Preface by the Editors.- Section I: Occupational hazards, impaired health and disability risk. Section Editor: Johannes Siegrist.- A. General issues and challenges.- 1. The changing nature of work and employment in developed countries; Werner Eichhorst, IZA, Bonn, Germany.- 2. Trends of work and employment in rapidly developing countries; Arne Kalleberg, University of Chapel Hill, NC, USA.- 3. Trajectories from work to early exit from labour market: theoretical concepts; Hans Martin Hasselhorn, University of Wuppertal, Germany.- 4. Occupational hazards as determinants of early exit from labour market: conceptual and methodological approaches; Alex Burdorf, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.- 5. Disability pensions: regulatory principles and variations according to welfare policies; Anne Juvani and Jaana Pentti , Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland.- 6. Policies of reducing the burden of occupational hazards and disability pensions: overviewand critical appraisal; Espen Dahl and Johan Fritzell, Oslo University, Norway and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.- B. Occupational hazards and main outcomes of impaired health.- 7. Occupational injuries: major trends in developed countries; Paivi Hämälainen, VTT Technical Research Centre, Tampere, Finland.- 8. Occupational injuries in rapidly developing countries; Jukka Takala, Workplace Safety and Health Institute Singapore.- 9. Chemical, physical and biological hazards and occupational diseases: cancer; Jack Siemiatycki, University of Montreal, Canada.- 10. Chemical, physical and biological hazards and respiratory diseases; Manolis Kogevinas, Research Centre of Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.- 11. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of musculoskeletal disorders; Annette Leclerc, INSERM, Paris.- 12 Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of cardiovascular disorders; Töres Theorell, Stockholm University, Stockholm,Sweden.- 13. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of affective disorders; Reiner Rugulies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.- 14. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of cognitive decline and dementia; Erika Sabbath and Claudine Berr, Boston University, Boston, USA and University of Montpellier, France.- 15. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of health-adverse behaviours (including overweight, smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity); Solja T. Nyberg, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.- C. Prevention strategies and challenges.- 16. A critical role of occupational health and safety services; Peter Schnall, University of California, Irvine, USA.- 17. Surveillance, monitoring and evaluation: regulatory and voluntary approaches; Stavroula Leka, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.- 18. Health-promoting work: strategies and models of best practice; Antony LaMontagne, Deakin University, Australia.- 19. Impactof national labour and social policies; Claire Bambra, Durham University, United Kingdom.- 20. Challenges at international/global level; Ronald Labonté, University of Montreal, Canada.- Section II: Access/return to work of persons with chronic diseases or disabilities; Section Editor Ute Bültmann.- A. Key issues.- 1. A human rights perspective on social participation; Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.- 2. Legal aspects of access/return to work; Katherine Lippel and Genevieve Grant, University of Ottawa, Canada and Monash University, Australia.- 3. Economic aspects of access/return to work Chris McLeod, University of British Columbia, Canada.- 4. Impact of distinct national labour and social policies; Christopher Prinz, OECD, France.- 5. Employment as a key rehabilitation outcome; Kerstin Ekberg and Merete Labrioloa, University of Linköping, Sweden and University of Aarhus, Denmark.- 6. Socio-environmental and psychological barriers to employment; Sandra Brouwer and Cecile Boot, University of Groningen and VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- B. Determinants and outcomes of access/return to work in major disabilities or chronic diseases.- 7. Cancer; Anja Mehnert and Angela de Boer, University of Leipzig, Germany and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- 8. Spinal cord injury; Jan Reinhardt and Marcel Post, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland and Utrecht University, The Netherlands.- 9. Cardiovascular disease; Angelique de Rijk, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.- 10. Affective disorders; Silje Endresen Reme, University of Bergen, Norway.- 11. Musculoskeletal disorders; Dwayne van Eerd and Dorca Beaton, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Canada.- 12. Addictive disorders; Ulrich John, University of Greifswald, Germany.- 13. Mental disabilities; Marc Corbiere, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada.- 14. Multi-morbid conditions; George Declos and Monica Ubalde-Lopez, University of Houston, Texas, USA and University of Pompeu Fabre, Barcelona, Spain.- C. Rehabilitation strategies and policy challenges.- 15. Investing in medical and vocational rehabilitation services; Mathias Bethge and Christoph Gutenbrunner, University of Lübeck and MHH Hannover, Germany.- 16. Strengthening Individual Placement and Support Models, stepwise return to work and employer engagement; Gary Bond, The Dartmouth Institute, USA.- 17. Implementing best practice models of return to work; Bill Shaw and Vicky Kristmas, Hoptinkton, USA and Lakehed University, Canada.- 18. Prioritizing training/retraining of capabilities according to need; Reuben Escorpizo, University of Vermont, USA.- 19. Reducing societal (discrimination) and environmental barriers to work; Jerome Bickenbach and Per von Groote, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.- 20. Investing in integrative, active labour market policies, including fair social protection; Olle Lundberg, Stockholm University, Sweden; Subject Index.
