In the document Revitalising Health and Safety Strategy Statement (DETR, 2000), the government set out national targets for health and safety. Included within these targets is to achieve a 10% reduction in the rate of fatal and major injury accidents by 2010. Initial assessments indicate that no discernible improvement in this indicator has occurred since the baseline year. The aim of this pape...

Background: Conflicting studies link several conditions and risk factors to Dupuytren’s disease (DD). A questionnaire-based case-control study was set to investigate associated conditions and clinical features of DD in a sample of Italian patients. The main purpose was the identification of predicting factors for: DD development; involvement of multiple rays; involvement of both hands; developm...

It is opportune to discuss occupational skin disorders since recently a 'Save your Skin' Campaign has been undertaken in the United Kingdom by the Employment Advisory Service of the Health and Safety Executive to increase the awareness of employers and employees of the need to prevent skin problems in industry.' This was justified because skin disorders caused by substances at work are the most...

Introduction Under the Next Accreditation System, programs need to find ways to collect and assess meaningful reportable information on its residents to assist the program director regarding resident milestone progression. This paper discusses the process that one large Internal Medicine Residency Program used to provide both quantitative and qualitative data to its clinical competency committe...

There is no doubt that the autopsy is useful. Almost invariably additional diagnoses come to light during a post-mortem (PM) examination. In a significant proportion of cases (25%), the PM alters the diagnoses completelv.' In a prospective survey of 1000 necropsies, Cameron et."al. , found that the main clinical diagnosis was not confirmed in 39% of cases? The autopsy also serves as a check on ...

The etiology of primary hyperparathyroidism is not clearly defined. There is a history of irradiation to the neck in a reportable number of cases) The radiation dose reported has been variable, but the latent period may be upwards of thirty years.2 Primary hyperparathyroidism may also arise from the long term consequences of secondary hyperparathyroidism or long standing osteomalacia. Chronic l...

INTRODUCTION Although county-level obesity estimates are necessary for planning and evaluating community-based interventions, the quality of these data has never been examined. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the reliability of the county-level obesity prevalence estimates from Wisconsin's 72 counties and to highlight the variation of obesity among Wisconsin counties. METHODS Obesity prevalence data...