CONTENTS — volume 32, no 1, 2006

Published: 31 Feb 2006

Editorial

1
Expanding research on the economics of occupational health
Leigh JP

Review

5
Cost of obesity in the workplace
Schmier J, Jones ML, Halpern MT

Original article

12
Cardiovascular risk factors and low back pain in a long-term follow-up of industrial employees
Leino-Arjas P, Solovieva S, Kirjonen J, Reunanen A, Riihimäki H

Commentary

20
Ischemia and low-back pain—is it time to include lumbar angina as a cardiovascular disease?
Bøggild H

Original article

22
Update of a meta-analysis on lung cancer and welding
Ambroise D, Wild P, Moulin J-J
32
Imputation of individual cancer cases to occupational causes
Vandentorren S, Salmi LR, Mathoulin-Pélissier S, Baldi I, Brochard P; Bayesian Imputability Group
41
Genital malformations in newborns of female nickel-refinery workers
Vaktskjold A, Talykova LV, Chashchin VP, Nieboer E, Thomassen Y, Odland JØ
51
Fertility among female hairdressers
Axmon A, Rylander L, Lillienberg L, Albin M, Hagmar L
61
Pregnancy outcomes among female hairdressers who participated in the Danish National Birth Cohort
Zhu JL, Vestergaard M, Hjollund NH, Olsen J
67
Predicting the duration of sickness absence for patients with common mental disorders in occupational health care
Nieuwenhuijsen K, Verbeek JHAM, de Boer AGEM, Blonk RWB, van Dijk FJH
75
Work ability index of young employees and their sickness absence during the following year
Kujala V, Tammelin T, Remes J, Vammavaara E, Ek E, Laitinen J

Letter to the editor

85
Scientific misconduct—is there a need for policing the profession
Vainio H
87

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