Occupational medicine and toxicology [PDF]
Abstract This editorial is to announce the Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, a new Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal published by BioMed Central. Occupational medicine and toxicology belong to the most wide ranging disciplines of all medical specialties. The field is devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, management and
Axel Fischer, David A. Groneberg
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Mental health nurses' encounters with occupational health services [PDF]
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Occupational Medicine following peer review. Under embargo until 16 June 2019. The version of recordJ. Oates, J. Jones, and N.
Drey, Nicholas+2 more
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Routine dipstick urinalysis in daily practice of Belgian occupational physicians [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Little work has been done to assess the quality of health care and the use of evidence-based methods by occupational physicians in Belgium. Therefore, the main objective is to describe one aspect of occupational health assessments, namely the
Braeckman, Lutgart+2 more
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Gaetano pieraccini: Public health giant who created Italian social medicine [PDF]
It\u2019s well known all over the world that Italy is the birthplace of Bernardino Ramazzini (1633 -1714), the real founder of occupational medicine, and that Italian doctors had a great importance in scientific and cultural development in occupational ...
Bucci, Roberto (ORCID:0000-0002-0844-324X)+3 more
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Risk assessment, and carcinogen mutagen for workers potentially exposed in the research laboratories of “Sapienza” University of Rome for Health Surveillance [PDF]
The following work is meant to represent the evaluation of risk factors for the health of exposed workers, arising from the management of carcinogenic and mutagenic substances, through the use of algorithms.
Altrudo, Paola+4 more
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Preventive medicine center and health care for students of medicine and health professions at the Sapienza University of Rome: a research protocol [PDF]
This project aims to develop a Center of Preventive Medicine and Health Care for the students of Medicine and Health profession at Sapienza University of Rome. At the beginning of the university career students, both residents and nonresident s, have to
Backhaus, Insa+16 more
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Government laboratory worker with lung cancer: comparing risks from beryllium, asbestos, and tobacco smoke. [PDF]
Occupational medicine physicians are frequently asked to establish cancer causation in patients with both workplace and non-workplace exposures. This is especially difficult in cases involving beryllium for which the data on human carcinogenicity are ...
Balmes, JR, Steinmaus, C
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Reliability reconsidered: Cronbach's alpha and paediatric assessment in occupational therapy [PDF]
Background / aim: Using reliable outcome measures is a necessity for the occupational therapy profession in enabling valid assessments of clients. Although Cronbach’s alpha is the most widely applied index of internal consistency reliability, there are
Spiliotopoulou, G
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Occupational health for an ageing workforce: Do we need a geriatric perspective? [PDF]
10.1186/1745-6673-1-8Journal of Occupational Medicine and ...
Koh, D., Koh, G.C.-H.
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A Case of Bowen’s Disease and Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma: Long-Term Consequences of Chronic Arsenic Exposure in Chinese Traditional Medicine [PDF]
Chronic arsenic toxicity occurs primarily through inadvertent ingestion of contaminated water and food or occupational exposure, but it can also occur through medicinal ingestion.
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