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Online-first articles

Original article [online first; 12 November 2023]   pdf
The indispensable whole of work and population health: How the working life exposome can advance empirical research, policy, and action
Apostolopoulos Y, Sönmez S, Thiese MS, Gallos LK
 
Original article [online first; 12 November 2023]   pdf
Global-, regional- and country-level estimates of the work-related burden of diseases and accidents in 2019
Takala J, Hämäläinen P, Sauni R, Nygård C-H, Gagliardi D, Neupane S
 
Original article [online first; 9 November 2023]   pdf
The labor market costs of work-related stress: A longitudinal study of 52 763 Danish employees using multi-state modeling
Pedersen J, Graversen BK, Hansen KS, Madsen IEH
 
Original article [online first; 7 November 2023]   pdf
The effect of a night shift nap on post-night shift performance, sleepiness, mood, and first recovery sleep: A randomized crossover trial
Patterson PD, Hilditch CJ, Weaver MD, Roach DGL, Okerman TS, Martin SE, Patterson CG, Weiss LS
 
Original article [online first; 6 November 2023]   pdf
Association of objectively measured lifting load with low-back pain, stress, and fatigue: A prospective cohort study
Bláfoss R, Aagaard P, Clausen T, Andersen LL
 
Original article [online first; 30 October 2023]   pdf
Effects of the Labor Inspection Authority’s regulatory tools on physician-certified sick leave and employee health in Norwegian home-care services – a cluster randomized controlled trial
Finnanger Garshol B, Knardahl S, Emberland JS, Skare Ø, Johannessen HA
 
Original article [online first; 22 October 2023]   pdf
Parkinson’s disease and occupational exposure to organic solvents in Finland: a nationwide case-control study
Sallmén M, Burstyn I, Uuksulainen S, Koskinen A, Hublin C, Sainio M

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
103 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(2):95-107   pdf full text
82 citationsHarmonized definition of occupational burnout: A systematic review, semantic analysis, and Delphi consensus in 29 countries
Guseva Canu I, Marca SC, Dell'Oro F, Balázs Á, Bergamaschi E, Besse C, Bianchi R, Bislimovska J, Koscec Bjelajac A, Bugge M, Busneag CI, Çağlayan Ç, Cernițanu M, Costa Pereira C, Dernovšček Hafner N, Droz N, Eglite M, Godderis L, Gündel H, Hakanen JJ, Iordache RM, Khireddine-Medouni I, Kiran S, Larese-Filon F, Lazor-Blanchet C, Légeron P, Loney T, Majery N, Merisalu E, Mehlum IS, Michaud L, Mijakoski D, Minov J, Modenese A, Molan M, van der Molen H, Nena E, Nolimal D, Otelea M, Pletea E, Pranjic N, Rebergen D, Reste J, Schernhammer E, Wahlen A
 
Review 2021;47(7):489-508   pdf full text
80 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
34 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
 
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
 
Review 2022;48(2):86-98   pdf full text
30 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
28 citationsThe burnout enigma solved?
Schaufeli W
 
Original article 2022;48(1):61-70   pdf full text
28 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
22 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
20 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

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