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Online-first articles

Original article [online first; 13 March 2023]   pdf
The impact of occupational exposures on infection rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: a test-negative design study with register data of 207 034 Dutch workers
Eekhout I, van Tongeren M, Pearce N, Oude Hengel KM
 
Original article [online first; 7 March 2023]   pdf
Duration and intensity of occupational lifting and risk of long-term sickness absence: Prospective cohort study with register follow-up among 45 000 workers
Bláfoss R, Skovlund SV, Skals S, Sundstrup E, López-Bueno R, Calatayud J, Andersen LL
 
Short communication [online first; 5 March 2023]   pdf
Integrated mental healthcare and vocational rehabilitation for people on sick leave with stress-related disorders: 24-month follow-up of the randomized IBBIS trial
Hoff A, Poulsen RM, Fisker JP, Hjorthøj C, Nordentoft M, Bojesen AB, Eplov LF
 
Original article [online first; 19 February 2023]   pdf
Psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence among younger employees in Denmark: a register-based cohort study using job exposure matrices
Sørensen JK, Pedersen J, Burr H, Holm A, Lallukka T, Lund T, Melchior M, Rod NH, Rugulies R, Sivertsen B, Stansfeld S, Christensen KB, Madsen IEH
 
Original article [online first; 19 February 2023]   pdf
Association of occupational heat exposure and colorectal cancer in the MCC-Spain study
Hinchliffe A, Kogevinas M, Molina AJ, Moreno V, Aragonés N, Castaño-Vinyals G, Jiménez Moleón JJ, Gómez Acebo I, Ederra M, Amiano P, Molina-Barceló A, Fernandez-Tardon G, Alguacil J, Chirlaque M-D, Hernández-Segura N, Pérez-Gómez B, Pollan M, Turner MC
 
Original article [online first; 7 February 2023]   pdf
COVID-19-related hospital admission in spouses of partners in at-risk occupations
Bonde JPE, Begtrup LM, Coggon D, Jensen JH, Flachs EM, Jakobsson K, Nielsen C, Nilsson K, Rylander L, Vilhelmsson A, Petersen KU, Tøttenborg SS
 
Original article [online first; 23 January 2023]   pdf
Precarious employment at a young age and labor-market marginalization during middle-adulthood: A register-linked cohort study
Thern E, Matilla-Santander N, Bodin T, Hemmingsson T
 
Original article [online first; 16 January 2023]   pdf
Office design, telework from home, and self-certified sickness absence: A cross-sectional study of main and moderating effects in a nationally representative sample
Borge RH, Johannessen HA, Fostervold KI, Nielsen MB
 
Original article [online first; 1 January 2023]   pdf
Return-to-work rates and predictors of absence duration after COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic
Aben B, Kok RN, de Wind A
 
Original article [online first; 20 December 2022]   pdf
Exploring the relationship between job characteristics and infection: Application of a COVID-19 job exposure matrix to SARS-CoV-2 infection data in the United Kingdom
Rhodes S, Beale S, Wilkinson J, van Veldhoven K, Basinas I, Mueller W, Oude Hengel KM, Burdorf A, Peters S, Stokholm ZA, Schlünssen V, Kolstad H, Pronk A, Pearce N, Hayward A, van Tongeren M

Recent most cited articles in Scopus

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

Editorial 2020;46(3):229-230   pdf full text
138 citationsThe COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: consequences for occupational health
Burdorf A, Porru F, Rugulies R
 
Review 2020;46(3):235-247   pdf full text
86 citationsWhat is precarious employment? A systematic review of definitions and operationalizations from quantitative and qualitative studies
Kreshpaj B, Orellana C, Burström B, Davis L, Hemmingsson T, Johansson G, Kjellberg K, Jonsson J, Wegman DH, Bodin T
 
Letter to the Editor 2021;47(5):408-409   pdf full text
68 citationsReturn-to-work, disabilities and occupational health in the age of COVID-19
Godeau D, Petit A, Richard I, Roquelaure Y, Descatha A
 
Discussion paper 2020;46(3):321-329   pdf full text
57 citationsPrecarious employment in occupational health – an OMEGA-NET working group position paper
Bodin T, Çağlayan C, Garde AH, Gnesi M, Jonsson J, Kiran S, Kreshpaj B, Leinonen T, Mehlum IS, Nena E, Orellana C, Peckham T, Seixas N, Vanroelen C, Julià M
 
Review 2021;47(2):95-107   pdf full text
54 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
46 citationsPsychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: a meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis
Niedhammer I, Bertrais S, Witt K
 
Short communication 2020;46(6):639-644   pdf full text
42 citationsThe deterioration of mental health among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: A population-based cohort study of workers in Japan
Sasaki N, Kuroda R, Tsuno K, Kawakami N
 
Discussion paper 2020;46(6):557-569   pdf full text
37 citationsHow to schedule night shift work in order to reduce health and safety risks
Garde AH, Begtrup L, Bjorvatn B, Bonde JP, Hansen J, Hansen ÅM, Härmä M, Jensen MA, Kecklund G, Kolstad HA, Larsen AD, Lie JA, Moreno CRC, Nabe-Nielsen K, Sallinen M
 
Review 2020;46(4):339-349   pdf full text
27 citationsWork-related exposure to violence or threats and risk of mental disorders and symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rudkjoebing LA, Bungum AB, Flachs EM, Eller NH, Borritz M, Aust B, Rugulies R, Rod NH, Biering K, Bonde JP
 
Original article 2020;46(4):446-453   pdf full text
27 citationsThe effects of the number of consecutive night shifts on sleep duration and quality
Garde AH, Nabe-Nielsen K, Jensen MA, Kristiansen J, Sørensen JK, Hansen ÅM

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