interrelated, most studies focus on single outco...

    Authors: Rune Hoff, Karina Corbett, Ingrid S. Mehlum, Ferdinand A. Mohn, Petter Kristensen, Therese N. Hanvold and Jon M. Gran

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:556

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  6. Content type: Research article

    To explore the effect of low-level lead exposure on renal dysfunction in paint works, and analyze the interaction between low-level lead exposure and other influence factors of renal dysfunction.

    Authors: Xiaojuan Wang, Huiling Liang, Yan Wang, Chang Cai, Jimeng Li, Xun Li, Mian Wang, Mengshi Chen, Xin Xu and Hongzhuan Tan

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:526

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    Hyperglycaemia is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease and a high risk state for progression to type 2 diabetes. Moreover, overweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2, increases th...

    Authors: Emminarie Luisiana Lucas Garcia, David Debensason, Loïc Capron, Antoine Flahault and Jeanine Pommier

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:507

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  8. Content type: Research article

    Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of pain and disability, which may be a source of productivity losses. The objectives of this study were to describe the impact of OA, namely through pain and physical dis...

    Authors: Pedro A. Laires, Helena Canhão, Ana M. Rodrigues, Mónica Eusébio, Miguel Gouveia and Jaime C. Branco

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:472

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  9. Content type: Research article

    Little is known about the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) patients. To estimate the prevalence of LTBI and identify its associated risk factors among...

    Authors: Yan Jin, Huanqiang Wang, Jianfang Zhang, Chunguang Ding, Ke Wen, Jingguang Fan and Tao Li

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:473

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    The growing demand for labour flexibility has resulted in decreasing employment stability that could be associated with poor mental health status. Few studies have analysed the whole of the work force in consi...

    Authors: Imma Cortès-Franch, Vicenta Escribà-Agüir, Joan Benach and Lucía Artazcoz

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:425

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  11. Content type: Research article

    Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common nerve entrapment neuropathy in the working-age population. The reduction of CTS incidence in the workforce is a priority for policy makers due to the human, soci...

    Authors: Yves Roquelaure, Natacha Fouquet, Emilie Chazelle, Alexis Descatha, Bradley Evanoff, Julie Bodin and Audrey Petit

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:426

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  12. Content type: Research article

    Many carcinogenic chemicals are still used or produced in several economic sectors. The aim of this study is to investigate differences in occupational exposure patterns to carcinogens by gender in Italy.

    Authors: Alberto Scarselli, Marisa Corfiati, Davide Di Marzio, Alessandro Marinaccio and Sergio Iavicoli

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:413

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  13. Content type: Research article

    There exists a well established link between employment status and health, with unemployment being associated with poorer health. Much less is known about the association between economic inactivity and health...

    Authors: Eric Emerson, Chris Hatton, Susannah Baines and Janet Robertson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:401

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  14. Content type: Research article

    Flight attendants are an understudied occupational group, despite undergoing a wide and unique range of adverse job-related exposures. In our study, we aimed to characterize the health profile of cabin crew re...

    Authors: Eileen McNeely, Irina Mordukhovich, Samuel Tideman, Sara Gale and Brent Coull

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:346

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    Korea is becoming an aged society. Accordingly, it is very meaningful to investigate the impact of job retention on quality of life (QOL) for older adults. We aimed to understand the pattern of changes over ti...

    Authors: Deulle Min and Eunhee Cho

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:379

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    Occupational injuries cause major health problems in all nations. Coal mining is one of the largest, oldest industries in the world. However, there is relatively little available literature concerning the heal...

    Authors: Murat İnanç Cengiz, Büşra Zengin, Murat İçen and Firüzan Köktürk

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:361

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  17. Content type: Research article

    An increasing number of retirees continue to work beyond retirement despite being eligible to retire. As the prevalence of chronic disease increases with age, working beyond retirement may go along with having...

    Authors: Astrid de Wind, Micky Scharn, Goedele A. Geuskens, Allard J. van der Beek and Cécile R. L. Boot

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:265

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  18. Content type: Study protocol

    Exposure to sunlight can have both positive and negative health impacts. Excessive exposure to ultra-violet (UV) radiation from the sun can cause skin cancer, however insufficient exposure to sunlight has a de...

    Authors: Amanda Nioi, Charlotte Wendelboe-Nelson, Sue Cowan, Hilary Cowie, Shahzad Rashid, Peter Ritchie, Mark Cherrie, Terry C. Lansdown and John W. Cherrie

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:259

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  19. Content type: Research article

    The aim was to investigate the prevalence of health problems and work environment problems and how these are associated with subjective production loss among women and men at an academic workplace. An addition...

    Authors: Malin Lohela-Karlsson, Lotta Nybergh and Irene Jensen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:257

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  20. Content type: Study protocol

    Recent research has suggested that interventions at the workplace might be the most potent ingredient in return to work interventions, but few studies have investigated the different effects of workplace inter...

    Authors: Marit B. Rise, Martin Skagseth, Nina E. Klevanger, Lene Aasdahl, Petter Borchgrevink, Chris Jensen, Hanne Tenggren, Vidar Halsteinli, Trym N. Jacobsen, Svein B. Løland, Roar Johnsen and Marius S. Fimland

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:219

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