Apart from knowledge gained directly from the stroke employee, the internet was likely to be the first place employers would look for information about the condition. Where in-house occupational health services were supported by a visiting GP they were more likely to be a reliable source of infor...
VID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of health workers, including OTs, have been recognizing the advantages of telemedicine, and it is believed that in the near future telehealth OT will be widely adopted for older persons. A study published in 1962 proposed the idea of mobile health services ...
Please contact your health professional to get a referral to a pediatric OT near you. Back to Top Some Helpful Resources Really Good Books If you are a parent in need of support, or a new OT needing some ideas and information, these books were really helpful to me as a parent and as ...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ignited the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. Ukrainian government agencies, civil society organizations, and international agencies have gathered an unprecedented amount of data about the
Similarly, substituting a less-toxic cleaning agent (see Chapter 8) may be more cost effective in reducing health complaints of eye and throat irritation among exposed workers than the use of gloves and respirators. OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE SERVICES Because not all health hazards in the workplace can...
affected parties. This general approach has been proposed for evaluating the risks of ENMs [5–7]. A notable alternative is the Nano Risk framework, a joint venture of the Environmental Defense Fund and DuPont [40]. In addition, due to the many different ENMs, and the time and cost to ...
A better understanding of the health-environment (including the gene-environment) and its interactions in the etiology of NCDs allows more adequate preventative actions that could decrease disease morbidity and mortality for many of the NCDs that are of major public concern. Within the COST action ...
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This review describes ENMs briefly, their application, the ENM workforce, the major routes of human exposure, some examples of uptake and adverse effects, what little has been reported on occupational exposure assessment, and approaches to minimize exposure and health hazards. These latter approaches ...
affected parties. This general approach has been proposed for evaluating the risks of ENMs [5–7]. A notable alternative is the Nano Risk framework, a joint venture of the Environmental Defense Fund and DuPont [40]. In addition, due to the many different ENMs, and the time and cost to ...