Objectives Night work disrupts sleep, which may increase inflammatory processes, pain sensitivity and pain perception. We ...

This systematic review examined the impact of unemployment and re-employment on mental health problems (depression, anxiety ...

Objectives Shift work disrupts hormonal rhythms, but evidence linking specific shift patterns to cortisol/melatonin ...

Objective While work provides a crucial source of income and purpose, pain can be a significant limiting factor. Yet robust empirical evidence on the factors underlying the link between pain and being ...

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 ...

1 Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA 2 Health Effects Laboratory Division, National ...

Correspondence to Dr Melanie Carder, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; melanie.carder{at}manchester.ac.uk Objectives Exposure to ...

Aims: This study examined the relation between months on the job and lost-time claim rates, with a particular focus on age related differences. Methods: Workers’ compensation records and labour force ...

Aims: To analyse the impact of overtime and extended working hours on the risk of occupational injuries and illnesses among a nationally representative sample of working adults from the United States.

2 Department of Social and Organisational Psychology, Utrecht University, Netherlands 3 Department of Work and Organisational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Correspondence to: Drs I ...

Objectives To examine the association between precarious employment and risk of occupational injury or illness in Ontario, Canada. Methods We combined accepted lost-time compensation claims from the ...