CONTENTS — volume 40, no 2, 2014

Published: 01 Mar 2014

Editorial

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Rest breaks – a countermeasure for work-related injuries?
Sallinen M

Review

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Adverse effects of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure: systematic review of studies on demand–control–support and effort–reward imbalance models
Gilbert-Ouimet M, Trudel X, Brisson C, Milot A, Vézina M
133
Associations of work activities requiring pinch or hand grip or exposure to hand-arm vibration with finger and wrist osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis
Hammer PEC, Shiri R, Kryger AI, Kirkeskov L, Bonde JP

Original article

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The effects of rest breaks, work shift start time, and sleep on the onset of severe injury among workers in the People’s Republic of China
Lombardi DA, Jin K, Courtney TK, Arlinghaus A, Folkard S, Liang Y, Perry MJ
156
Face-to-face information combined with a booklet versus a booklet alone for treatment of mild low-back pain: a randomized controlled trial
Rantonen J, Vehtari A, Karppinen J, Luoto S, Viikari-Juntura E, Hupli M, Malmivaara A, Taimela S
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Impact of pre-existing chronic conditions on age differences in sickness absence after a musculoskeletal work injury: A path analysis approach
Smith P, Bielecky A, Ibrahim S, Mustard C, Saunders R, Beaton D, Koehoorn M, McLeod C, Scott-Marshall H, Hogg-Johnson S
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A multi-wave study of organizational justice at work and long-term sickness absence among employees with depressive symptoms
Hjarsbech PU, Christensen KB, Bjorner JB, Madsen IEH, Thorsen SV, Carneiro IG, Christensen U, Rugulies R
186
Health, job characteristics, skills, and social and financial factors in relation to early retirement – results from a longitudinal study in the Netherlands
de Wind A, Geuskens GA, Ybema JF, Blatter BM, Burdorf A, Bongers PM, van der Beek AJ
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Predictors of recurrent sickness absence among workers having returned to work after sickness absence due to common mental disorders
Arends I, van der Klink JJL, van Rhenen W, de Boer MR, Bültmann U
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A prospective cohort study investigating an exposure–response relationship among vibration-exposed male workers with numbness of the hands
Edlund M, Burström L, Gerhardsson L, Lundström R, Nilsson T, Sandén H, Hagberg M