CONTENTS — volume 40, no 1, 2014

Published: 01 Jan 2014

Editorial

1
National variations in back pain: Ecological fallacy or cultural differences?
Verbeek J, Burdorf A

Review

5
The association between long working hours and health: A systematic review of epidemiological evidence
Bannai A, Tamakoshi A
19
Occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review
Omland Ø, Würtz ET, Aasen TB, Blanc P, Brisman J, Miller MR, Pedersen OF, Schlünssen V, Sigsgaard T, Ulrik CS, Viskum S

Original article

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Musculoskeletal pain in Europe: the role of personal, occupational, and social risk factors
Farioli A, Mattioli S, Quaglieri A, Curti S, Violante FS, Coggon D
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Effect of the Danish return-to-work program on long-term sickness absence: results from a randomized controlled trial in three municipalities
Poulsen OM, Aust B, Bjorner JB, Rugulies R, Hansen JV, Tverborgvik T, Winzor G, Mortensen OS, Helverskov T, Ørbæk P, Nielsen MBD
57
Effect of systematic ergonomic hazard identification and control implementation on musculoskeletal disorder and injury risk
Cantley LF, Taiwo OA, Galusha D, Barbour R, Slade MD, Tessier-Sherman B, Cullen MR
66
Work–home interference and its prospective relation to major depression and treatment with antidepressants
Magnusson Hanson LL, Leineweber C, Chungkham HS, Westerlund H
74
Patient transfers and assistive devices: prospective cohort study on the risk for occupational back injury among healthcare workers
Andersen LL, Burdorf A, Fallentin N, Persson R, Jakobsen MD, Mortensen OS, Clausen T, Holtermann A
82
Changes in working conditions and subsequent sickness absence
Saastamoinen P, Laaksonen M, Lahelma E, Lallukka T, Pietiläinen O, Rahkonen O

Commentary

89
Commentary triggered by the Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis Consortium study of job strain and myocardial infarction risk
Theorell T

Discussion paper

96
Randomized controlled trials are needed to close the evidence gap in the prevention of preterm birth
Kwegyir-Afful E, Ijaz S, Räsänen K, Verbeek J

Letter to the Editor

100
What is the true prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome among US workers?
Luckhaupt SE, Sweeney MH, Sestito JP, Calvert GM
101
The prevalence and incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in US working populations
Shiri R
103
Who needs selection bias?
Olsen J

Book review

104
Current topics in occupational epidemiology
Kristensen P