Journal articles reporting the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates

Global, regional and national burdens of non-melanoma skin cancer attributable to occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation for 183 countries, 2000–2019

Global, regional and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000-2016

Global, regional and national burden of disease attributable to 19 selected occupational risk factors for 183 countries, 2000–2016

Editorials

Editorial on the systematic reviews and meta-analyses for the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses for the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates

The effect of exposure to long working hours on:

- ischaemic heart disease – protocol, systematic review

- stroke – protocol, systematic review

- alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder – protocol, systematic review

- depression – protocol, systematic review

The prevalence of occupational exposure to noise: protocol, systematic review

The effect of occupational exposure to noise on cardiovascular disease: protocol, systematic review

The prevalence of occupational exposure to ergonomic risk factors: protocol, systematic review

The effect of occupational exposure to ergonomic risk factors on osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal diseases: protocol, systematic review

The effect of occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation on:

- malignant skin melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer – protocol, systematic review (WHO report)

- cataract - protocol

The prevalence of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres: protocol, systematic review

The effect of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres on pneumoconiosis: protocol

The effect of occupational exposure to welding fumes on tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer: protocol, systematic review,  supplementary analysis

Journal articles reporting systematic review methods

RoB-SPEO tool for assessing risk of bias in studies estimating the prevalence of exposure to occupational risk factors

Assessor burden, inter-rater agreement and user experience of the RoB-SPEO tool for assessing risk of bias in studies estimating prevalence of exposure to occupational risk factors

The QoE-SPEO approach for assessing the quality of evidence in studies estimating prevalence of exposure to occupational risk factors

Journal articles reporting estimation methods

A microsimulation modelling approach for estimating the population exposed to a risk factor over a time window.  

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