Vilhjálmur Rafnsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 7775562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vilhjálmur Rafnsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vilhjálmur |
| FAMILY NAME | Rafnsson |
| SIGNATURE | RAFNSSON V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Administration of Occupational Safety and Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6361-8527 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Number of visits to the emergency department and risk of suicide
Number of visits to the ED is an independent risk factor for suicide adjusted for other known and important risk factors. The prevalence of four or more visits was 40% among cases compared with 10% among controls. This new risk factor may open new venues for suicide prevention
Mortality among female manual workers
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to determine whether female manual workers have higher mortality than other women. DESIGN--This was a retrospective cohort study in which mortality was compared with that of the general female population. Main outcome measures were standardised mortality ratio (SMR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). SETTING--Reykjavík region. PARTICIPANTS--Participants were 18,878 women, the cumulated members of a pension fund for ma…
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Mortality among female manual workers
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to determine whether female manual workers have higher mortality than other women. DESIGN--This was a retrospective cohort study in which mortality was compared with that of the general female population. Main outcome measures were standardised mortality ratio (SMR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). SETTING--Reykjavík region. PARTICIPANTS--Participants were 18,878 women, the cumulated members of a pension fund for ma…
Number of visits to the emergency department and risk of suicide
Number of visits to the ED is an independent risk factor for suicide adjusted for other known and important risk factors. The prevalence of four or more visits was 40% among cases compared with 10% among controls. This new risk factor may open new venues for suicide prevention
Cohort study (2 works) · Confidence interval (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Agriculture and Farm Safety (1 work) · Cohort (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Emergency department (1 work)