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ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2017

Challenges and Opportunities for Occupational Epidemiology in the Twenty-first Century.

L T Stayner, J J Collins, Y L Guo, D Heederik, M Kogevinas, K Steenland, C Wesseling, P A Demers

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Review in Current environmental health reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cohort Profile: the Work Environment and Health in Denmark study.International journal of epidemiology · 2025
    Article
  2. Review
  3. What is next for occupational cancer epidemiology?Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022
    Article
  4. Epidemiological Research on Occupational and Environmental Carcinogens.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
    Article
  5. Comments on the Association between Workplace Environment and Metabolic Syndrome.The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2019
    Article
  6. Descriptive Epidemiology of Cancers in Togo from 2009 to 2016Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017
    Article
  7. Occupational accidents in healthcare workers: a bibliometric analysis in Scopus database 2010-2019.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

L T StaynerDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago, IL, USA. lstayner@uic.edu.
J J CollinsHealth and Human Services, Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Road University Center, Saginaw, MI, USA.
Y L GuoDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and NTU Hospital, 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Road, 100, Taipei, Taiwan.
D HeederikUtrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, PO Box 80178, 3508 TD, Utrecht, Netherlands.
M KogevinasISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
K SteenlandDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, USA.
C WesselingUnit of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
P A DemersOccupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, 505 University Ave., 17th floor, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Georgia Department of Public Health · USKarolinska Institutet · SENational Taiwan University Hospital · TWOccupational Cancer Research Centre · CAPompeu Fabra University · ESSaginaw Valley State University · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USUtrecht University · NL

Funding

Occupational Safety and Health, ERC, University of Illinois at ChicagoT42OH008672 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI BUCHANAN, SUSAN NATHALIE · 2005 to 2025
$32.7M
NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThere are many opportunities and challenges for conducting occupational epidemiologic studies today. In this paper, we summarize the discussion of a symposium held at the Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) conference, Chicago 2014, on challenges for occupational epidemiology in the twenty-first century. RECENT

findingsThe increasing number of publications and attendance at our conferences suggests that worldwide interest in occupational epidemiology has been growing. There are clearly abundant opportunities for new research in occupational epidemiology. Areas ripe for further work include developing improved methods for exposure assessment, statistical analysis, studying migrant workers and other vulnerable populations, the use of biomarkers, and new hazards. Several major challenges are also discussed such as the rapidly changing nature and location of work, lack of funding, and political/legal conflicts. As long as work exists there will be occupational diseases that demand our attention, and a need for epidemiologic studies designed to characterize these risks and to support the development of preventive strategies. Despite the challenges and given the important past contribution in this field, we are optimistic about the importance and continued vitality of the research field of occupational epidemiology.

Indexed as

Epidemiologic StudiesOccupational HealthCongresses as TopicHumansMolecular EpidemiologyOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureRisk FactorsChallengesEpidemiologyOccupationalOpportunities

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PMID28803393
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