Objectives Studies on accelerometer-measured daily physical activity behaviour, especially among hybrid and remote workers, are scarce. We compared daily occupational and non-occupational physical ...

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Objectives Understanding of long-term lung cancer risks from radon decay products (RDP) exposure derives largely from studies of uranium miners. We aimed to compare mortality for lung and other ...

Objectives High silica content artificial stone has been found to be associated with silicosis among stone benchtop industry (SBI) workers. The objectives of this study were to determine the ...

Background: There have been few investigations of an association between poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) dust exposure and an increase in lung cancer incidence, and their conclusions have been ...

Aims: To evaluate the mortality experience of 11 039 workers exposed to formaldehyde for three months or more in three garment plants. The mean time weighted average formaldehyde exposure at the ...

Aims: To study the relation between exposure to crystalline silica and silicosis mortality. Although mortality is an important endpoint for regulators, there have been no exposure-response studies for ...

Conclusion Maternal occupational noise exposure below the 85 dBA threshold recognised as hazardous may be associated with SGA among infants. Elevated point estimates (>1) were observed for the highest ...

Objectives To determine the effects of work exposures on fertility in tradeswomen. Methods Women apprenticed in welding and electrical trades across Canada were recruited (2011–2017) to a prospective ...

Objectives Lifting is a common self-reported aggravating factor associated with individuals experiencing low back pain (LBP). However, there is a paucity of longitudinal studies with multiple measures ...

Multiple occupational hazards in a large service sector Professional cleaning is a basic service occupation that is carried out worldwide in many different environments, both indoors and outdoors.