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Profiling a Pandemic. Who were the victims of the Spanish flu?
(2017)
At the end of May 1918, the Spanish government
was one of the first to admit that a new disease
had emerged in their country. The newswire
from Reuters reported that King Alfonso XIII,
the prime minister, and ...
A Missed Summer Wave of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic: Evidence From Household Surveys in the United States and Norway
(Oxford University Press, 2016-02-16)
Background
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Reanalysis of in
fl
uenza survey data from 1918 to 1919 was done to obtain new insights into the geographic and
host factors responsible for the various waves.
Methods
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We analyzed the age- and sex-speci
fi ...
The strength and vulnerability of school-age children
(Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2017)
BACKGROUND
Children between the ages of 5 and 14 appear to have a lower risk of dying than both
younger and older individuals.
OBJECTIVE
We looked for possible factors influencing the mortality rates ...
Individual and organizational well-being when workplace conflicts are on the agenda. A mixed methods study
(Roskilde Universitet, 2016-03)
Previous studies have shown that direct involvement in workplace conflicts may have a significant
impact on individual well-being. We used survey and interview data from a large nongovernmental
organization (NGO) to ...
1918 pandemic morbidity: the first wave hits the poor, the second wave hits the rich
(Wiley Open Access, 2018)
Background
Whether morbidity from the 1918‐19 influenza pandemic discriminated by socioeconomic status has remained a subject of debate for 100 years. In lack of data to study this issue, the recent literature has ...
Are you moving up or falling short? An inquiry of skills-based variation in self-perceived employability among Norwegian employees
(SAGE, 2017)
This article investigates how educational level, job-related skills and employers’ support for competence development jointly determine Norwegian employees’ expectations of maintaining employment and career advancement. ...
How do restructuring processes influence low- and unskilled immigrant and non-immigrant workers and their managers in a Norwegian hospital?
(Roskilde universitet, 2014)
It is a well-known fact that workplace restructuring has undesirable effects on the psychosocial work
environment, health, and sick leave, but no attention has been given to the health effects of work
environments ...
Employability as an Alternative to Job Security
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose – Employability has been suggested as an alternative to job security in response to more flexible work arrangements, arguing that the important question for employees is no longer the security of their current job, ...
Short-term Birth Sequelae of the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic in the United States: State-Level Analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2018-07-28)
This paper illuminates short-term birth sequelae of the influenza pandemic of 1918–20 in the USA using monthly data on births and all-cause deaths for 19 US states in conjunction with data on maternal deaths, stillbirths, ...
The association between socioeconomic status and pandemic influenza: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BMC, 2019-01-04)
Background: Pandemic mortality rates in 1918 and in 2009 were highest among those with the lowest socioeconomic status (SES). Despite this, low SES groups are not included in the list of groups prioritized for pandemic ...