Introduction: Asbestos has been used for thousands of years but only at a large industrial
scale for about 100–150 years. The first identified disease was asbestosis, a type of …

Our aim was to provide a systematic review of studies on the burden of disease due to
second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure, reviewing methods, exposure assessment, diseases …

Background An association between low socioeconomic status (SES) and lung cancer has
been observed in several studies, but often without adequate control for smoking behavior …

Adults with better jobs enjoy better health: job title was, in fact, the social gradient metric first
used to study the relationship between social class and chronic disease etiology, a core …

Background: Prioritising control measures for occupationally related cancers should be
evidence based. We estimated the current burden of cancer in Britain attributable to past …

Background All forms of asbestos are now banned in 52 countries. Safer products have
replaced many materials that once were made with it. Nonetheless, many countries still use …

The Tenth Edition of Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has been fully revised and updated,
presenting all practitioners considering an occupational cause for a patient's condition with …

Background Establishing a clear relationship between workplace exposures and cancer is
often difficult. The latent period for cancer development can make it difficult to establish a …

Construction workers are a high risk group for poor health and occupational disability. A
participatory action research (PAR) project was undertaken at construction sites in …

Background Recent and comprehensive estimates for the number of new cancer cases in
France attributable to occupational exposures are lacking. Objectives To estimate the …