Helene J. Polatajko, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.), OT(C), FCAOT, FCAHS, is Editor-in-Chief,Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy; Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto Neuroscience Program, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; and University of Toronto Adjunct Scientist, St. John’s Rehab, Toronto, On...

there were many occupational toxins for central nervous system and peripheral nervous system such as toxic and heavy metals. the aim of this study was introduction of occupational toxins with neurological effects and inflammatory effects specially. it is a review article. researcher found the important data about the occupational toxins for nervous systems. author searched in related journals, ...

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health Care carries out the activities aimed at solving occupational health and safety problems in Lithuania. Occupational health care system in Lithuania consists of three levels: 1) primary occupational health centers in the industry; 2) general practitioners taking care of employees' health; and 3) the State Labor...

It has been suggested that the conquest of tropical diseases during the late XIX century represents one of modern medicines’ greatest triumphs (Brennen & Davey 1978). Much of the impetus for this achievement was spurred by the high prevalence of disease and epidemics that were at the time devastating new settlers, colonial servants or military occupiers within foreign colonial territories (Keis...

the aim of this research is to determine the core journals in hamadan university of medical sciences with bradford's law of scattering. survey method, bibliometrics and bradford's law are used in this research. research population consists of all subscribed journals of hamadan university of medical sciences in 2004-006. research results show that 109 journals (74.7 percent of all jour...

BACKGROUND Community-based points of dispensing (POD) will be used during disasters to distribute mass quantities of anti-infective therapy/prophylaxis and/or vaccination to an entire community in a short period of time. Without proper planning, staff training, and implementation of infection prevention strategies, disease transmission is possible in PODs. The purpose of this paper is to outlin...