Stories
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Between sickness and health
In early 2020, the subject Will Rees was studying – imaginary illnesses – took on a new relevance as everyone anxiously scanned themselves for Covid symptoms each day. But this kind of self-scrutiny is nothing new, as he reveals.
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Is your job bad for your teeth?
Some surprising occupations pose hidden risks to dental health. Could your ivories be in particular peril?
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How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms
Too much of the wrong sort of light can send our natural cycles off-kilter – is city life messing with your circadian rhythm?
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How architecture builds a profession of stress
Architects might produce buildings that enhance our health, but at what cost? Kristin Hohenadel explores architecture’s pressurised and stressful culture.
Catalogue
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First report of the Special Investigation Committee upon the Incidence of Phthisis in Relation to Occupations : the boot and shoe industry.
Great Britain. Medical Research Committee. Investigation Committee upon the Incidence of Phthisis in Relation to Occurence.Date: 1915- Books
Occupations from the social, hygienic and medical points of view, / by Sir Thomas Oliver.
Oliver, Thomas, Sir, 1853-1942.Date: 1916
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Effects of industrial occupations on the health of operatives : a speech / by Edward Headlam Greenhow.
Greenhow, Edward Headlam, 1814-1888.Date: 1863
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Occupational diseases : a guide to their recognition. Rewritten and enlarged edition. W. M. Gafafer, editor.
United States. Public Health Service. Division of Occupational Health.Date: [1964]- Books
Dangerous trades : the historical, social, and legal aspects of industrial occupations as affecting health, by a number of experts / edited by Thomas Oliver.
Date: 1902