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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Occupational Medicine"”.
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Hypertension Screening of Commercial Divers from an Occupational Medicine Perspective
… to as 'Spacewalks') for astronauts. The NBL occupational health program requires regular "work-site" physical exams, including blood pressure checks, on at least a weekly basis. Although some blood pressures measured during such regular checks were elevated, the diagnosis and management of …
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Aerosol Samplers Comparison: IOM Dual Sampler (Inhalable & Respirable) vs Conventional Methods for Assessing Welders Exposure to Manganese
Occupational exposure to airborne manganese (Mn) is currently determined using National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) analytical methods for particulate not otherwise regulated. The Institute of Occupational Medicine …
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Environmental and health management in small and medium size enterprises
… Nine fields of knowledge (Industrial Safety, Occupational Health, Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology, Industrial Hygiene, Toxicology, Environmental Health, Environmental Management, and Risk assessment) are considered as useful tools and approaches whose interaction may help SMEs to shape or …
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An investigation of the status of Workplace Counseling in Chainama Hills College Hospital and Munali Boys Secondary School in Lusaka District, Zambia
… evolving making the 21st century social and occupational medicine susceptible to manage a different set of emerging work related problems. This present study investigated the status of workplace counselling in Chainama Hills College Hospital and Munali Secondary School in Lusaka District, …
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The effect of work related mechanical stress on the peripheral temperature of the hand
… in modern industry have resulted a wide range of occupational activities, some of which can lead to industrial injuries. Due to the activities of occupational medicine, much progress has been made in transforming the way that operatives perform their tasks. However there are still many occupations …
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Skin symptoms (allergic and non-allergic) predicting the development of allergic respiratory outcomes and asthma in bakers
Background: Recent studies have suggested that aside from the inhalational route, skin exposure may also play an important role in the sensitization to allergens, resulting in adverse allergic respiratory outcomes including asthma in workers exposed to these agents. This appears to be reported more …
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To work or not to work in an extended working life? Factors in working and retirement decisions
In most of the industrialised world, the proportion of older and retired people in the population is continuously increasing. This will have budgetary implications for maintaining the welfare state, because the active working section of the population must fund the non-active and old population. …