4 Occupational stress 1999 April 37 2 5 Health effects of industrial chemicals 2000 April 38 2 6 Health effects of asbestos and other mineral fibers 2001 April 39 2 7 Novel aspects of occupational health research in the new era 2002 April 40 2 8 Dioxins in occupational and environmental health: Update 2003 July 41 3 9 Occupational health research in Asia: Recent advances 2004 April 42 2 10 Slee...

BACKGROUND Socio-economic disparities in health status are frequently reported in research. By comparison with education and income, occupational status has been less extensively studied in relation to health status or the occurrence of specific chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate health disparities in the working population based on occupational position and how they wer...

INTRODUCTION Guidance for Occupational Health Services in Medical Centers is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Geoff Kelafant, who was tragically killed in a diving accident in March 2004. Geoff was the original author of a set of guidelines for the practice of occupational health in medical centers; his work established a format and content upon which we continue to expand with the current guidan...

health problem in China. The recently transformed industrial structure and expansion of the industrial labor force, accompanying the rapid industrialization and economic growth, pose both tremendous challenges and opportunities for occupational health policy and research. New occupational health problems are emerging, while the traditional occupational lung disease continued to occur. Simultane...

themselves and with industry is worthy of consideration. Compulsion by meticulous enforcement of legislation may lead to reticence on the part of certain managements to provide welfare measures. This may also lead in certain instances to failure to cooperate with official agencies. An important approach is to stimulate the concept of promotion of industrial welfare and health, irrespective of l...

Effective occupational health care at the workplace requires collaboration, partnerships and alliances with internal, interface and external stakeholders. Essential steps for solid work with various stakeholders are identification of key stakeholders, systematic analysis of their views and positions, and development of stakeholder participation and involvement. Stakeholder analysis aims to eval...

Occupational health nurses should evaluate employee satisfaction with and expectations of occupational health services offered. Reliable and valid measurement tools should be used to determine what employees think of offered services. Occupational health nurses should reconstruct services in accordance with the results of evaluations.