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Cardiovascular mortality among seafarers: a Danish nationwide cohort study
Objectives Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally and the second most frequent cause of death in Denmark. Due to their unique occupational environment, seafarers are ...
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Risk of cancer in workers exposed to styrene at eight British companies making glass-reinforced plastics
Correspondence to Professor David Coggon, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; dnc{at}mrc.soton.ac.uk Objectives To provide further information on ...
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Persistent postoperative pain after inguinal hernia repair in relation to occupational lifting and standing/walking: a 6-month follow-up study
Correspondence to Marie Vestergaard Vad, Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Denmark and Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Danish Ramazzini Centre, Aarhus 8200, Denmark; ...
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Air temperature exposure and outdoor occupational injuries: a significant cold effect in Central Italy
Objective To investigate the short-term effect of air temperature on outdoor occupational injuries (out_OI) in Central Italy, also by taking different geographical factors and employment sectors of ...
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Occupational exposure to solvents and male infertility
Dr N Cherry, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, 13–103 Clinical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G3ncherry{at}ualberta.ca OBJECTIVES To determine whether, in ...
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Poisson regression analysis of ungrouped data
Background: Poisson regression is routinely used for analysis of epidemiological data from studies of large occupational cohorts. It is typically implemented as a grouped method of data analysis in ...