The over-exploitation of mineral resources has led to increasingly serious dust pollution in
mines, resulting in a series of negative impacts on the environment, mine workers …

Background Confounding and exposure misclassification are issues that concern
epidemiologists because of their potential to bias results of studies and complicate …

Jeder der epidemiologische Studien plant, organisiert oder auswertet, muss quantitativ-
statistischer Methoden nutzen. Wer solche Untersuchungen aus erster Hand verstehen und …

Objectives This study attempts to estimate the proportion of annual deaths related to
occupational factors in Finland and considers related methodological issues and associated …

The impact of cigarette smoking on various diseases is studied frequently in epidemiology.
However, there is no consensus on how to model different aspects of smoking history. The …

The levels of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined with a
fast analytical approach to study their seasonal variations at Menen (Belgium) during 2003; …

The health impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the most concerning
organic pollutants, depend not only on the locations and strengths of emission sources, but …

Background Crystalline silica is considered as one of the most common and serious
occupational hazards to workers' health. Although its association with lung cancer has been …

Most diseases, injuries, and other health conditions experienced by working people are
multifactorial, especially as the workforce ages. Evidence supporting the role of work and …

Airborne suspended particulate matter is an important marker of air quality. The
term'particulates' includes organic and inorganic matter, nitrogen compounds, sulphur …