Table of contents

Original articles

• Occupational health guidelines for the management of low back pain: an international comparison (22 August, 2003)

  J B Staal, H Hlobil, M W van Tulder, G Waddell, A K Burton, B W Koes, W van Mechelen
• A mortality and morbidity study of refinery and petrochemical employees in Louisiana (22 August, 2003)

  S P Tsai, J K Wendt, K M Cardarelli, A E Fraser
• Occupation related pesticide exposure and cancer of the prostate: a meta-analysis (22 August, 2003)

  G Van Maele-Fabry, J L Willems
• Smoking and occupation from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (22 August, 2003)

  S A McCurdy, J Sunyer, J-P Zock, J M Antó, M Kogevinas, European Community Respiratory Health Survey Study Group
• Risk factors in the onset of neck/shoulder pain in a prospective study of workers in industrial and service companies (22 August, 2003)

  J H Andersen, A Kaergaard, S Mikkelsen, U F Jensen, P Frost, J P Bonde, N Fallentin, J F Thomsen
• Prevalence and association of welding related systemic and respiratory symptoms in welders (22 August, 2003)

  M El-Zein, J-L Malo, C Infante-Rivard, D Gautrin
• Increased plasma homocysteine levels in shift working bus drivers (22 August, 2003)

  P J F Martins, V D’Almeida, N Vergani, A B A Perez, S Tufik
• Agreement between hearing thresholds measured in non-soundproof work environments and a soundproof booth (22 August, 2003)

  T W Wong, T S Yu, W Q Chen, Y L Chiu, C N Wong, A H S Wong
• Cancer risk for chemical workers exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (22 August, 2003)

  K M Bodner, J J Collins, L J Bloemen, M L Carson
• Lymphohaematopoeitic cancer mortality among workers with benzene exposure (22 August, 2003)

  J J Collins, B Ireland, C F Buckley, D Shepperly
• Risk of soft tissue sarcomas and residence in the neighbourhood of an incinerator of industrial wastes (22 August, 2003)

  P Comba, V Ascoli, S Belli, M Benedetti, L Gatti, P Ricci, A Tieghi
• Risk factors among elderly for short term deaths related to high levels of air pollution (22 August, 2003)

  L Filleul, I Baldi, J-F Dartigues, J-F Tessier