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Job control, job demands and job strain and suicidal behaviour among three million workers in Sweden
Conclusions Low job control is related to suicide attempts and deaths, and this is only partially explained by important covariates measured both prebaseline and during follow-up. Attempts to increase job control among workers may be beneficial in preventing suicide. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Almroth, M., Hemmingsson, T., Kjellberg, K., Sörberg Wallin, A., Andersson, T., van der Westhuizen, A., Falkstedt, D. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Investigating the relationship between melatonin patterns and methylation in circadian genes among day shift and night shift workers
Conclusions In conclusion, patterns in melatonin secretion were associated with differential circadian gene methylation among night shift workers. Melatonin and alteration of DNA methylation in circadian genes may be one pathway towards increased cancer risk, although larger-scale studies examining multiple time points are needed. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ritonja, J. A., Aronson, K. J., Leung, M., Flaten, L., Topouza, D. G., Duan, Q. L., Durocher, F., Tranmer, J. E., Bhatti, P. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Use of permethrin and other pyrethroids and mortality in the Agricultural Health Study
Conclusion Although based on mortality, which is also affected by survival, rather than incidence, these findings are biologically plausible, and future investigations in other populations may be warranted. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shrestha, S., Parks, C. G., Umbach, D. M., Hofmann, J. N., Beane Freeman, L. E., Blair, A., Sandler, D. P. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters
Conclusions Overall, this study provides evidence that DNA methylation may be altered by fireground exposures, and the impact of this change on disease development should be evaluated. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Goodrich, J. M., Jung, A. M., Furlong, M. A., Beitel, S., Littau, S., Gulotta, J., Wallentine, D., Burgess, J. L. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Occupational hand eczema reduces career length in hairdressers: a prospective cohort study of Danish hairdressers graduating from 1985 to 2007
Conclusion Career length is reduced in hairdressers with OHE, especially if frequently relapsing or caused by contact allergy, for example, to hair dyes. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - September 14, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Havmose, M., Thyssen, J. P., Zachariae, C., Uter, W., Johansen, J. D. Tags: Editor's choice Workplace Source Type: research

Correspondence on 'Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis by Hua et al
In 2018, we reported in this journal seven cases of artificial (engineered) stone silicosis in Australia and described it as a ‘rapidly emerging’ occupational lung disease.1 Last year, also in OEM, we reported a further 86 workers with silicosis identified during the first year of a targeted health assessment programme for stone benchtop industry workers in Victoria, Australia.2 There is now ample evidence that an epidemic of silicosis in the stone benchtop industry is no longer ‘emerging’, but has now occurred Australia, and is highly likely to be replicated in all countries where artificial stone ...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hoy, R. F., Sim, M. R. Tags: PostScript Source Type: research

Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007-2018
Conclusions The battery manufacturing industry had the highest burden of occupational lead exposure in Pennsylvania, illustrating the importance of using industry-specific denominators to accurately identify sources of lead exposure. Although the prevalence rate of eBLLs declined over time, lead exposure remains a major concern among battery manufacturing workers. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Tsai, R. J., Lu, J. W., Henn, S. A., Hasanali, S. H., Harduar-Morano, L., Nair, A. Tags: Exposure assessment Source Type: research

Lung cancer mortality in the European cohort of titanium dioxide workers: a reanalysis of the exposure-response relationship
Conclusion This analysis shows that HWSE can hide an exposure–response relationship. It also shows that TiO2 epidemiological data could demonstrate an exposure–effects relationship if analysed appropriately. More epidemiological studies and similar reanalyses of existing cohort studies are warranted to corroborate the human carcinogenicity of TiO2. This human evidence, when combined with the animal evidence, strengthens the overall evidence of carcinogenicity of TiO2. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Guseva Canu, I., Gaillen-Guedy, A., Antilla, A., Charles, S., Fraize-Frontier, S., Luce, D., McElvenny, D. M., Merletti, F., Michel, C., Pukkala, E., Schubauer-Berigan, M. K., Straif, K., Wild, P., Richardson, D. B. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Malignant lymphoma and occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and electrical shocks: a nested case-control study in a cohort of four Nordic countries
Conclusion Our results do not provide support for an association between occupational exposure to ELF-MFs and electric shocks and lymphoma risk. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jalilian, H., Guxens, M., Heikkinen, S., Pukkala, E., Huss, A., Eshagh Hossaini, S. K., Kjaerheim, K., Vermeulen, R. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Occupational inhalational accidents: analysis of cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 2018
Conclusions The incidence of inhalation accidents appears to have fallen, although certain exposures appear to be persistently linked to cases. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Fishwick, D., Carder, M., Iskandar, I., Fishwick, B. C., van Tongeren, M. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Night work, chronotype and risk of endometrial cancer in the Screenwide case-control study
Conclusions These data do not support a role for circadian disruption in the carcinogenesis of endometrial cancer. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Costas, L., Frias-Gomez, J., Benavente Moreno, Y., Peremiquel-Trillas, P., Carmona, A., de Francisco, J., Cano, V., Paytubi, S., Pelegrina, B., Martinez, J. M., Pineda, M., Brunet, J., Vidal, A., Matias-Guiu, X., Bosch, X., Ponce, J., Kogevinas, M., De Sa Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Occupational lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling loads and risk of surgery for subacromial impingement syndrome: a register-based cohort study
Conclusion We found exposure–response relations for lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling across the 10-year time window. The risk was especially pronounced for lifting/carrying compared with pushing/pulling. We did not find indications of safe exposure intensities. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Riddervold, B., Andersen, J. H., Dalboge, A. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers
Conclusions Our data show a clear association between benzene exposure and BP, beginning at low cumulative benzene exposure levels with no threshold, and with higher risks for workers exposed at younger ages. These findings are important because BP has been linked to a strongly increased development of lymphohaematopoietic malignancies. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Vermeulen, R., Portengen, L., Li, G., Gilbert, E. S., Dores, G. M., Ji, B.-T., Hayes, R., Yin, S., Rothman, N., Linet, M. S., Lan, Q., on behalf of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention--U.S. National Cancer Institute Benzene Study Group, Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Impact of legislative reform on worker fatalities in New Zealand workplaces: a 30-year retrospective population-level analysis
Conclusions The rate of worker WRFI decreased steadily over the 30-year period under examination and there was no evidence that this pattern of declining WRFI was substantially altered with the introduction of Robens-styled OHS legislative reforms. Beyond headline figures, historically high-risk groups had highly variable progress in reducing worker WRFI following legislative reform. This study demonstrates the value in including prereform data and high-risk subgroup analysis when assessing the performance of OHS legislative reforms to control occupational risks. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lilley, R., Davie, G., McNoe, B., Horsburgh, S., Driscoll, T. R., Cryer, C. Tags: Editor's choice Workplace Source Type: research

Occupational noise exposure and risk of incident stroke: a pooled study of five Scandinavian cohorts
Conclusions We found no association between occupational noise and risk of overall stroke after adjustment for confounders. However, the non-significantly increased risk of ischaemic stroke warrants further investigation. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Thacher, J. D., Roswall, N., Lissaker, C., Aasvang, G. M., Albin, M., Andersson, E. M., Engström, G., Eriksson, C., Hvidtfeldt, U. A., Ketzel, M., Khan, J., Lanki, T., Ljungman, P. L. S., Mattisson, K., Molnar, P., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Oudin, A., Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research