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Online-first articles

Discussion paper [online first; 18 March 2024]   pdf
Working hours and health – key research topics in the past and future
Härmä M, Kecklund G, Tucker P
 
Editorial [online first; 18 March 2024]   pdf
Working hours and cardiovascular disease
Rugulies R
 
Original article [online first; 18 March 2024]   pdf
Relationship between long working hours and smoking behaviors: Evidence from population-based cohort studies in Korea
Baek S-U, Lim M-H, Kim T, Lee Y-M, Won J-U, Yoon J-H
 
Discussion paper [online first; 14 March 2024]   pdf
Successful prevention of organic solvent induced disorders: history and lessons
Albin M, Johanson G, Hogstedt C
 
Review [online first; 14 March 2024]   pdf
Hip osteoarthritis and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jahn A, Andersen JH, Seidler A, Christiansen DH, Dalbøge A
 
Original article [online first; 13 March 2024]   pdf
Perceived work stressors and the transition to burnout among nurses in response to the pandemic: implications for healthcare organizations
Giusti EM, Ferrario MM, Veronesi G, D’Amato A, Gianfagna F, Iacoviello L
 
Original article [online first; 10 March 2024]   pdf
Change in employment status and its causal effect on suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms: A marginal structural model with machine learning algorithms
Yoon J, Kim J-H, Chung Y, Park J, Leigh J-H, Kim S-S
 
Original article [online first; 6 March 2024]   pdf
The adequacy of workplace accommodation and the incidence of permanent employment separations after a disabling work injury or illness
Mustard CA, Orchard C, Dobson KG, Carnide N, Smith PM
 
Original article [online first; 4 March 2024]   pdf
Effectiveness of a Goldilocks Work intervention in childcare workers – A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Schmidt KG, Lerche AF, Christensen MR, Rasmussen CL, Straker L, Mathiassen SE, Holtermann A
 
Original article [online first; 12 February 2024]   pdf
Education and pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infections in the German working population – the mediating role of working from home
Wachtler B, Beese F, Demirer I, Haller S, Pförtner T-K, Wahrendorf M, Grabka MM, Hoebel J
 
Original article [online first; 8 February 2024]   pdf
Validity of self-reported night shift work among women with and without breast cancer
Vestergaard JM, Haug JND, Dalbøge A, Bonde JPE, Garde AH, Hansen J, Hansen ÅM, Larsen AD, Härmä M, Costello S, Kolstad HA
 
Original article [online first; 30 January 2024]   pdf
Effects of a participatory work stress prevention approach for employees in primary education: results of a quasi-experimental study
Bakhuys Roozeboom MC, Wiezer NM, Schelvis RMC, Niks IMW, Boot CRL
 
Original article [online first; 24 January 2024]   pdf
Respirable crystalline silica and lung cancer in community-based studies: impact of job-exposure matrix specifications on exposure–response relationships
Ohlander J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Portengen L, Kendzia B, Savary B, Cavallo D, Cattaneo A, Migliori E, Richiardi L, Plato N, Wichmann H-E, Karrasch S, Consonni D, Landi MT, Caporaso NE, Siemiatycki J, Gustavsson P, Jöckel K-H, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Fernández-Tardón G, Zaridze D, Lissowska, Swiatkowska, Field, McLaughlin JR, Demers PA, Pandics T, Forastiere F, Fabianova E, Schejbalova M, ForetovaL, Janout V, Mates D, Barul C, Brüning T, Behrens T, Straif K, Schüz J, Olsson A, Peters S
 
Original article [online first; 23 January 2024]   pdf
Night shift work and cardiovascular diseases among employees in Germany: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study
Jankowiak S, Rossnagel K, Bauer J, Schulz A, Liebers F, Latza U, Romero Starke K, Seidler A, Nübling M, Riechmann-Wolf M, Letzel S, Wild P, Arnold N, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Münzel T, Schulze A, Hegewald J

Recent most cited articles in Scopus

The following list includes most cited articles published during the previous 36 months.

Letter to the Editor 2021;47(5):408-409   pdf full text
108 citationsReturn-to-work, disabilities and occupational health in the age of COVID-19
Godeau D, Petit A, Richard I, Roquelaure Y, Descatha A
 
Review 2021;47(7):489-508   pdf full text
96 citationsPsychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: a meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis
Niedhammer I, Bertrais S, Witt K
 
Original article 2021;47(3):171-180   pdf full text
40 citationsChanges in precarious employment in the United States: A longitudinal analysis
Oddo VM, Zhuang CC, Andrea SB, Eisenberg-Guyot J, Peckham T, Jacoby D, Hajat A
 
Review 2022;48(2):86-98   pdf full text
38 citationsPhysical activity at work may not be health enhancing. A systematic review with meta-analysis on the association between occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease mortality covering 23 studies with 655 892 participants
Cillekens B, Huysmans MA, Holtermann A, van Mechelen W, Straker L, Krause N, van der Beek AJ, Coenen P
 
Editorial 2021;47(3):169-170   pdf full text
37 citationsThe burnout enigma solved?
Schaufeli W
 
Editorial 2021;47(4):245-247   pdf full text
34 citationsThe COVID-19 pandemic: one year later – an occupational perspective
Burdorf A, Porru F, Rugulies R
 
Original article 2022;48(1):61-70   pdf full text
34 citationsExposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM)
Oude Hengel KM, Burdorf A, Pronk A, Schlünssen V, Stokholm ZA, Kolstad HA, van Veldhoven K, Basinas I, van Tongeren M, Peters S
 
Original article 2021;47(7):509-520   pdf full text
24 citationsLow-quality employment trajectories and risk of common mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the Swedish workforce
Jonsson J, Muntaner C, Bodin T, Alderling M, Balogh R, Burström B, Davis L, Gunn V, Hemmingsson T, Julià M, Kjellberg K, Kreshpaj B, Orellana C, Padrosa E, Wegman DH, Matilla-Santander N
 
Discussion paper 2022;48(2):158-168   pdf full text
23 citationsGlobal, regional and national burden of disease attributable to 19 selected occupational risk factors for 183 countries, 2000–2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury
Pega F, Hamzaoui H, Náfrádi B, Momen NC
 
Original article 2021;47(5):349-355   pdf full text
20 citationsInfection and death by COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare workers in Mexico
Robles-Pérez E, González-Díaz B, Miranda-García M, Borja-Aburto VH

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