Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health

01 18 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4333

Occupational noise exposure and ischemic heart disease: a pooled analysis of six Nordic cohorts

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Claudia Lissåker, Mattias Sjöström, Andrei Pyko et al.

02 13 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4339

50 years of estimating exposures for different jobs: the past, present and future of developing and using job exposure matrices (JEM)

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Marc Fadel, Karina Undem, Marcel Goldberg et al.

Objectives Obtaining valid estimates of occupational exposures is an important objective of epidemiological studies involving the work exposome. Job-exposure matrices (JEM) Job-exposure matrices (JEM) link coded job titles to estimates o...

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03 12 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4332

Night work and differential effects on diurnal rhythms of cortisol, melatonin, and testosterone among permanent night-working men

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Anne Helene Garde, Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Åse Marie Hansen et al.

Objectives Night work-induced circadian misalignment is associated with an increased risk of adverse health effects. It has been suggested that permanent night workers can entrain to being awake at night and therefore do not experience s...

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04 12 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4337

Diverging trajectories of job demands, job resources, and psychological distress before long-term mental health-related sick leave among teachers

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Fumio Kobayashi, Akihiko Narisada

Objectives This study aimed to (i) examine longitudinal changes in psychosocial work factors and mental health during the three years preceding long-term mental health-related sick leave among teachers and (ii) determine whether within-p...

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05 11 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4338

Parliamentary workload and outpatient medical costs among Japanese national civil servants: An ecological study in Kasumigaseki

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Koryu Sato, Hirotaka Kato, Kosuke Inoue et al.

Objectives This study aimed to examine whether ministry-level parliamentary workload was associated with outpatient medical costs among Japanese national civil servants, who are exempt from the Labor Standards Act’s statutory limits on w...

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06 9 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4336

Effect of occupation-related heat stress exposure on productivity among sugarcane workers in Thailand

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Tadpong Tantipanjaporn, Andrew Povey, Holly A Shiels et al.

Objectives Climate change affects a wide range of issues, including work productivity due to elevated temperatures. This is particularly important for agricultural workers in tropical countries like Thailand. This cross-sectional study a...

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07 2 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4335

Device-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior during office versus remote workdays among hybrid workers

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Tuija Leskinen, Miika Tuominen, Kristin Suorsa et al.

Objectives Daily sedentary time (SED) has been found to be higher during remote compared to office workdays, but current evidence mostly relies on studies from COVID-19 pandemic times. This study aimed to compare device-measured physical...

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08 1 October 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4331

Asymmetric impact of the 2012 Occupational Health and Safety Law on occupational injury and disease reporting in Türkiye: An interrupted time series analysis with emphasis on emerging female occupational disease patterns

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Funda Ekimci Deniz, Zehra Nur Töreyin, Metin Akgün

Objectives This study aimed to characterize 18-year trends in occupational injury (OI) and recognized occupational disease (OD) in Türkiye’s compensation-based surveillance, with emphasis on emerging female disease patterns and on the im...

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09 23 September 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4330

The impact of cumulative years of biomechanical and psychosocial exposures on competing exit routes from paid employment among older workers in Norway: A life course perspective

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Julie Ulstein, Karina Undem, Emil Sundstrup et al.

Objective This study aimed to examine associations between cumulative years of biomechanical and psychosocial job exposures and premature labor market exit among older workers within a competing risks framework. Methods Using linked regi...

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10 23 September 2026

DOI 10.5271/sjweh.4329

Shift work schedule patterns and sleep outcomes: results from the SHIFT2HEALTH survey across eight European countries

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Isabel Santonja, Coen Dros, Sandra Haider et al.

Objectives This study aimed to describe shift work patterns in Europe using a data-driven approach and evaluate their impact on adverse sleep outcomes. Methods We analyzed 6245 participants from the SHIFT2HEALTH survey across eight Europ...

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