title: [Work and health--challenges at the turn of the century].
abstract: This article gives an overview of a century of developments in the field of work-related health; relevant legislation, the incidence of work-related accidents and diseases, and the development of occupational health services. It is difficult to evaluate the working environment in Norway, as official statistics concerning work-related accidents and diseases are incomplete. Such data are of major importance for assessments of the effect of interventions in the working environment; hence, improved statistics should be a high priority in the future. There is a need for a national plan for work and health and for devoting more resources to the Labour Inspectorate. The occupational health service is a very good arena for preventive health work; it ought to be better integrated in the Norwegian general preventive health efforts.
authors.affiliation: Seksjon for arbeidsmedisin, Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag, Bergen.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Moen
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends