Community based case–control studies are an efficient means to study disease aetiologies,
and may be the only practical means to investigate rare diseases. However, exposure …

The respiratory health effects of livestock farming have been on debate for more than three
decades. Endotoxin-contaminated organic dusts are considered as the most important …

A quantitative method with broad applicability was developed and validated for patulin
determination in fruit products by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV …

Control banding (CB) strategies offer simplified solutions for controlling worker exposures to
constituents often encountered in the workplace. The original CB model was developed …

A common problem faced by industrial hygienists is the selection of a valid way of dealing
with those samples reported to contain nondetectable values of the contaminant. In 1990 …

Studies of determinants of occupational exposure frequently involve left-censored
lognormally distributed data, often with repeated measures. Left censoring occurs when …

Current work and health research is fragmented, focusing on jobs, exposures, specific
worker groups, work organization, or employment contracts. An emphasis on the labor …

The present paper proposes a source–receptor model to schematically describe inhalation
exposure to help understand the complex processes leading to inhalation of hazardous …

Abstract In The Netherlands, the web-based tool called 'Stoffenmanager'was initially
developed to assist small-and medium-sized enterprises to prioritize and control risks of …

The objective of this study was to use and evaluate three postural assessment methods for
epidemiological studies of back disorders. The methods were:(1) a data-logging …