Trends in health personnel.

Personnel internal radiation exposure to iodine-125 in a radioiodination laboratory: Exposure levels and trends

ABSTRACT Background: Monitoring internal exposure of individuals handling significant amounts of iodine-125 (I-125) for iodination is of great importance. These individuals are potentially exposed to external contamination, and internal contamination through inhalation, ingestion and intact skin absorption, to I-125. Considering radiological toxicity of this radionuclide its monitoring in the w...

Trends In Health Personnel

From state to market: the Nicaraguan labour market for health personnel.

Few countries in Latin America have experienced in such a short period the shift from a socialist government and centrally planned economy to a liberal market economy as Nicaragua. The impact of such a change in the health field has been supported by the quest for reform of the health system and the involvement of external financial agencies aimed at leading the process. However, this change ha...

Recent trends of pneumonia morbidity in US Naval personnel.

urrently, respiratory diseases account for 25-30 per cent of the total infectious and parasitic disease admissions among active duty Navy and Marine Corps (henceforth naval) personnel. Among these admissions, the greatest medical cause of lost workdays is pneumonia, due both to its frequency of diagnosis and to the relatively long hospitalization period associated with this disease. Because of ...

Dental health personnel planning: a review of the literature.

Dental personnel planning is important in formulating policy in dental education, dental public health programs, and dental care delivery systems. The purpose of this literature review is to illustrate the use of dentist-to-population ratios, need-based models, and demand-based models in the determination of appropriate supply of dental personnel. A historical perspective is provided that demon...