PURPOSE: To synthesize the lessons from both occupational health and health promotion, to improve workplace health. APPROACH: This article briefly outlines the evolution in defining and understanding health promotion as well as current thinking in occupational health and safety...
Keywords: health promotion, occupational health, environmental health, health care
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerEpidemiological research designed to explore causality of illness has produced increasing evidence to verify that exposure to toxic agents is contributing to the escalating burden of chronic affliction, including congenital disorders...
Keywords: Chronic disease, congenital anomalies, endocrine disrupting chemicals, environmental health, hormone disruption, human exposure assessment, precautionary avoidance, preconception care, prenatal care, toxicology
05/2006 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter