Enzyme proteins have potential to cause occupational allergy/asthma. Consequently, as users of enzymes in formulated products, detergents manufacturers have implemented a number of control measures to ensure that the hazard does not translate into health effects in the workforce. To that end, trade associations have developed best practice guidelines which emphasize occupational hygiene and med...

The first recognition of the profession of occupational hygienist was preceded by at least 200 years of developments in disease prevention practices in the workplace, many of which could readily be characterized as occupational hygiene. The nature and pace of adoption of these practices depended on the contemporary state of technology, science, medicine and social concern. At first it was a mat...

1 IARC, Lyon, France; 2 Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Uomo e dell’Ambiente, Universita’ di Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3 Institute of Hygiene, Public Health, Health Services and Management, Bucharest, Romania; 4 Institute of Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia; 5 Department of Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland; 6 National Inst...

1 IARC, Lyon, France; 2 Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Uomo e dell’Ambiente, Universita’ di Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3 Institute of Hygiene, Public Health, Health Services and Management, Bucharest, Romania; 4 Institute of Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia; 5 Department of Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland; 6 National Inst...

BACKGROUND In 2010, an accreditation system for occupational health services (OHS) in Norway was implemented. AIMS To examine OHS experiences of the accreditation system in Norway 4 years after its implementation. METHODS A web-based questionnaire was sent to all accredited OHS asking about their experiences with the accreditation system. Responses were compared with a similar survey conduc...

This paper summarizes what is known about preventable causes of occupational cancer, including single agents, complex mixtures, and broad occupational associations. Epidemiologic methods have been very successful in documenting cancer risks associated with single agents. Epidemiologic data are most conclusive when an exposure-response relationship can be demonstrated. Examples of agents for whi...

Norway has an area of approximately 320,000 square kilometres, with a population of only about 3*2 millions. About 30% of the population live in the cities, whereas 20% live in suburban and industrial areas and other population centres, and the remaining 50% in rural areas. The main occupations in Norway are agriculture and forestry, fishing and whaling, manufacturing and trade, as well as busi...

In the last issue, Trevor Ogden (2012) provided us his reflections on the accomplishments, progress, and challenges of the Annals of Occupational Hygiene under his leadership since 1997. Few would dispute that Trevor’s contributions to the journal have been many: maintaining a commitment to high quality scholarship, seeing the journal through the advent of online publication processes and Inter...