background: fruits especially citrus species are an integral part of human diet. contamination of foodstuffs by heavy and toxic metals via environmental pollution has become an inevitable challenge these days. therefore, the effect of pollutants on food safety for human consumption is a global public concern. in this regards, this study was conducted for al and cu health risk assessment through...

background: the key challenge is how to encourage and retain health professionals in their work location. there is a list of policy options for the purpose but applying an appropriate and effective set of strategies requires a country level research. our study aimed to identify retention strategies for neurosurgeons and examine both the importance and feasibility of the identified strategies us...

conclusions based on existing data, hiv infection surveillance, performance of standard precaution, and post exposure prophylaxis with anti-retroviral drugs outlined in this review article represent reasonable interim approaches to this complex problem. context human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) concentrated in injecting drug users (idus) ...

The objective of this study was to assess whether living in proximity to a roofing fiber cement factory in southern Thailand was associated with physical, mental, social, and spiritual health domains measured in a self-reported health risk assessment (HRA) questionnaire. A cross-sectional study was conducted among community members divided into two groups: near population (living within 0-2km o...

background: dairy farming work involves frequent use of poor postures. these postures may increase the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders among dairy workers. objective: to assess postural load during performance of various tasks related to dairy farming. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on a dairy farm in iran. in order to assess postural load, tasks related to dairy...

PURPOSE To examine health risk changes among participants of a multicomponent worksite health promotion program. DESIGN A study using health risk changes among health risk appraisal (HRA) participants linked to program participation records. Baseline risk and participation in multiple programs were examined in relation to risk change in multivariate models. SETTING Worksite health promotion...

background: bisphenol a (bpa) is one of the hazardous materials causing disruption of endocrine pathways. due to water contamination by this component from multiple sources and the associated health problems, bpa has been the focus of multiple studies. it has been proved that bpa may cause harm because of its impact on estrogenic receptors in human and other organisms. methods: in this study, t...

This study collects and critically reviews the published literature to synthesize the risk factors for client safety in residential aged care and the potential contributions of electronic health records to reducing these risks. Three major types of risk factors for client safety were identified: risk factors related to the person's health; those related to the health and aged care system servin...