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We hope you enjoy the first 2010 issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, an internationally renowned journal in the field of occupational health and safety. It contains seven manuscripts, many of which focus on the subject of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Speaking of which, don't forget to submit your abstract to the PREMUS best paper competition before 15 January. Our next issue, due out in March, will examine shift work and health.

We are pleased to offer two new services on our website: an extended archive back to the Journal's inception in 1976 and an overview of our website's Top-10 Viewed articles by Year and Month starting with the top ten from 2009.

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In the latest issue

In the editorial of the latest issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health (number 1, 2010):

The role of assessment of biomechanical exposure at the workplace in the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, by Burdorf A

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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health is published by
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
National Institute of Occupational Health, Norway