CONTENTS — volume 23, no 2, 1997

Published: Apr 1997

Editorial

81
Asbestos -- a continuing concern
Karjalainen A

Review

83
Surveillance and intervention studies on respiratory cancers in asbestos-exposed workers
Merler E, Buiatti E, Vainio H
93
Asbestos, asbestosis, pleural plaques and lung cancer
Hillerdal G, Henderson DW

Original article

104
A meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies of lung cancer in welders
Moulin JJ
114
Terpene exposure and respiratory effects among workers in Swedish joinery shops
Eriksson KA, Levin JO, Sandström T, Lindström-Espeling K, Lindén G, Stjernberg NL
121
Sickness absence from back pain, psychosocial work characteristics and employment grade among office workers
Hemingway H, Shipley MJ, Stansfeld S, Marmot M
130
Associations between self-rated psychosocial work conditions and musculoskeletal symptoms and signs
Toomingas A, Theorell T, Michélsen H, Nordemar R, Stockholm MUSIC I Study Group
140
Assessing agreement between two job-exposure matrices
Hawkes AP, Wilkins JR III

Short communication

149
Asthma in patients with farmer's lung during a five-year follow-up
Kokkarinen JI, Tukiainen HO, Terho EO

Commentary

152
"Significant-itis" -- an obsession with the P-value
Chia K-S