Job satisfaction of foreign-national physicians working in patient care: a cross-sectional study in Saxony, Germany
Physician migration is gaining attention worldwide. Despite increasing numbers of foreign physicians in Germany, their perceptions on working in Germany remain unexplored. Within a large survey on Saxon physic... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 30, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Birte Pantenburg, Katharina Kitze, Melanie Luppa, Hans-Helmut K önig and Steffi G. Riedel-Heller Source Type: research

Is outdoor work associated with elevated rates of cerebrovascular disease mortality? A cohort study based on iron-ore mining
A cohort study that examined iron ore mining found negative associations between cumulative working time employed underground and several outcomes, including mortality of cerebrovascular diseases. In this coho... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ove Bj ör, Håkan Jonsson, Lena Damber, Lage Burström and Tohr Nilsson Source Type: research

Textile industry and occupational cancer
Thousands of workers are engaged in textile industry worldwide. Textile industry involves the use of different kinds of dyes which are known to possess carcinogenic properties. Solvents used in these industrie... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - August 15, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Zorawar Singh and Pooja Chadha Source Type: research

Malignant mesothelioma incidence by nation-wide cancer registry: a population-based study
Malignant mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure has a long latency period. A ban on asbestos use may not be apparent in decreased incidence in the population until after several decades. The aim was to eval... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - July 26, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kristinn Tomasson, Gunnar Gudmundsson, Haraldur Briem and Vilhjalmur Rafnsson Source Type: research

Does the Low-level occupational exposure to volatile organic compounds alter the seasonal variation of selected markers of oxidative stress? A case –control study in nail technicians
In this study we tested whether the seasonal variations in levels of selected biomarkers of oxidative stress in female nail technicians occupationally exposed to low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)... (Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)
Source: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology - July 21, 2016 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Peter Gre šner, Radosław Świercz, Magdalena Beata Król, Ewa Twardowska, Jolanta Gromadzińska and Wojciech Wąsowicz Source Type: research