This study reports the general health and safety (HS) conditions in the Turkish construction industry from the perspective of construction labor. Toward this aim, a questionnaire survey was carried out with 800 workers employed in 32 construction projects in Turkey. Contractors were found to neglect their legal liabilities in paying workers' insurance premiums. Also, they overlooked safety trai...

INTRODUCTION Traditionally, health safety and environmental (HS & E) investments have been viewed as expensive but necessary. HS & E professionals had a difficult task of providing data showing that these investments can also contribute to business success. An ORC task force developed a way for traditional financial analysis methods to be applied to HS & E investments and decisions. METHOD Th...

This work was supported by grant from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India through F.I.S.T. SR/SO/HS/17/2003 and SR/SO/HS/95/2007 to MMG and Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to RAS [10-2(5)/2003(II)-E.U.II] and University Grants Commission to AP [2-89/98(SA-I)] from Government of India, New Delhi. Endocrinology. First published ah...

INTRODUCTION Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic disease with waxing and waning of symptoms. This is the first comprehensive economic model developed to reflect the nature and course of GAD. METHODS An incidence-based probabilistic Markov model was developed reflecting nine GAD health states (HS): clinical assessments (three HS), maintenance therapies (four HS), discontinuation (o...

Background Occupation within the coal mining company is full of risks. Being located far from residential areas and the risk of occupational health and safety (HS) and the first-hand experience thereof may be considered to be limited to the miners themselves. The control policies by the government issued a once every three months visit to the main site. However, this is regarded as not being ef...

Introduction: Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a common entity in Asian subcontinent, occurring in the first three decades of life. TB of spine most commonly affects the dorsolumbar spine region followed by cervical spine. Early diagnosis and treatment are necessary to avoid long-term disability. Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and positive mantoux test provide supportive evidence for ...