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... worksite health promotion. The assessment of health risks with feedback. Am J Prev Med 2010, 38:S237-S262. 10. Anderson DR, Staufacker MJ: The impact of worksite-based health risk appraisal on health- related ... assessed risk with health- behaviour constructs, tailored health recom- mendations are generated. These are presented to the participant integrated within a web-based health action plan. Each health ... the literature. Am J Health Promot 1996, 10:499-508. 11. Cowdery JE, Suggs LS, Parker S: Application of a Web-based tailored health risk assessment in a work-site population. Health Promot Pract 2007,...

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... Child Health Portfolio Review and Assessment, August 2008 22 Health Personnel The World Bank estimates that, in 2004, 2.9 percent of public expenditure (i.e., of GDP) was spent on health ... lack of health personnel was the main obstacle to seeking health care (78 percent mentioned lack of money, and 43 percent said that the health institution was too far away). The sex of the health ... serious distortions in the health system. Two examples in the health sector are the chaotic health logistics system and the multitude of health information systems designed primarily to meet donor...

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... on Health: http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do /health- topics /environment-and -health/ air-quality/activities /health- aspects-of-long-range- transboundary-air-pollution For a more detailed assessment, ... the photographs used here. Impacts of air pollution on human health, ecosystems and cultural heritage Air pollution causes damage to human health, crops, ecosystems and cultural heritage The scientific ... burning and natural fires cause human health problems and lead to soiling of materials and damage to cultural heritage. Fine particulate matter is a significant health problem in urban areas. ã...

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... identity. 3.Women’s health. 4 .Human rights. 5.National health programs. 6 .Health policy. I.World Health Organization. ISBN 978 92 4 156408 3 (NLM classification: HQ 1236) â World Health Organization ... health sector strategic plan” and health sector plan”. The health sector strategy may be guided by a long-term health policy”. 2 Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR). Human ... of a national health system, health policy-making and planning, including the areas of service delivery, health workforce, health information, medicines and health financing; > human rights...

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... standard risk assessment. In the present article, we give practical recommendations for addressing these questions in population level risk assessments. Keywords: population models; risk assessment; ... any risk assessment or field study. Also, higher tier risk assessments are typically based on a limited set of data from the literature, and usually much less literature is reviewed for a risk ... introduce population modelling in pesticide risk assessment by either the academia or the industry [1-6]. The main advantage of using population models in risk assessments is seen in reaching a higher...

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... to sediment organic carbon, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 15, 2187, 1996. 77. Clarkson, T.W., Human health risks from methylmercury in fish, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 9, 821, 1990. 78. Magos, L., Physiology ... Se, and other toxic metals should allow a more accurate assessment and modeling of bioaccumulation potential, an important factor in risk assessment. Knowledge of the mechanisms, and the chemical ... Resources, Annapolis, MD, 1998, 86 pp. 23. Barnthouse, L. et al., Eds., New developments in ecological risk assessment, in Theoretical Issues and Case Studies, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., Special Issue, 13,...

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... developed a framework for ecological risk assessment (ERA) that consists of four phases: (1) problem formulation, (2) exposure assessment, (3) effects assessment, and (4) risk characterization. 6 ... major question for this risk assessment is: “Do current concentrations of persistent organochlorine contaminants pose risks to the health of marine mammals?” 9.4 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT 9.4.1 E XPOSURE ... (PCBs): implications for risk assessment, Crit. Rev. Toxicol., 28, 511, 1998. 82. Ross, P.S., Marine mammals as sentinels in ecological risk assessment, Hum. Environ. Risk Assess., 6, 29, 2000. 83....

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... D.C. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1991d. Risk Assessment Guidance for Super- fund: Volume 1 — Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part C, Risk Evaluation of Remedial Alternatives). Publication ... other lines of evidence, to estimate risks. Each line of evidence is qualitatively different from any others used in the risk characterization. In ecological risk assessments of contaminated sites, ... Development, Corvallis, OR. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1989c. Risk Assessment Guidance for Super- fund, Vol. I: Human health evaluation manual. OSWER Directive 9285.701. EPA 540/1-89/002....

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... 1980). Gastrointestinal intake of nickel by humans is high compared to some other trace metals because of contributions of nickel from utensils and from food processing machinery. Average human dietary values range ... fuels. Nickel is normally present in human tissues, and under conditions of high exposure, these levels may increase significantly (WHO 1991). Nickel enters the human body through the diet, through inhalation, ... vs. 0.5 FW 47, 58 Muscle 0.9 (0.6–1.0) FW vs. no data 47, 48 Mammals; serum; healthy adults Normal levels for horses, humans, cattle, dogs, and rats 0.0020–0.0027 (0.0009–0.0046) FW 3 Normal...

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