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Who is known for Aphorisms in occupational health |
Thomas Leggae # Aphorism is just a brief saying of principles and all |
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List Thomas Leggae Aphorisms |
There are 4 of them: 1) Unless the employer has done everything, the workman can do next to nothing to protect himself
2) If you can bring to bear an influence external to the workman (i.e reduce his exposure to external influence) , you will be successful
3) Practically all industrial lead poisoning are due to inhalation of dust and fumes
4) All workers should be aware of the danger of the material they handle and not left out to find out themselves. |
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In Nigeria, first international conference on Occupational health held in |
CMUL in 1968 |
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First organized occupational health service in Nigeria was for who, and when |
Nigeria Railway Corporation in 1898 |
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Order for control of occupational hazards |
# Elimination (top of control) # Containment # Administrative measures # Use of Personal Protective Device (least control) It is best to eliminate the hazard than the work with the potential hazard using PPEs. |
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Commonest occupational disease is |
# Occupational Skin diseases # accounts for 50% of occupational diseases |
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2 major types of occupational skin diseases are |
# Contact dermatitis (Most common) # Occupational skin cancers |
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Contact dermatitis is divided into, which is more common? |
P1) Irritant contact dermatitis (more common) 2) Allergic contact dermatitis (a large number of people are non-allergic so it's not as common as Irritant) |
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Stages of carcinogenesis in occupational skin cancers |
# Initiation # Promotion # Progression |
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What is lead time as pertains to screening test in Epidemiology |
Lead time is the time it was have taken to detect a disease due to presence of symptoms if a screening test had not been done. |
