Recently added articles from International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health:
Hospital Work and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort
Oct 01, 2009; ... In hospitals, women of reproductive age do a range of work tasks, some of which are known to carry potential risks. Tasks such as working with radiation, chemicals, and infectious agents, as well as performing heavy lifting or tasks requiring erratic sleep patterns have been reported to increase ...
Children's Health and Environment Education and Training for Health Care Professionals in Canada: Assessing Gaps, Barriers, and Needs
Oct 01, 2009; ... Scientific evidence suggests that children may be especially vulnerable to environmental hazards. However, medical professionals are often unable to effectively diagnose and treat environment-related illness in patients. To rectify this, many have called for improved post-secondary education and ...
New Reports from the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program
Oct 01, 2009; ... With each issue, the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health publishes a selected set of abstracts of important Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE) from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ....
Additional Data on Childhood Leukemia and Nuclear Reactors
Oct 01, 2009; ... To the Editor-In his article, "Childhood Leukemia and Cancers near German Nuclear Reactors: Significance, Context, and Ramifications of Recent Studies," (IJOEH 2009; 15:318-323), Dr. Rudi H. Nussbaum compares the results of the study on leukemia and cancers in young children aged below five in ...
Exposure to Water Pollution and Cancer in Israeli Navy Divers
Oct 01, 2009; ... To the Editor-In Dr. Froom's rebuttal, he addresses our corrections to his calculations one-by-one, and reports that they do not indicate excess risk. However, it is necessary to include all three corrections simultaneously to observe elevated risk estimates for polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) ...