BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated occupational groups reporting low rates of sickness absence because of an assumption that these rates indicate low morbidity. This is inconsistent with the view that sickness absence, which may be caused by social and psychological rather than medical factors, does not equate with morbidity. This paper investigates rates of sickness absence and factors i...

background: precarious employment is a major social determinant of health and health inequalities with effects beyond the health of workers. objective: to investigate the association between precarious employment and sickness absence in 4 nordic countries, denmark, finland, norway, and sweden. methods: logistic regression analyses were conducted separately for each country on data from 4186 res...

MÊME SI, DEPUIS LES ANNÉES 1950, on peut sentir l’influence des modèles de soins qui mettent l’accent sur la participation active des patients dans le processus décisionnel, les conclusions que nous présentent dans ce numéro les Dr Anne M. Stiggelbout et Gwendoline M. Kiebert (page 383) nous laissent croire que les patients ne sont peut-être pas favorables à une telle idée, au contraire des éth...

The following is a review of some of the work that we have done since 2007 regarding the importance of molds in the phenomenon of sick building syndrome (SBS). In these studies we first examined mold contamination in air handling units (AHU). Our results showed that Cladosporium sp. were commonly recovered in AHU as growth sites and free spores. They were found mainly on the blower wheel fan bl...

Much effort in recent years has been directed toward educating the public in the United States regarding the definition of alcoholism and deviant drinking as medical problems rather than as criminal offenses. 12,24 These efforts are reflected in the various publications of the Rutgers (formerly Yale) Centre for Alcohol Studies, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the National Council on Alcohol...