Background Only alimited number of studies have evaluated the association between phototherapy-treated neonatal jaundice and the development of atopic dermatitis (AD) in the early childhood. In this context, the present study is aimed to assess the relationship between the AD development in the childhood and the history of phototherapy in the case of neonatal jau...

OBJECTIVE To determine the coverage of childhood immunization appropriate for age among socioeconomically disadvantaged rural-urban migrants living in Delhi and to identify the determinants of full immunization uptake among these migrant children. METHODS This is a cross-sectional survey of 746 rural-urban migrant mothers with a child aged up to 2 years, who were interviewed with a pretested ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess whether organizational justice lowers productivity loss and sickness absence, and whether there are reverse effects of productivity loss and sickness absence on organizational justice. METHOD A longitudinal study with 2 years of follow-up was conducted among employed persons aged 45-64 years from the Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and M...

The purpose of this study is to examine the independent association of job satisfaction with common cold and sickness absence among Japanese workers. A total of 307 apparently healthy white-collar employees (165 men and 142 women), aged 22-69 (mean 36) yr, completed a questionnaire survey during April to June, 2002. Global job satisfaction was measured by a 4-item scale from the Japanese versio...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends in childhood immunization coverage after implementation of Medicaid managed care in Tennessee (TennCare) in 1994. DESIGN Before-and-after study using the Tennessee Department of Health annual cross-sectional survey of children aged 24 months. PATIENTS A mean of 1663 children per year who were randomly sampled during 1986-1999. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Completion r...

Ethnic origin has been reported to affect the prevalence of atopic diseases in several studies in different parts of the world. However, little is known about the prevalence of asthma and atopy in immigrants living in Europe. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma and atopy in Turkish children living in Germany and to investigate the role of ethnic origin on the de...

BACKGROUND Exposure to shift work has been associated with negative health consequences, although the association between shift work and sickness absence remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate associations between cumulative exposure to shift work and sickness absence among ground staff employees of an airline company. METHODS This study used data from the MORE (Monitoring O...

BACKGROUND Most developing countries have only limited information on the burden of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) even though rapid transitions in these NCDs have been predicted. OBJECTIVES To describe the burden of selected NCDs and associated risk behaviours in an urban university community in Nigeria. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 525 representative staff of a University in a la...

Polymorphisms in NQO1, a gene coding for the phase II enzyme involved in the detoxification of quinone carcinogens, have been associated with childhood leukemia in some studies, although the observed direction and magnitude of effects have been inconsistent. Therefore, the authors systematically reviewed all published reports describing the effect of NQO1 in de novo childhood leukemia and condu...