Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

27.08.2019: Working conditions have a significant impact on public health. A Norwegian study has shown that up to 30–40 % of all sickness absence may be attributed to workplace conditions (1). To obtain a better overview of the patient examinations in hospital departments for occupational medicine and the...

21.08.2017: Norwegian studies have shown that 60 % of the age group 30 – 45 years report occupationally related health problems (1), that approximately half of all general-practice consultations with gainfully employed people are reported to have causes related to work (2), that as much as 30 – 40 % of all...

21.01.2011: Sick leave is a topical subject in the context of the 2010 revision of the Agreement on a More Inclusive Working Life (the IA agreement) (1, 2). There has been little discussion about the extent to which sick leave may be related to work, although this may be highly important with respect to what...