9 articles in this issue
Supriya Tandon,Sharat Gupta,Sharanjeet Singh,Avnish Kumar
Background: Brick manufacturing industry is one of the oldest and fast-growing industries in India that employs a large section of people. Brick kiln workers are occupationally exposed to air pollutants. Nonetheless, only a few studies have so far been co... see more
Heidi Vastamäki,Martti Vastamäki,Katri Laimi,Michail Saltychev
Background: Poorly functioning work environments may lead to dissatisfaction for the employees and financial loss for the employers. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) was designed to measure social and psychological characteristics of work environments.... see more
Tomislav M Jelic,Oscar C Estalilla,Phyllis R Sawyer-Kaplan,Milton J Plata,Jeremy T Powers,Mary Emmett,John T Kuenstner
Background: Diseases associated with coal mine dust continue to affect coal miners. Elucidation of initial pathological changes as a precursor of coal dust-related diffuse fibrosis and emphysema, may have a role in treatment and prevention.Objective: To i... see more
Rasool Mohammadi,Soheila Khodakarim,Abbas Alipour,Ehsan Bitaraf,Hamid Soori
Background: Although the effect of temperature on the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been extensively documented, no study has previously investigated the association between temperature and AMI in the Middle Eastern countries.Objectiv... see more
Mario Jendrossek,Marie Standl,Sibylle Koletzko,Irina Lehmann,Carl-Peter Bauer,Tamara Schikowski,Andrea von Berg,Dietrich Berdel,Joachim Heinrich,Iana Markevych
Background: The public health burden of hypertension is high, but its relationship with long-term residential air pollution, road traffic, and greenness remains unclear.Objective: To investigate associations between residential air pollution, traffic, gre... see more
Francesco Chirico
[No abstract available]
Mohammad Rafiee,Yunes Panahi,Mohammad Yousef Alikhani,Hassan Rafieemehr,Alireza Saadat,Mohammad Abbasi
Pattama Senthong,Uma Boriboon