This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health ...

Introduction Stone quarry workers are constantly exposed to crystalline silica dust of different particle sizes in different concentrations. General objective To determine the effects of stone dust on ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate ethnic differences in self reported health in the city of Malmö, Sweden, and whether these differences could ...

Background Electronic gambling machines (EGMs) are among the most harmful forms of gambling. Their widespread availability has been linked to increased gambling activity and a rise in harmful gambling ...

Correspondence to Dr Phil Edwards, Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Phil.Edwards{at}lshtm.ac.uk Background Many local ...

Correspondence to: Dr C Reinhardt Pedersen, National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; crp{at}dike.dk Objective: To study the association between parents’ ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The study is an empirical investigation of sickness presenteeism in relation to occupation, irreplaceability, ill health, sickness absenteeism, personal income, and slimmed down ...

1 Department of Social Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA Design: Cross ...