Occupational Medicine

In this issue

Andrew Mounstephen

In this issue of Occupational Medicine
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 229-230; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn068 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials

Diana Kloss

Maintaining standards: promoting equality
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 231-233; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn032 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Thorley, L. Hussey, and R. Agius

Health, work and the general practitioner
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 233-235; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn069 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roy Archibald

Why I became an occupational physician ...
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 235; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqm081 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Art and Occupation

Mike McKiernan

John Cooke Bourne, Working Shaft Kilsby Tunnel, 8 July 1837.: Wash drawing, 19.5 x 20.4 cm. National Railway Museum, York.
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 236-237; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn058 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers

Get checked abstract Robert W. Boyce, Edward L. Boone, Brian W. Cioci, and Albert H. Lee

Physical activity, weight gain and occupational health among call centre employees
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on December 13, 2007
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 238-244; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqm135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Russ Hauser, Ichiro Kawachi, David C. Christiani, and Stefanos N. Kales

Obesity and risk of job disability in male firefighters
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on January 18, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 245-250; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqm153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Heikki Kyröläinen, Keijo Häkkinen, Hannu Kautiainen, Matti Santtila, Kai Pihlainen, and Arja Häkkinen

Physical fitness, BMI and sickness absence in male military personnel
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on February 22, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 251-256; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul van Dijk, Wouter Hogervorst, Gerben ter Riet, and Frank van Dijk

A protocol improves GP recording of long-term sickness absence risk factors
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on March 14, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 257-262; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. Wynn and A. Low

The effect of social deprivation on local authority sickness absence rates
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on March 19, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 263-267; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Petra C. Koopmans, Corné A. M. Roelen, and Johan W. Groothoff

Risk of future sickness absence in frequent and long-term absentees
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on April 4, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 268-274; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. M. S. Ayers, W. M. Thomson, J. T. Newton, and A. M. Rich

Job stressors of New Zealand dentists and their coping strategies
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on February 22, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 275-281; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Caitriona Cunningham, Catherine Doody, and Catherine Blake

Managing low back pain: knowledge and attitudes of hospital managers
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on March 15, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 282-288; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gill Gilworth, Glyn Smyth, Jacqui Smith, and Alan Tennant

The development and validation of the Office Work Screen
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on March 15, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 289-294; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Veerle Brenninkmeijer, Irene Houtman, and Roland Blonk

Depressed and absent from work: predicting prolonged depressive symptomatology among employees
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on April 22, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 295-301; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn043 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Report

Get checked abstract Finn Tüchsen, Karl Bang Christensen, and Thomas Lund

Shift work and sickness absence
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on March 15, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 302-304; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Case Report

Get checked abstract Kalliopi Zachou, Panagiotis A. Papamichalis, and George N. Dalekos

Severe pharyngitis in stockbreeders: an unusual presentation of brucellosis
Occupational Medicine Advance Access published on April 7, 2008
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 305-307; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review and Response

Letters to the Editor

Anna Alexander

Diabetes and depression—is there a link to the HPA axis?
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 308; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn041 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Cosgrove, Lincoln Sergeant, and Simon Griffin

Reply
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 308; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn042 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review

John Hobson

Managing Obesity in the Workplace
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 309; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn063 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The Work Limitation Questionnaire

Fehmidah Munir

The Work Limitation Questionnaire
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: 310-311; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn039 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Calendar

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CALENDAR
Occup Med (Lond) 2008 58: NP; doi:10.1093/occmed/kqn067 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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