BACKGROUND In higher income countries, social disadvantage is associated with higher arthritis prevalence; however, less is known about arthritis prevalence or determinants in low to middle income countries (LMICs). We assessed arthritis prevalence by age and sex, and marital status and occupation, as two key parameters of socioeconomic position (SEP), using data from the World Health Organizat...

life in Gulf War era military personnel. Am J Epidemiol 2002;155: 899–907. 52 The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification. 5th edn. Salt Lake City: Medicode Publication, 1998. 53 SAS Institute Inc. SAS/STAT Software Version 9.0. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.; 2002. 54 Gray GC, Coate BD, Anderson CM et al. The post-war hospitalization experience of U.S. veter...

Globalization, widely cited as the dominant international economic trend of the post-World War II era, is deeply connected with the opening of the world economy. The relationship between trade and growth has been intensively debated in the economic literature, within the fields of economics, sociology, political sciences, and others. However, in the areas of International Business (IB) and mana...

INTRODUCTION NATIONAL INTEREST AS A RATIONALE FOR HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION Practical Military Questions and Concerns Social and Political Movements Contemporary Considerations and Questions Uncovering the Process in Nazi Germany THE NAZI HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM Experimental Methods of the Hypothermia Studies Human Dimensions of the Experimental Program Results of the Human Hypothermia Resear...

B/ W. H. OGILVIE, c.b., c.m.g., m.b., [ major-general, I.M.S.j | j Director of Mcdical Services, India. I havu lately been in conversation with one or two officers of the I.M.S. occupying important executive appointments on the civil side of the Service. They were well versed in the curative side of the profession and one at least had seen a good deal of active service during the great war and ...

BACKGROUND The Vivian Bullwinkel Oration honours the life and work of an extraordinary nurse. Given her story and that of her World War II colleagues, the topic of nursing heroism in the 21st century could not be more germane. DISCUSSION Is heroism a legitimate part of nursing, or are nurses simply 'just doing their job' even when facing extreme personal danger? In this paper I explore the pl...

Since the 1988 Bicentennial and the 2001 centenary of federation celebrations colonial images have flourished in Australia, highlighting the roles of convicts and free settlers during early colonization. Old sites, such as Port Arthur have been re-invigorated, and in 2004 Tasmanians celebrated the bicentenary of 'white' settlement. However, social scientists have given little attention to the r...