In 1967, the problem of occupational lead exposure came to public attention in Korea. Since then, regular progress has been made in lowering workplace lead exposures, instituting new workplace controls, and implementing health examinations of exposed workers. Past serious lead poisoning episodes made it possible to introduce biological monitoring programs on a voluntary basis in high-lead-expos...

Background and aims: Many workers face significant hazardous workplace exposures, especially indeveloping countries. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of occupational riskfactors and common occupational diseases in Kerman.Methods: This study was based on data from occupational risk factor and disease monitoring systemsavailable at Kerman Provi...

Superv l sed occupa t i ona l exper ience (SOE) p rog rams have long been t h o u g h t t o b e a n e f f e c t i v e m e t h o d o f d e v e l o p i n g s k i l l s i n v o c a t i o n a l a g r i c u l t u r e s t u d e n t s . B e g i n n i n g w i t h t h e o r i g i n a l f e d e r a l legislation fo r voca t iona l ag r i cu l tu re , t he superv l sed occupa t iona l exper ience p ro gra...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between participation in goal-specific outpatient occupational therapy and improvement in self-identified goals in adults with acquired brain injury. METHOD Thirty-one persons with traumatic brain injury of mixed chronicity participated at three sites located in different regions of the United States. Using a repeated-meas...

Background. Spatial ability (SA) is a robust predictor of academic and occupational achievement. The present study investigated the psychometric properties 10 tests for measuring SA in sample talented schoolchildren. Objective. Our purpose was to identify most suitable measurements talent identification, educational assessment, support. Design. consisted 1479 schoolchildren who had demonstrated...

Although there is consensus about the importance of students' satisfaction with their academic studies as one facet of academic success, little is known about the determinants of this significant outcome variable. Past research rarely investigated the predictive power of multiple predictors simultaneously. Hence, we examined how demographic variables, personality, cognitive and achievement-rela...