SJWEH - Online-first articles

Objective This study aimed to evaluate whether an employer-provided bicycle benefit changes commuting behavior and overall physical activity in a municipal workforce. Methods Surveys from the Finnish Public Sector study in 2022 (pre-intervention) and 2024 (post-intervention) were used. The preregistered primary analysis was an intention-to-treat analysis. Employees in a municip...

Objective Low-dose ionizing radiation (LDIR, ≤100 mGy) is a public health concern due to its extensive use in diagnostic and therapeutic imaging. This study examined somatic variants (SV) among Korean industrial radiographers exposed to LDIR using whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Methods WGS data from 65 workers (mean age 36.7 years) collected between 2016 and 2023 were analyzed....

Objectives Person-related work requires workers to interact with individuals who are not employed at the workplace, eg, clients or patients. Besides (i) the general demands of interpersonal contact, this can entail (ii) emotional demands and (iii) conflicts/quarrels. These three potential stressors may negatively affect workers’ mental health. We examined the associations of the...

Objectives Occupational exposures can increase the risk of preterm birth (PTB). We hypothesized that the risk varies significantly according to maternal work tasks and aimed to quantify relative risks and excess fractions of PTB related to occupation and industry during pregnancy. Methods This nationwide study of 644 349 singleton pregnancies (2004–2018), classified maternal em...

We read with interest Bonde et al’s (1) recent review. We agree with their premise: strengthening causal inference is an important objective for occupational epidemiology. However, we believe the conclusion that “at most, any true effect [of job strain on ischemic heart disease (IHD)] appears to be small” is not supported by a valid appraisal of the available evidence. The poole...