Occupational therapists determine the dosage when establishing the plan of care for their pediatric clients. A content analysis was conducted using 123 pediatric occupational therapy outcomes studies from 9 scholarly international occupational therapy journals. The parameters of dosage were calculated using descriptive statistics in order to obtain a representation of dosage available within th...

The issue of the essence and peculiarities international legal organizational technical regulation sphere safety occupational hygiene was considered. significance reasons prerequisites, which collectively led to a renewed understanding activities International Labor Organization in today's complex conditions, noted. It found that fundamental basis modern activity this organization study princip...

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to determine the lead levels in blood samples from nielloware workers, to determine airborne lead levels, to describe the workers' hygiene behaviors, and to ascertain and describe any correlations between lead levels in blood samples and lead levels in airborne samples. METHODS Blood samples and airborne samples from 45 nielloware workers were coll...

background: medical journals are scientific resources where utilization of knowledge is availed and create an environment of competitiveness. to speed up the growth and increase scientific production and in order that the rank of iranian journals be defined regionally and globally, journal standardization is necessary. this study was done to evaluate the country's medi­cal journals from 2004-20...

Contact allergy, viz. allergic contact dermatitis, photo-allergic contact dermatitis and contact urticaria, is a well-studied sub-specialty of dermatology in Singapore. Over the years, numerous studies and anecdotal reports on the subject have been published in both international and local refereed journals. This article reviews the epidemiological data on patch testing and photo-patch testing ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms from occupational lung hazards among workers in industries of south Tehran, IRAN. METHODOLOGY This was a cross-sectional study in which by multistage random sampling items on demographic characteristics, cigarette smoking, occupational history and respiratory symptoms were collected of workers. RE...

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) continues to be one of the most prevalent occupational conditions and occurs across a wide spectrum of industries. Occupational hearing loss is preventable through a hierarchy of controls, which prioritize the use of engineering controls over administrative controls and personal protective equipment. The occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) physician w...

OBJECTIVES Exposure and clinical data concerning cases of toxic convulsions and hypoglycemia due to tetramethyl succinonitrile (TMSN) exposure are reported. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-four workers exposed to TMSN in the PVC production plant participated in occupational health medical check-ups including medical history, clinical examination and clinical chemistry. A 4-year follow-up was perfo...

Occupational hazards have been known for centuries, but the creation of facilities capable of carrying out the testing necessary to assess these risks is a comparatively recent development. The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) created the Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory (WOHL) in 1937 to address this need. Since then, WOHL's range of analytical capacity has grown to include...