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Alex Burdorf is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on health professions and medicine, with a strong emphasis on public and occupational health.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

The subfields in which they have contributed most significantly are:

  • General Health Professions
  • Demography
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Alex Burdorf's research covers a range of topics with a particular focus on workplace health and welfare issues. The main topics include:

  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

The scientist has been frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Public Health
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Among their recent papers are:

  • The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: consequences for occupational health, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • Work as a social determinant of health in high-income countries: past, present, and future, 2023, The Lancet
  • Mental health among university students: The associations of effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment with psychological distress, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Occurrence and timing of withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in traumatic brain injury patients: a CENTER-TBI study, 2021, Intensive Care Medicine
  • Exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 infection at work: development of an international job exposure matrix (COVID-19-JEM), 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health

Frequent co-authors working with Alex Burdorf include:

  • Suzan JW Robroek
  • Karen M Oude Hengel
  • Merel Schuring
  • Vivi Schlünssen
  • Henrik Albert Kolstad

Best Publications

  • Prevalence and incidence of shoulder pain in the general population; a systematic review.

    Jolanda Luime;Bart Koes;I. J M Hendriksen;Alex Burdorf

  • Positive and negative evidence of risk factors for back disorders.

    Alex Burdorf;Gary Sorock

  • The effects of work-related and individual factors on the work ability index: A systematic review

    T I J van den Berg;L A M Elders;B C H de Zwart;A Burdorf

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in occupational, leisure-time, and transport related physical activity among European adults: A systematic review

    Marielle A. Beenackers;Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis;Katrina Giskes;Katrina Giskes;Katrina Giskes;Johannes Brug

  • Determinants of participation in worksite health promotion programmes: a systematic review

    Suzan J.W. Robroek;Frank J. van Lenthe;Pepijn van Empelen;Alex Burdorf

  • Workplace Health Promotion: A Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness

    Anne Rongen;Suzan J.W. Robroek;Frank J. van Lenthe;Alex Burdorf

  • Associations between work-related factors and specific disorders of the shoulder - A systematic review of the literature

    Rogier M. Van Rijn;Bionka M. A. Huisstede;Bart W. Koes;Alex Burdorf

  • Influence of poor health on exit from paid employment: a systematic review.

    Rogier M van Rijn;Suzan J W Robroek;Sandra Brouwer;Sandra Brouwer;Alex Burdorf

  • Unemployment and retirement and ill-health: a cross-sectional analysis across European countries.

    Seyed Mohammad Alavinia;Alex Burdorf

  • Risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders among nursing personnel in Greek hospitals.

    Evangelos C. Alexopoulos;Alex Burdorf;Athena Kalokerinou

  • Health problems lead to considerable productivity loss at work among workers with high physical load jobs

    W.J. Meerding;W. IJzelenberg;M.A. Koopmanschap;J.L. Severens

  • The effect of lifting during work on low-back pain – a health impact assessment based on a meta-analysis

    Pieter Coenen;Vincent Gouttebarge;Aafje S A M van der Burght;Jaap H van Dieën

  • Urinary metabolite concentrations of organophosphorous pesticides, bisphenol A, and phthalates among pregnant women in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: the Generation R study.

    Xibiao Ye;Frank H. Pierik;Frank H. Pierik;Russ Hauser;Susan Duty

  • Determinants of work ability and its predictive value for disability

    S. M. Alavinia;A. G. E. M. de Boer;J. C. van Duivenbooden;M. H. W. Frings-Dresen

  • Associations between work-related factors and specific disorders at the elbow: a systematic literature review

    Rogier M. van Rijn;Bionka M. A. Huisstede;Bart W. Koes;Alex Burdorf

  • Model for the work-relatedness of low-back pain

    Freek Lötters;Alex Burdorf;Judith Kuiper;Harald Miedema

  • Maternal and Paternal Risk Factors for Cryptorchidism and Hypospadias: A Case–Control Study in Newborn Boys

    Frank H. Pierik;Alex Burdorf;James A. Deddens;Rikard E. Juttmann

  • Associations between work-related factors and the carpal tunnel syndrome--a systematic review.

    Rogier M van Rijn;Bionka M A Huisstede;Bart W Koes;Alex Burdorf

  • Impact of work-related factors, lifestyle, and work ability on sickness absence among Dutch construction workers

    Seyed M Alavinia;Tilja I J van den Berg;Cor van Duivenbooden;Leo A M Elders

  • Is retirement good for your health? A systematic review of longitudinal studies.

    Iris van der Heide;Rogier M van Rijn;Suzan J W Robroek;Alex Burdorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank J. van Lenthe
Frank J. van Lenthe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bart W. Koes
Bart W. Koes Erasmus University Rotterdam
Allard J. van der Beek
Allard J. van der Beek Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mauricio Avendano
Mauricio Avendano King's College London
Johan P. Mackenbach
Johan P. Mackenbach Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dick Heederik
Dick Heederik Utrecht University
Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen
Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen University of Amsterdam
Eira Viikari-Juntura
Eira Viikari-Juntura Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University

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