Metastatic disease, myeloma, and lymphoma are the most common malignant spinal tumors.
Hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the spine. Other primary osseous …

Unfavorable work characteristics, such as low job control and too high or too low job demands,
have been suggested to increase the likelihood of physical inactivity during leisure time, …

… Health Organization recommendations: <18.5 kg/m 2 (underweight), 18.5–24.9 kg/m 2 (normal
weight), 25–29.9 kg/m 2 (overweight), and ≥30 kg/m 2 (obese). Participants with BMI …

Background Published work assessing psychosocial stress (job strain) as a risk factor for
coronary heart disease is inconsistent and subject to publication bias and reverse causation …

Background In 2011, WHO member states signed up to the 25 × 25 initiative, a plan to cut
mortality due to non-communicable diseases by 25% by 2025. However, socioeconomic …

Importance After an infection by SARS-CoV-2, many patients present with persistent
physical symptoms that may impair their quality of life. Beliefs regarding the causes of these …

… /m 2 ), overweight (25·0–29·9 kg/m 2 ), class I (mild) obesity (30·0–34·9 kg/m 2 ), and class II
and III (severe) obesity (≥35·0 kg/m … of underweight (<20 kg/m 2 ) to achieve sufficient case …

Objectives: To investigate the determinants of self rated health (SRH) in men and women in
the British Whitehall II study and the French Gazel cohort study. Methods: The cross …

… Michel Zins is presently a doctoral candidate at the Universite Laval, on leave from the
Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi where he is Assistant Professor of Marketing. His research …

Background Governments need to increase the proportion of the population in work in most
developed countries because of ageing populations. We investigated longitudinally how self-…