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Outdoor light at night and mortality in the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study
Conclusions We did not observe significant associations of LAN with NC and CVD mortality in this large nationwide cohort. The health effects of LAN remain unclear. Further studies are warranted to address this public health concern. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - January 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Liang, X., Wang, Z., Cai, H., Zeng, Y. Q., Chen, J., Wei, X., Dong, G., Huang, Y., Lao, X. Q. Tags: Environment Source Type: research

Potential contribution of vaccination uptake to occupational differences in risk of SARS-CoV-2: analysis of the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey
Conclusions Variation in vaccination coverage might account for a modest proportion of occupational differences in infection risk. Vaccination rates were uniformly very high in this cohort, which may suggest that the participants are not representative of the general population. Accordingly, these results should be considered tentative pending the accumulation of additional evidence. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - January 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Rhodes, S., Demou, E., Wilkinson, J., Cherrie, M., Edge, R., Gittins, M., Katikireddi, S. V., Kromydas, T., Mueller, W., Pearce, N., van Tongeren, M. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Cumulative occupational exposure to gases and fumes is associated with impairment in lung function and disease-related quality of life in a German COPD patient cohort
Conclusions In patients with COPD, cumulative occupational exposure, particularly to gases/fumes, showed effects on airway obstruction, air trapping, gas uptake capacity and disease-related QoL, some of which were larger than those of smoking. These findings suggest that lung air trapping and QoL should be considered as outcomes of occupational exposure to gases and fumes in patients with COPD. Trial registration number NCT01245933. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - January 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gerlich, J., Ohlander, J., Kromhout, H., Vermeulen, R., Söhler, S., Radon, K., Nowak, D., Karrasch, S., Adaskina, N., Vogelmeier, C., Ochmann, U., Jörres, R. A. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Time off work following psychological injury among health and social care workers: a population-based retrospective cohort study in New South Wales, Australia
Conclusion There is considerable variation in the duration and burden of work disability due to psychological injury across occupational groups in the HSC sector. Findings suggest the need for occupation-specific workplace rehabilitation and psychological support to reduce the impact of psychological injury on HSC workers and improve return-to-work outcomes. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - January 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gelaw, A. Y., Sheehan, L., Gray, S. E., Collie, A. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Benzene exposure and risk of lung cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Worker cohort: a prospective case-cohort study
Conclusions In this cohort of offshore petroleum workers generally exposed to low average levels of benzene, we did not find an overall clear support for an association with lung cancer (all subtypes combined), although an association was suggested for duration of benzene exposure and adenocarcinoma. The limited evidence might be due to restricted statistical power. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - January 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Babigumira, R., Veierod, M. B., Hosgood, H. D., Samuelsen, S. O., Bratveit, M., Kirkeleit, J., Rothman, N., Lan, Q., Silverman, D. T., Friesen, M. C., Shala, N. K., Grimsrud, T. K., Stenehjem, J. S. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research

Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers
Conclusions Occupational physical demands were associated with more frequent and worse menstrual pain among flight attendants. The physical demands experienced by these workers may contribute to the high burden of menstrual irregularities reported by flight attendants compared with other occupational groups, such as teachers. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - January 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Johnson, C. Y., Grajewski, B., Lawson, C. C., MacDonald, L. A., Rocheleau, C. M., Whelan, E. A. Tags: Editor's choice Workplace Source Type: research

Subtle exposures, invisible outcomes, real suffering: sex, gender and occupational health
In this issue of OEM, Johnson et al1 report on occupational risks to menstrual health. This is an original study of data collected during the 1990s comparing work demands and menstrual cycle irregularity of flight attendants and teachers from three cities in the USA. Although flight attendants’ characteristics and working conditions have changed considerably over the past 30 years, for example, because smoking is now prohibited on aeroplanes, this article is exceptional and instructive as part of a tiny body of work on occupational risks to menstrual health such as cold exposure,2 schedule irregularities, physical wo...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - January 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Messing, K. Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ionising radiation is a human carcinogen, but the evidence is less clear that exposure to low-dose ionising radiation (LDIR) increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. We synthesised the literature of chronic occupational exposure to LDIR and cardiovascular disease, particularly for ischaemic heart disease (IHD). The literature search was conducted using three databases including studies published between 1990 and 2022. A quality assessment of the studies was completed using the Office of Health and Assessment and Translation Risk of Bias Rating Tool. We conducted meta-analyses for IHD mortality using random ef...
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Peters, C. E., Quinn, E. K., Rodriguez-Villamizar, L. A., MacDonald, H., Villeneuve, P. J. Tags: Open access Systematic review Source Type: research

Effect of cold winters on the risk of new asthma: a case-crossover study in Finland
Conclusions This case-crossover study provides original evidence that a cold winter with below normal average temperatures increases the risk of developing new asthma during the following 1 to 2 years. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Belachew, A. B., Rantala, A. K., Jaakkola, M. S., Hugg, T. T., Ruuhela, R., Kukkonen, J., Jaakkola, J. J. K. Tags: Open access Environment Source Type: research

Recognition of COVID-19 with occupational origin: a comparison between European countries
Conclusions COVID-19 can be recognised as OD or OI in 94% of the European countries completing this survey, across different social security and embedded occupational health systems. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Nys, E., Pauwels, S., Adam, B., Amaro, J., Athanasiou, A., Bashkin, O., Bric, T. K., Bulat, P., Caglayan, C., Guseva Canu, I., Cebanu, S., Charbotel, B., Cirule, J., Curti, S., Davidovitch, N., Dopelt, K., Fikfak, M. D., Frilander, H., Gustavsson, P., Ho& Tags: Editor's choice, COVID-19 Practice Source Type: research

Association of low-dose ionising radiation with site-specific solid cancers: Chinese medical X-ray workers cohort study, 1950-1995
Conclusions These findings provided more useful insights into the risks of site-specific cancers from protracted low-dose rate exposure to ionising radiation. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gu, Y., Wang, J., Wang, Y., Xu, C., Liu, Y., Du, L., Wang, Q., Ji, K., He, N., Zhang, M., Song, H., Niu, K., Liu, Q. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992-2017
Conclusions The decline in unintentional fatal occupational injury rates over this period is encouraging, but the increase in injury rate after 2009 and the large disparities between occupations, industries and demographic groups highlight the need for additional targeted safety interventions. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Martin, A. T., McClure, E. S., Ranapurwala, S. I., Nocera, M., Cantrell, J., Marshall, S. W., Richardson, D. B. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Commuting and sick leave: a retrospective longitudinal study among a Belgian military population
Conclusions These findings support measures to reduce the distance and frequency of commuting in order to reduce sickness absence, considering for example remote working, a more responsible geographical distribution of the offices or a revision of the employees’ job-changing policies. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hinderijckx, P., Collee, A., Godderis, L., Dhondt, E., Goorts, K. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research

Workers compensation claims for COVID-19 among workers in healthcare and other industries during 2020-2022, Victoria, Australia
Conclusions COVID-19 infection claims differed by industry, occupational group, severity and timing and changes coincided with different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupational surveillance for COVID-19 cases is important and monitoring of worker’s compensation claims and incapacity duration can contribute to understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on work absence. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kelsall, H. L., Di Donato, M. F., McGuinness, S. L., Collie, A., Zhong, S., Eades, O., Sim, M. R., Leder, K. Tags: COVID-19 Workplace Source Type: research

Occupational exposures of firefighting and urinary tract cancer risk among men in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort
Conclusions Dose-response associations between the exposure indicators and UTC were not observed. Future studies using the indicators with more cases are needed. (Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Marjerrison, N., Grimsrud, T. K., Hansen, J., Martinsen, J. I., Nordby, K.-C., Olsen, R., Veierod, M. B., Kjaerheim, K. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research