The book “Modern Occupational Diseases Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Management and Prevention” is intended to serve as a useful guide for all those who are interested in occupational diseases. These ...

EXPERIENCE teaches most effectively when it comes in vivid and dramatic form. The loss of 350 lives in coal-mine accidents a year ago, in a period of three weeks, was so startling as to awaken the ...

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a hazardous, chlorinated solvent that was once widely used as a medical anaesthetic, an industrial ...

Exposure to dust and particles at work may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, a new study shows. Among Swedish construction workers, followed since the 1970s, the risk was 15% higher among ...

Colorado's second-highest court has ruled for the first time that COVID-19 is an "occupational disease" that entitled the widow of a deceased nursing home employee to workers' compensation benefits.

The review by Chin and colleagues recently published in CMAJ1 is an excellent update on chronic rhinosinusitis, which is usually perceived as a minor inconvenience rather than a serious chronic ...