Why the cohort was set up? CONSTANCES is a general-purpose cohort with a focus on
occupational and environmental factors. Cohort participants CONSTANCES was designed …

The CONSTANCES general-purpose cohort is intended to serve as an epidemiological
research infrastructure accessible to the epidemiologic research community with a focus on …

Background Prospective cohorts represent an essential design for epidemiological studies
and allow for the study of the combined effects of lifestyle, environment, genetic …

Sweden has played a major role in the development of psychosocial work environment
research. 1 In addition, Sweden, along with the other Nordic countries, has unique …

Occupational exposures contribute substantially to morbidity and mortality worldwide 1, 2
and are of pivotal importance for sick leave, disability and preterm exit from the labour …

Exposures at work have a major impact on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Current risk
reduction policies and strategies are informed by existing scientific evidence, which is …

Various epidemiological study designs are available to investigate illness and injury risks
related to workplace exposures. The choice of study design to address a particular research …

Many of the 2.9 billion workers across the globe are exposed to hazardous risks at their
workplaces. This chapter examines the disease and injury burden produced by selected …

Background: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides
an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden …

Purpose We developed a job exposure matrix (JEM) to study the association between long-
term exposure to heavy physical effort or heavy lifting and carrying at work with disability …