Volume 30, Number 5

September 2001

Genes, Work and Health

Occupational health has been aptly described as a two-way relationship between work and health. This has served as a useful model emphasizing that workplace...

Helicobacter pylori Infection: Epidemiology and Occupational Risk for Health Care Workers

Since Warren and Marshall successfully cultured Helicobacter pylori in 1983, it has been recognised as a major cause of several gastroduodenal diseases, including gastric...

N-acetyltransferase 2 Phenotype in Painters with Bladder Cancer and Controls

In 1989, the International Agency for Research on Cancer acknowledged “painting” as an occupation that definitely causes cancer. Lung cancer was most strongly associated...

Multifactorial Aetiology of Lung Cancer Among Silica-exposed Workers

The earliest reports of a wasting disease among miners date back in the 1500s, with the description by Paracelsus and Agricola of the so-called...

Vascular Changes in Workers Exposed to Carbon Disulfide

Carbon disulfide (CS<sub>2</sub>) is an organic solvent which is used all over the world in the production of viscose rayon fibres. A large number...