Background The impact of long-term occupational exposures on health in older adults is
increasingly relevant as populations age. To date, no studies have reported their impact on …

Background Certain occupational characteristics have been linked with poor health and
reduced longevity. However, the association between occupational characteristics and …

Introduction: Exposure to environmental particulate matter (PM) has been shown to increase
morbidity and all-cause mortality. However, the influence on mortality of exposure to dust …

Purpose Environmental particulate matter (PM) exposure has been shown to cause excess
all-cause and disease-specific mortality. Our aim was to compare disease-specific mortality …

Ageing is accompanied by a general decline in physical health and a rise in chronic health
problems. The increasing rate of workforce ageing and prolonged work life are likely to …

Many industrial countries try to raise the retirement age in a context of economic constraints,
ageing populations and public pension funds financial difficulties. 1 2 One important barrier …

Policies to extend working lives often do not take into account potentially important health
inequalities arising from differences in occupational exposures. Little is known about which …

Background As people are living longer, they are being encouraged to work longer. While it
is assumed that extended employment will be good for health, the evidence has been …

Many countries are raising the age of pension eligibility because of increases in life
expectancy. Given the social gradient in life expectancy and health, it is important to …

Objective To determine the prospective association between retrospectively assessed
physical work environment during working life and prospectively assessed sickness …