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Occupational health

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


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  1. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) represent a major public health problem and economic burden to employers, workers and health insurance systems. This systematic review had two objectives: (1) to a...

    Authors: Hélène Sultan-Taïeb, Annick Parent-Lamarche, Aurélie Gaillard, Susan Stock, Nektaria Nicolakakis, Quan Nha Hong, Michel Vezina, Youssouph Coulibaly, Nicole Vézina and Diane Berthelette

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:935

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  2. Research has shown that perceived unfairness contributes to higher rates of sickness absence. While shorter, but more frequent periods of sickness absence might be a possibility for the individual to get relie...

    Authors: Constanze Leineweber, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Paraskevi Peristera, Constanze Eib, Anna Nyberg and Hugo Westerlund

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:912

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  3. International comparisons of the disability employment gap are an important driver of policy change. However, previous comparisons have used the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SI...

    Authors: Ben Baumberg Geiger, Kjetil A. van der Wel and Anne Grete Tøge

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:928

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  4. Emergency service vehicle crashes (ESVCs) are a leading cause of death in the United States fire service. Risk management (RM) is a proactive process for identifying occupational risks and reducing hazards and...

    Authors: David P. Bui, Keshia Pollack Porter, Stephanie Griffin, Dustin D. French, Alesia M. Jung, Stephen Crothers and Jefferey L. Burgess

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:885

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:923

  5. Work life expectancy (WLE) expresses the expected time a person will remain in the labor market until he or she retires. This paper compares a life table approach to estimating WLE to an approach based on mult...

    Authors: Jacob Pedersen and Jakob Bue Bjorner

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:879

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  6. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) represents one of the most hazardous work environments. While formalization of this sector has been suggested (e.g., Minamata Convention) as a means to improve work...

    Authors: Benedict N. L. Calys-Tagoe, Edith Clarke, Thomas Robins and Niladri Basu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:862

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  7. Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk for occupational blood exposures (OBEs) and transmission of bloodborne pathogens. This study elucidated the incidence rate and epidemiological characteristics of OBE...

    Authors: Ju Hyun Lee, Junhyeon Cho, Yung Jung Kim, Sang Hyuk Im, Eun Sun Jang, Jin-Wook Kim, Hong Bin Kim and Sook-Hyang Jeong

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:827

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  8. Work-related head injury is a critical public health issue due to its rising prevalence; the association with profound disruption of workers’ lives; and significant economic burdens in terms of medical costs a...

    Authors: P. Kontos, A. Grigorovich, B. Nowrouzi, B. Sharma, J. Lewko, T. Mollayeva and A. Colantonio

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:824

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  9. The incidence of type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide. Since so little is known about work life of individuals with type 1 diabetes, we examined incidence and prevalence trends of type 1 diabetes among work...

    Authors: Pirjo Hakkarainen, Reijo Sund, Martti Arffman, Sari Koski, Vilma Hänninen, Leena Moilanen and Kimmo Räsänen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:805

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  10. While benefits of workplace physical exercise on physical health is well known, little is known about the psychosocial effects of such initiatives. This study evaluates the effect of workplace versus home-base...

    Authors: Markus D. Jakobsen, Emil Sundstrup, Mikkel Brandt and Lars L. Andersen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:798

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  11. The process of returning to work after long-term sick leave can sometimes be complex. Many factors, (e.g. cooperation between different authorities and the individual as well as individual factors such as heal...

    Authors: Åsa Andersén, Christian Ståhl, Ingrid Anderzén, Per Kristiansson and Kjerstin Larsson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:790

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  12. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), and the European Union ...

    Authors: Jorma Rantanen, Suvi Lehtinen, Antonio Valenti and Sergio Iavicoli

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:787

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  13. Chronic work-related stress is quite prevalent in the working population and is in some cases accompanied by long-term sick leave. These stress complaints highly impact employees and are costly due to lost pro...

    Authors: Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Antonius M.C. Schoutens, Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen and Judith K. Sluiter

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:761

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  14. The manner in which organizational downsizing is implemented can make a substantial difference as to whether the exposed workers will suffer from psychological ill health. Surprisingly, little research has dir...

    Authors: Elena Andreeva, M. Harvey Brenner, Töres Theorell and Marcel Goldberg

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:758

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  16. Previous research has reported that sexual harassment can lead to reduced mental health. Few studies have focused on sexual harassment conducted by clients or customers, which might occur in person-related occ...

    Authors: Maria K. Friborg, Jørgen V. Hansen, Per T. Aldrich, Anna P. Folker, Susie Kjær, Maj Britt D. Nielsen, Reiner Rugulies and Ida E. H. Madsen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:675

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  17. Current Canadian evidence illustrating the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of caregiver-friendly workplace policies is needed if Canadian employers are to adopt and integrate caregiver-friendly workplac...

    Authors: Allison M. Williams, Emile Tompa, Donna S. Lero, Janet Fast, Amin Yazdani and Isik U. Zeytinoglu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:728

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  18. Workplace stressors, such as bullying, are strongly related to subsequent long-term sickness absence, but little is known of the possible physiological mechanisms linking workplace stressors and sickness absen...

    Authors: Matias Brødsgaard Grynderup, Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Theis Lange, Paul Maurice Conway, Jens Peter Bonde, Anne Helene Garde, Maria Gullander, Linda Kaerlev, Roger Persson, Reiner Rugulies, Marianne Agergaard Vammen, Annie Høgh and Åse Marie Hansen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:710

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  19. The aims of the present study were to: 1) gain insight into reasons for working beyond the statutory retirement age from older workers’ perspectives, and 2) explore how the domains of the research framework St...

    Authors: Ranu Sewdas, Astrid de Wind, Lennart G.L. van der Zwaan, Wieke E. van der Borg, Romy Steenbeek, Allard J. van der Beek and Cécile R.L. Boot

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:672

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  20. Musculoskeletal diseases and mental disorders are major causes of long-term sickness absence in Western countries. Although sickness absence is generally more common in lower occupational classes, little is kn...

    Authors: Johanna Pekkala, Jenni Blomgren, Olli Pietiläinen, Eero Lahelma and Ossi Rahkonen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:670

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  21. Sociodemographic, health- and work-related factors have been found to influence return to work in cancer survivors. It is feasible though that behavioural factors, such as expectation of being at work, could a...

    Authors: Saskia F. A. Duijts, Allard J. van der Beek, Eveline M. A. Bleiker, Lee Smith and Jane Wardle

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:640

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  22. The triple epidemic of silicosis, tuberculosis and HIV infection among migrant miners from South Africa and neighbouring countries who have worked in the South African mining industry is currently the target o...

    Authors: Rodney Ehrlich, Alex Montgomery, Paula Akugizibwe and Gregg Gonsalves

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:93

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  23. Caregiving burden and depression in family caregivers have been investigated, but little is known about how they affect paid caregivers. The aim of this study was to investigate caregiving burden and depressio...

    Authors: Yao-Dan Liang, Ya-Li Wang, Zhi Li, Li He, Ying Xu, Qing Zhang, Gui-Ying You and Xu-Hua Mi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:53

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  24. Effects of return to work (RTW) interventions vary, and more knowledge is needed about the factors that contribute to RTW. This study investigated changes in work participation and mental health, and predictor...

    Authors: Mattias Victor, Bjørn Lau and Torleif Ruud

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:27

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  25. Adequate implementation of work-related stress management interventions can reduce or prevent work-related stress and sick leave in organizations. We developed a multifaceted integral stress-prevention strateg...

    Authors: Rianne J. A. Hoek, Bo M. Havermans, Irene L. D. Houtman, Evelien P. M. Brouwers, Yvonne F. Heerkens, Moniek C. Zijlstra-Vlasveld, Johannes R. Anema, Allard J. van der Beek and Cécile R. L. Boot

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:26

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  26. In French Guiana, a French overseas territory in South America, 6 to 10 thousands undocumented persons work illegally in gold mining sites in the Amazonian forest. Precarious life conditions lead to poor healt...

    Authors: Maylis Douine, Emilie Mosnier, Quentin Le Hingrat, Charlotte Charpentier, Florine Corlin, Louise Hureau, Antoine Adenis, Yassamine Lazrek, Florence Niemetsky, Anne-Laure Aucouturier, Magalie Demar, Lise Musset and Mathieu Nacher

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:23

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  27. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) constitutes a huge burden for patients and studies show that IBD patients have difficulties remaining in employment. Because there is no data about the unemployment of IBD pati...

    Authors: J Mahlich, K Matsuoka, Y Nakamura and R Sruamsiri

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:623

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  28. Mercury is a toxic metal with its effects on human health ranging from acute to chronic in a very short time of exposure. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the main source of direct human exposur...

    Authors: Justice Afrifa, Samuel Essien-Baidoo, Richard K.D. Ephraim, Daniel Nkrumah and Daniel Osei Dankyira

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:601

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  29. The aim was to investigate the associations between mental disorders and three different measures of labour-market marginalisation, and differences between native Swedes and immigrants.

    Authors: Magnus Helgesson, Petter Tinghög, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Fredrik Saboonchi and Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:593

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  31. Suicide rates among those employed in male-dominated professions such as construction are elevated compared to other occupational groups. Thus far, past research has been mainly quantitative and has been unabl...

    Authors: Allison Milner, Humaira Maheen, Dianne Currier and Anthony D LaMontagne

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:584

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  32. It has been discussed whether the relationship between a patient on sick leave and his/her general practitioner (GP) is too close, as this may hinder the GP’s objective evaluation of need for sick leave. Indep...

    Authors: Elisabeth Husabo, Karin Monstad, Tor Helge Holmås, Irene Oyeflaten, Erik L. Werner and Silje Maeland

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:573

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  33. This study sought to examine the relationship between tobacco-free policies at worksites to worksite demographics such as company size and geographic location.

    Authors: Elizabeth Ablah, Frank Dong and Kurt Konda

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:566

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  34. Health care workers are exposed to psychosocial work factors. Autonomy and social support are psychosocial work factors that are related to stress, and are argued to largely result from the psychosocial safety...

    Authors: Bo M. Havermans, Cécile R. L. Boot, Irene L. D. Houtman, Evelien P. M. Brouwers, Johannes R. Anema and Allard J. van der Beek

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:558

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  35. The prevalence of workers with demanding physical working conditions in the European work force remains high, and occupational physical exposures are considered important risk factors for musculoskeletal disor...

    Authors: Tore Tynes, Cecilie Aagestad, Sannie Vester Thorsen, Lars Louis Andersen, Merja Perkio-Makela, Francisco Javier Pinilla García, Luz Galiana Blanco, Greet Vermeylen, Agnes Parent-Thirion, Wendela Hooftman, Irene Houtman, Falk Liebers, Hermann Burr and Maren Formazin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:544

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  36. Many studies have reported that unemployment has a negative effect on health. However, little is known about the long-term effect for those who become unemployed when they are young adults. Our aim was to exam...

    Authors: Fredrik Norström, Urban Janlert and Anne Hammarström

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:529

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  37. Common mental disorders have a negative impact on work functioning, but less is known about the process when the functioning starts to destabilize. This study explores experiences of work instability in worker...

    Authors: Louise Danielsson, Monica Bertilsson, Kristina Holmgren and Gunnel Hensing

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:472

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  38. Few studies have examined the impact of ‘sit less, move more’ interventions on workplace performance. This study assessed the short and mid-term impacts of and patterns of change within, a 19-week workplace we...

    Authors: Anna Puig-Ribera, Judit Bort-Roig, Maria Giné-Garriga, Angel M. González-Suárez, Iván Martínez-Lemos, Jesús Fortuño, Joan C. Martori, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Raimon Milà, Nicholas D. Gilson and Jim McKenna

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:455

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  39. Common mental disorders (CMDs) are among the leading causes of sick leave in Sweden and other OECD countries. They result in suffering for the individual and considerable financial costs for the employer and f...

    Authors: G. Bergström, M. Lohela-Karlsson, L. Kwak, L. Bodin, I. Jensen, M. Torgén and L. Nybergh

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:436

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  40. This study analyzes the process of establishing and developing a cooperative vocational rehabilitation project with special focus on organizational and professional aspects. In the project, officials from the ...

    Authors: Christian Ståhl, Åsa Andersén, Ingrid Anderzén and Kjerstin Larsson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:431

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  41. Lead-exposed workers may suffer adverse health effects under the currently regulated blood lead (BPb) levels. However, a probabilistic assessment about lead exposure-associated anemia risk is lacking. The goal...

    Authors: Nan-Hung Hsieh, Shun-Hui Chung, Szu-Chieh Chen, Wei-Yu Chen, Yi-Hsien Cheng, Yi-Jun Lin, Su-Han You and Chung-Min Liao

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:389

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  42. A number of companies publish corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in booklets and other publicly available formats. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the nine-year (2004–2012) trend of occupa...

    Authors: Tomohisa Nagata, Akinori Nakata, Koji Mori, Takashi Maruyama, Futoshi Kawashita and Masako Nagata

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:381

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  43. Migrants resident in Italy exceeded 5 million in 2015, representing 8.2% of the resident population. The study of the mechanisms that explain the differential health of migrant workers (as a whole and for spec...

    Authors: Massimiliano Giraudo, Antonella Bena and Giuseppe Costa

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:351

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  44. Return to work (RTW) is important for recovery post-injury. Fear of (re)injury is a strong predictor of delayed RTW, and therefore much attention has been given to addressing injured workers’ fear beliefs. How...

    Authors: Samantha Bunzli, Nabita Singh, Danielle Mazza, Alex Collie, Agnieszka Kosny, Rasa Ruseckaite and Bianca Brijnath

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:313

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  45. Labour market participation among young adults is essential for their future socioeconomic status and health. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between perceived stress among 20–21 year-...

    Authors: Nanna Trolle, Thomas Lund, Trine Nohr Winding and Merete Labriola

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:287

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  46. Sedentary behavior is considered an independent cause of cardio-metabolic diseases, regardless of physical activity level and obesity. Few studies have reported the association between leisure sedentary time a...

    Authors: Man Sup Lim, Bumjung Park, Il Gyu Kong, Songyong Sim, So Young Kim, Jin-Hwan Kim and Hyo Geun Choi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:278

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  47. Construction and health care workers have a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, and they are assumed to have physically demanding jobs. Profession- and gender-specific associations between individual...

    Authors: Lene Lehmann Moberg, Lars-Kristian Lunde, Markus Koch, Anne Therese Tveter and Kaj Bo Veiersted

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:272

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  48. Practitioners and decision makers in the medical and insurance systems need knowledge on the relationship between work exposures and burnout. Many burnout studies – original as well as reviews - restricted the...

    Authors: Gunnar Aronsson, Töres Theorell, Tom Grape, Anne Hammarström, Christer Hogstedt, Ina Marteinsdottir, Ingmar Skoog, Lil Träskman-Bendz and Charlotte Hall

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:264

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  50. Previous studies indicate that psychological, social, and organizational factors at work contribute to health, motivation, absence from work, and functional ability.

    Authors: Stein Knardahl, Håkon A. Johannessen, Tom Sterud, Mikko Härmä, Reiner Rugulies, Jorma Seitsamo and Vilhelm Borg

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:176

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