Occupational Medicine: MeSH terms, Indexed Journals, Guidelines & Directories 
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Scope Note MeSH Medline The PubMed subsets (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_subsets.html) are far from covering all the medical specialities. In a brief series, the Internet Page of JEAHIL will attempt to compensate for this deficiency, especially for new/young medical librarians, by indicating MeSH terms (as well as journals and major web sites) concerning the different medical specialities.

1. MeSH terms & Their Scope Notes (unique or "parent" headings):  

  1. Accidents, Occupational
    Unforeseen occurrences, especially of an injurious character due to factors involving one's employment

  2. Air Pollutants, Occupational
    Air pollutants found in the work area. They are usually produced by the specific nature of the occupation

  3. Burnout, Professional
    An excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It is manifested by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion coupled with a sense of frustration and failure.

  4. Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
    The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from patients to health professionals or health care workers. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents

  5. Employment
    The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary

  6. Needlestick Injuries
    Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease

  7. Noise, Occupational
    Noise present in occupational, industrial, and factory situations

  8. Occupational Diseases
    Diseases due to factors involved in one's employment

  9. Occupational Exposure
    The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents that occurs as a result of one's occupation

  10. Occupational Health
    The promotion and maintenance of physical and mental health in the work environment

  11. Occupational Health Nursing
    The practice of nursing in the work environment

  12. Occupational Medicine
    Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings

  13. Occupations
    Crafts, trades, professions, or other means of earning a living

  14. Psychology, Industrial
    The branch of applied psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles and methods to industrial problems including selection and training of workers, working conditions, etc

  15. Rehabilitation, Vocational
    Training of the mentally or physically disabled in work skills so they may be returned to regular employment utilizing these skills

  16. Sick Building Syndrome
    A group of symptoms that are two- to three-fold more common in those who work in large, energy-efficient buildings, associated with an increased frequency of headaches, lethargy, and dry skin. Clinical manifestations include hypersensitivity pneumonitis ( ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC); allergic rhinitis ( RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL); ASTHMA; infections, skin eruptions, and mucous membrane irritation syndromes. Current usage tends to be less restrictive with regard to the type of building and delineation of complaints

  17. Sick Leave
    An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick

  18. Work
    Productive or purposeful activities

  19. Work Capacity Evaluation
    Assessment of physiological capacities in relation to job requirements. It is usually done by measuring certain physiological (e.g., circulatory and respiratory) variables during a gradually increasing workload until specific limitations occur with respect to those variables

  20. Workers' Compensation
    Insurance coverage providing compensation and medical benefits to individuals because of work-connected injuries or disease

  21. Workload
    The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time

  22. Workplace
    Place or physical location of work or employment

2. Journals: 

3. Some Directories, Guidelines & Database:

2006-09-29
Benoit Thirion    

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