Search for dissertations about: "an environmental health"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1129 swedish dissertations containing the words an environmental health.
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1. To work or not to work in an extended working life? Factors in working and retirement decisions
Abstract : In most of the industrialised world, the proportion of older and retired people in the population is continuously increasing. This will have budgetary implications for maintaining the welfare state, because the active working section of the population must fund the non-active and old population. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Social Capital, Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health A Health Economic Study
Abstract : The thesis comprises four independent research papers and a summary that focus on two related dimensions. The first dimension focuses on the understanding of the production of health. Particularly, the question is asked whether community's stock of social capital influence individual's health. READ MORE
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3. Quantification of population exposure and health impacts associated with air pollution
Abstract : There is substantial evidence that air pollution, in particular particulate matter (PM), affects our health. The overall objective of this thesis is to understand and quantify population exposure to ambient air pollution and related health impacts. READ MORE
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4. The Highs and Lows of Work-Time Control : Exploring the role of control over working hours for health
Abstract : Flexible work-time arrangements are thought to create ways of aligning work and private life and facilitate recovery. While temporal flexibility is found to generally bolster work–life balance, its effects on health outcomes are less well known. READ MORE
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5. Navigating towards environmental impact assessment of shipping
Abstract : The shipping sector exert multiple pressures on the environment, affecting climate change, human health and the marine environment. From a policy perspective, shipping is usually assessed based on the emissions to air (e.g. READ MORE