Fibre type and burden in parenchymal tissues of workers occupationally exposed to asbestos in the United States. In: Non-occupational exposure to mineral fibre and patterns of asbestos-related disease in chrysotile miners and millers. Asbestos exposure dose-Broncho-alveolar milieu response in asbestos workers and the sheep model: evi-dences of a threshold for chrysotile-induced fibrosis. In a r...

Editorial Regarding Parnassus " It's tough to make predictions " , averred Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra, " especially about the future ". The Danish physicist Niels Bohr, said the same. This edition considers, in our small way, the past, present and future. How we did things in the past needn't influence how they're done in the present; and how we practise now shouldn't dictate the future direction. I...

original article   although the international labor organization (ilo) has reported that two-thirds of the world’s occupations belong to women, a few studies regarding employed women have been conducted. the present study aimed at conducting survey on scientific outputs regarding women’s occupational health. this cross-sectional study was conducted from 2010 to 2014 at five-year intervals on a ...

When we view the visual world, our eyes flit from one location to another about three times each second. These frequent changes in gaze direction result from very fast saccadic eye movements. Useful visual information is acquired only during fixations, periods of relative gaze stability. Gaze control is defined as the process of directing fixation through a scene in real time in the service of ...

Background/Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of sports coaches regarding sports related injuries and its prevention using a questionnaire survey design. Material and Methods: A modified questionnaire was distributed to 50 coaches of various sports teams in different parts of Chennai city in India between October 2009 and February 2010. The statistical analyses...

The Canadian Concussion Collaborative (CCC) is composed of health-related organisations concerned with the recognition, treatment and management of concussion. Its mission is to create synergy between organisations concerned with concussion to improve education and implementation of best practices for the prevention and management of concussions. Each of the organisations that constitute the CC...

INTRODUCTION HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Kenya is high. Furthermore, there is a high risk of maternal mortality, as many women do not give birth with a skilled healthcare provider. Previous research suggests that fears of HIV testing and unwanted disclosure of HIV status may be important barriers to utilizing maternity services. We explored relationships between women's perceptions o...