“…Different limitations were reported for each study, e.g. lack of representativeness of national workforce [9,10], attrition [8], self-reported assessment of diagnosis [8] or workplace physical exposures [8,10], and confounding factors [9]. However, one of the studies had a representative sample [8], two had low attrition rates and confirmatory physical examination [9,10], one had observations of exposure [9], and one a complete analysis of confounders [10].…”