Urinary mercury levels in US dentists, 1975–1983: review of Health Assessment Program

1985 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad. Naleway ◽  
Ronald. Sakaguchi ◽  
Edgar. Mitchell ◽  
Tommy. Muller ◽  
William A. Ayer ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Yao Saki Appiah ◽  
Yao Aristide Konan ◽  
Raphael N’doua Etilé ◽  
Zeré Marius Gogbé ◽  
Essetchi Paul Kouamélan

Sectors IV and V of the Ebrié lagoon are increasingly experiencing fish mortality. The abundance biomass comparison (ABC) is graphical method use to assess the level of environmental disturbance in this area. The aim of the study were to detect the environmental changes caused by anthropogenic activities using ABC curve of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages presented in the studied areas. Results of the ABC analyses indicated that stations L, K and M are less stressed with biomass curve above abundance curve. Stations N and A recorded a stressed environment with abundance curve above biomass curve. The ABC plots showed that N and A stations could be classified as moderately disturbed and polluted. The Clarke's W index to the benthic macroinvertebrates data, confirmed this situation; it ranged from -0,129 (N) to 0,224 (L). The results of the present study can be extrapolated to other tropical wetland systems to predict the levels of disturbance and to identify characteristic organisms to predict the environmental conditions in the wetland health assessment program.


Author(s):  
C. Gippel ◽  
Y. Zhang ◽  
X.D. Qu ◽  
N. Bond ◽  
W.J. Kong ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline H. Byrne ◽  
Robert S. Ware ◽  
Nicholas G. Lennox

People with intellectual disability experience inadequate health care and have unmet health needs that can go unidentified or be poorly managed. Health assessments have been shown to significantly increase short-term clinical activity for people with intellectual disability. The aim of this study was to more accurately quantify the effect of health assessments for people with intellectual disability by comparing health actions recorded in health assessment booklets to actions recorded in general practitioners’ (GPs) records in the 12-month period following the health assessment. Participants were people with intellectual disability who had received a Comprehensive Health Assessment Program (CHAP), living in the community. The CHAP is a health assessment that is demonstrated to significantly increase health actions, compared with usual care, for people with intellectual disability. Data collected from three randomised controlled trials conducted in South-East Queensland, Australia, from 2000 to 2010 were pooled and analysed. The health assessment booklet contained significantly more information on health actions than GPs’ records. Notably, hearing tests (risk ratio (RR) = 5.9; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.7–7.4), breast checks (RR = 3.9; 95% CI = 2.7–5.7), and skin examinations (RR = 7.9; 95% CI = 5.9–10.7) were more likely to be recorded in the CHAP booklet. Health assessments increase health actions for people with intellectual disability to a significantly greater extent than previously demonstrated.


1960 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. T. Maholick ◽  
D. S. Shapiro ◽  
J. C. Crumbaugh

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