Occupational safety: Cuts ahead

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Asbestos is a generic term used to refer to a group of mineral forms that share a unique set of physical properties. Today, the six mineral structures now identified by OSHA and by the mineralogical definition as ‘‘asbestos’’ are those currently regulated in the United States and those that all industries governed by OSHA must keep within permissible exposure limits set out by the agency’s regu...

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Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1995;52:781-784 Occupational medicine: the way ahead

Editor-Seaton and Agius are right.' Occupational medicine is too important to remain either a luxury optional extra, or an industrial and academic ghetto. Over two million people every year have ill health because of their work. More days of work are lost because of occupational asthma than strikes, and work related asbestos diseases are set to become the biggest single killer of adult men. Tra...

Occupational therapy in neurological disorders: looking ahead to the American Occupational Therapy Association's centennial vision.

The Centennial Vision articulated by the American Occupational Therapy Association includes moving the profession to being science driven and evidence based. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy contributes to this vision by publishing high-quality research. I reviewed research in the practice area of neurological rehabilitation published between May 2010 and October 2011. In particular...