Pharmacy in Iceland.

Objective: To summarize the practice of pharmacy in Iceland.

Data Sources: Human resources were the primary sources of data for this publication. Personal observation by Cleary is the basis of this publication.

Risk of fatal accidents occurring other than at sea among Icelandic seamen.

Objective: To study mortality among seamen, particularly from fatal accidents that occurred other than at sea.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Iceland.

Mortality among female manual workers.

Study Objective: The aim was to determine whether female manual workers have higher mortality than other women.

Design: This was a retrospective cohort study in which mortality was compared with that of the general female population. Main outcome measures were standardised mortality ratio (SMR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Fatal accidents among Icelandic seamen: 1966-86.

Objective: To investigate whether fatal accidents, including drownings, have decreased among Icelandic fishermen and seamen.

Design: Historical prospective study. The study population was record linked with the National Register and the Register of Deceased to get information on water transport accidents (ICD-7, E850-E858) during the period 1966-86.

Mortality among professional drivers.

The mortality of truck drivers and taxi drivers was studied in Reykjavík. The national mortality rate was used for comparison, and the follow-up lasted until 1 December 1988. The 868 truck drivers (28,788.

Cancer incidence among Icelandic farmers 1977-1987.

The purpose of the present study was to describe the cancer pattern in a cohort of farmers in Iceland and to compare their cancer incidence to that of other Icelandic males. This is a retrospective cohort study. The study population was obtained from a register at the Farmers' Pension Fund and comprised 5922 men.

Mortality study of fertiliser manufacturers in Iceland.

A retrospective cohort study was carried out on workers in a fertiliser plant to assess the risk of stomach and lung cancer. The cohort comprised 603 subjects and their death rates were compared with those of the general male population in Iceland. The study period was 1954 to 1985.

Cultural and electronmicroscopic studies of the effect of penicillin on tolerant oral streptococci.

Penicillin-tolerant and -sensitive strains of oral streptococci were treated with penicillin to determine the production of a post-antibiotic effect (PAE). No PAE was seen with any of the S. sanguis strains tested but most strains of the other oral streptococcal species produced a PAE.

Caries prevalence, Streptococcus mutans and sugar intake among 4-year-old urban children in Iceland.

Concern at the high prevalence of dental caries in Iceland prompted this survey of 158 preschool children in Reykjavik. On initial examination in 1987 45.8% of the children were caries-free and the prevalence of caries was a mean dmft 2.

Mortality among farmers in Iceland.

A retrospective cohort study was performed to determine the cause of death among 5923 farmers in Iceland. Information on deaths occurring between 1977 and 1985 was obtained through the Statistical Bureau of Iceland. The vital status could be ascertained for all subjects in the study.

A family showing apparent X linked inheritance of both anencephaly and spina bifida.

A family is reported which includes five males, two with spina bifida, two sibs with anencephaly, and one with both high and low spinal lesions. The affected subjects came from four sibships in three generations. The mode of inheritance of these neural tube defects is consistent with X linkage.