Occupational Health - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Implementing a medical surveillance program for animal care staff.

30 Jul 2009 In animal research facilities, personnel may develop allergies or serious health problems as a result of exposure to chemical or biological agents. Medical surveillance is essential for evaluating the health of prospective or current employees and ... Read more...

[Efficacy and appropriateness in updating and validating the activities of the occupational health physician]

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: We reviewed the Italian tools for updating and validating the activities of occupational health physicians (guidelines, consensus documents, technology assessment, good practices, etc.) from the point of view of efficacy and ... Read more...

[Occupational physician's decisions on the basis of legislation, ethics and scientific evidence]

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: In the dynamic context of occupational medicine an increasing number of occupational health problems requires a high-quality standard practice supported by decisions consistent both with ethics and legislation. OBJECTIVES: This paper ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Occupational Health - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A case of Q fever. 29 Sep 2009
• Is contraction of hepatitis B occupational hazard? Case on point: Fidelity and Guaranty Ins. Co.v. Polk County, 2009-FL-3377 (7/14/2009)-FL. 30 Jul 2009
• Implementing a medical surveillance program for animal care staff. 30 Jul 2009
• [Efficacy and appropriateness in updating and validating the activities of the occupational health physician] 29 Jun 2009
• [Occupational physician's decisions on the basis of legislation, ethics and scientific evidence] 29 Jun 2009
• [Setting up a national information system for prevention] 29 Jun 2009
• [Legislation and inspection for the health and safety of workers. Efficacy and limits] 29 Jun 2009
• Writing a Cochrane systematic review on preventive interventions to improve safety: the case of the construction industry. 29 Jun 2009
• Systematic reviews of workplace injury interventions: what are we missing? 29 Jun 2009
• Supervising structured learning experiences for students in New Jersey: training teachers in school-based occupational health and safety practice. 29 Jun 2009
• The Family and Medical Leave Act: implications for occupational and environmental health nursing. 30 May 2009
• Workplace lactation programs: a critical element for breastfeeding mothers' success. 30 May 2009
• What the directive will mean. 30 May 2009
• Time in motion. 30 May 2009
• Neutron dose per fluence and weighting factors for use at high energy accelerators. 30 May 2009
• Have government regulations improved workplace safety? A test of the asynchronous regulatory effects in China's coal industry, 1995-2006. 10 May 2009
• Eyes on the prize in Toronto. 29 Apr 2009
• [HIV and professional risk] 30 Mar 2009
• Stay safe at work. 30 Mar 2009
• Fatigue countermeasures and the use of hypnotics in aircrew. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Occupational Health'

Definition: The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment.

Descriptor UI: D016272

Alternative terms: Occupational Health; Health, Occupational; Industrial Hygiene; Hygiene, Industrial; Health, Industrial; Industrial Health; Safety, Occupational; Occupational Safety; Employee Health; Health, Employee;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: N01.400.525;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: "promotion & maintenance of physical & mental health in the work environment": do not confuse with OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE (the specialty) or OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; note X ref OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY which is GEN only: do not use as coord for safety in an industrial milieu ( = SAFETY + specific indust or occup heading); DF: OCCUP HEALTH