Consequences of asthma on job absenteeism and job retention.

Aims: Various social and economic effects are associated with asthma. This quantitative study describes the effects of current asthma on work life evaluated from the number of weeks receiving transfer incomes.

Methods: The study population comprised 7,241 persons answering the ECRHS II screening questionnaire, which was sent to a random age and gender stratified sample of 10,000 persons aged 20 to 44 years.

Coordinated and tailored work rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial with economic evaluation undertaken with workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders.

Introduction: In Denmark, the magnitude and impact of work disability on the individual worker and society has prompted the development of a new "coordinated and tailored work rehabilitation" (CTWR) approach. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of CTWR with conventional case management (CCM) on return-to-work of workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

Methods: The study was a randomized controlled trial with economic evaluation undertaken with workers on sick leave for 4-12 weeks due to MSDs.

[The significance of conditions when growing up on the prevalence of atopy in adult Danes].

Introduction: The prevalence of atopy in adults depends on both hereditary and environmental factors. The influence of environmental factors is explained in the "hygiene hypothesis" by maturational changes in the immunological system in response to limited microbiologic challenges in early life. Several studies have indicated protective effects of varying conditions in early life, e.