background: the use of chemicals is essential in education resulting in exposure to these pollutant in a variety of chemical and research laboratories. chemical contaminants in chemical laboratories are in different forms and chemical exposure risk assessment is important for choosing appropriate controls in protecting the health of operators, experts and students. for risk assessment in chemic...

UNLABELLED It is important that resources for orthodontic treatment within the Health Service Executive (HSE) are directed towards those children most in need of treatment. At present, children are referred using existing HSE guidelines. OBJECTIVES To assess the level of treatment need in a sample of patients on the orthodontic waiting list in the North Eastern division of the HSE using the I...

BACKGROUND Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is a devastating disease. METHODS In Sweden, a nationwide retrospective study of the incidence, morbidity, and mortality associated with HSE during the 12-year period 1990-2001 was conducted. The national inpatient register data were used, and diagnostic data from the virus laboratories were validated. RESULTS In the study period, 638 patients ho...

Acute retinal necrosis (ARN), a viral retinal disease with poor visual prognosis, following herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) are uncommonly seen, and there has been no case yet reported of the reverse situation. We herein present the reverse situation, an immune-competent patient with HSE following ARN. A 57-year-old man who had been under steroid therapy for retinal vasculitis the prior two w...

Introduction. Herpes simplex esophagitis is well recognized in immunosuppressed subjects, but it is infrequent in immunocompetent patients. We present a case of HSE in a 53-year-old healthy man. Materials and Methods. The patient was admitted with dysphagia, odynophagia, and retrosternal chest pain. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed minute erosive area in distal esophagus and biopsies conf...

The commercialisation and everyday use of nanomaterials nanomaterial-enabled products (NEPs) is rising year-on-year. Responsible development nanotechnology includes understanding their potential implications on health, safety, the environment (HSE). health risk assessment has therefore become one major activities international agencies including Organisation for Economic Co-operation Developmen...

original article   introduction: establishment of hse management system (hse-ms) in industries is served as important managerial factor which achieves the requirements of health, safety, environment and sustainable development. today, hse_ms is known as a vital system in occupational fields due to corresponding considerations for economy, sustainable development, society and ecology. the import...

OBJECTIVES Including questions about sexual health in the annual Health Survey for England (HSE) provides opportunities for regular measurement of key public health indicators, augmenting Britain's decennial National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal). However, contextual and methodological differences may limit comparability of the findings. We examine the extent of these diffe...