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E Holmsen

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PubMed1998

[Public health work in connection with a new international airport].

During the six years between the parliament decision in 1992 to build a new international airport and the opening of this airport at Gardermoen, public health authorities experienced strong challenges when exercising their authority, when planning and implementing the airport health services, and when trying to describe possible health hazards to the population living in the area. Environmental and population health considerations led in some instances to opposite conclusions. The opinions of local health authorities were overruled by national authorities as regards noise limits. The food control authorities were not included in the first stage of planning. Efforts to cooperate emergency health services, ambulance services, and services for the prevention of contagious diseases did not succeed initially. Population studies before and during the airport construction period showed that persons being forced to move because of the new airport reported increased illness, developed a lower self-assessed health quality, more often generalized pain, and more often moderate mental problems.

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PubMed1992

[Social network, alcohol drinking habits and injuries caused by violence among women and men in the county of Akershus. Results from anonymous questionnaires among persons aged 40-42 years. 1990-91].

All residents aged 40-42 in Akershus county were invited to screening for cardiovascular risk factors in 1990-91 as part of a prevention programme. Of the 13,607 attendants, 8,960 answered an anonymous questionnaire about social network, drinking habits, and injuries due to violence. Compared with data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, our material included a high percentage of persons with a higher education, a high percentage of married persons, and a low percentage of persons living alone. Results in respect of social network and drinking habits roughly agreed with those of other studies. Of the males, 15.7% had been injured at least once as a result of violence, most often assault and robbery. Of the females, the corresponding percentage was 18.1. Here the dominating forms of violence were maltreatment, threats and sexual assault. Females were more often exposed than males to repeated violence and more often suffered persisting problems as a result of maltreatment. Compared with other studies, we found a high prevalence of injuries from violence among females, suggesting underreporting of experiences of violence by females in studies based on personal interview or the hospitals' injury register.

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