CONTENTS — volume 8, suppl 1, 1982

Published: 1982

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Proceedings of the First Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health. Helsinki, 10-12 June 1981.
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Opening address
Hernberg S
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Recommendations for focusing research activities

Original article

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Design options in epidemiologic research. An update.
Miettinen O
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A comment on the reference series with regard to multiple exposure evaluations in a case-referent study.
Axelson O, Flodin U, Hardell L
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Effects of approximation in exposure assessments on estimates of exposure- response relationships.
Armstrong BG, Oakes D
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Significance of cross-sectional surveys in occupational epidemiology.
Mur JM, Cavelier C
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A feasibility study of organizing occupational health services for farmers.
Vohlonen IJ, Husman K, Kalimo E, Nuutinen J, Raitasalo R, Tupi K, Virolainen R
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Restricted cohort study designs.
Oakes D, McDonald JC
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Occupational mortality and morbidity in relation to selective turnover.
Koskela RS
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An epidemiologic approach to occupational health problems in Egypt.
Massoud A, Faris R, Hussein M, Abdel Kawy AM
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Analysis of a follow-up study: an example from asbestos-exposed insulation workers.
Campbell MJ, Langlands JH
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Anatomy of the health worker effect - a critique of summary statistics employed in occupational epidemiology.
Wen CP, Tsai SP
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Mesothelioma and the fiber type in three American asbestos factories - preliminary report.
McDonald AD, Fry JS
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Effects of low-dose radiation - a correlation study.
Edling C, Comba P, Axelson O, Flodin U
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The utility of regional cancer mortality data for identifying occupations at high risk.
Kraus JF, Franti CE, Newman B
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A cohort study on mortality among long-time employed Swedish chimney sweeps.
Hogstedt C, Andersson K, Frenning B, Gustavsson A
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Occupational bladder cancer and cigarette smoking in West Yorkshire.
Cartwright R
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Prevention of occupational cancer: a different approach.
Goldsmith JR, Lemesch C
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An epidemiologic approach to the study of possible teratogenic effects of chemical and physical environments.
Holmberg PC, Kurppa K
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Back complaints and findings in transport workers performing physically heavy work.
Undeutsch K, Gartner KH, Luopajarvi T, Kupper R, Karvonen MJ, Lowenthal I, Rutenfranz J
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Drawbacks of clinical diagnoses in epidemiologic research on work-related musculoskeletal morbidity.
Wickstrom G
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Low-back pain and early retirement among Danish semiskilled construction workers.
Damlund M, Goth S, Hasle P, Munk K
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Follow-up respiratory measurements in Quebec chrysotile asbestos miners and millers.
Becklake MR, Thomas D, Liddell F, McDonald JC
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Comparison of measured and predicted ventilatory volumes in selected groups of industrial workers.
Saric M, Gomzi M, Hrustic O
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Respiratory status of stainless steel and mild steel welders.
Kalliomaki PL, Kalliomaki K, Korhonen O, Nordman H, Rahkonen E, Vaaranen V
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Cross-sectional study of pulmonary function in cadmium alloy workers.
Sakurai H, Omae K, Toyama T, Higashi T, Nakadate T
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Neurophysiological findings among house painters exposed to solvents.
Seppalainen AM, Lindstrom K
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Neurophysiological changes in workers exposed to organic solvents in a shoe factory.
Mutti A, Cavatorta A, Lucertini S, Arfini G, Falzoi M, Franchini I
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Electrophysiological study of subjects occupationally exposed to lead and with low levels of lead poisoning.
Bordo BM, Filippini G, Massetto N, Musicco M, Boeri R
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Effects of lead on the visual system of occupationally exposed subjects.
Cavalleri A, Trimarchi F, Gelmi C, Baruffini A, Minoia C, Biscaldi G, Gallo G
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A new approach for providing occupational health services in developing countries.
Khogali M
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A mortality study of cadmium workers in the United Kingdom.
Kazantzis G, Armstrong BG
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Mercury exposure and effects at a thermometer factory.
Richter ED, Peled N, Luria M
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Occupational exposure to synthetic estrogens: some methodological problems.
Harrington JM
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The occupational health nurse's contribution to epidemiology.
Barnard JM
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Potential 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure of Seveso decontamination workers: a controlled prospective study.
Ghezzi I, Cannatelli P, Assennato G, Merlo F, Mocarelli P, Brambilla P, Sicurello F
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Warts among workers in poultry slaughterhouses.
Mergler D, Vezina N, Beauvais A