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Ill health and the work environment

WEBWork is an important determinant of health. It can influence health positively or negatively. This page focuses on the adverse effects of work on health, although the positive …

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Occupational epidemiology (

WEBThe application of occupational epidemiology. Benefit for the workers. It should be obvious, that epidemiology has a great deal to contribute to the reduction of risks to health from …

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Psychological understanding and treatment of psychosis

WEBPsychological understanding and treatment of psychosis. Our research focuses on psychological, social and environmental models to understand psychosis and related …

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Postgraduate study (University of Manchester)

WEBPostgraduate study. We have the largest programme of postgraduate education in occupational health anywhere in the UK, offering courses that are specifically tailored to …

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Women’s mental health

WEBThe Manchester Centre for Women’s Mental Health is a unique grouping of lead researchers on women, families and mental illness comprising international experts on prenatal and postnatal maternal environmental effects, developmental psychology and attachment and the influence of severe mental illness on these. In addition, clinical …

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Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (University of …

WEBThe Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health engages in research and education with regard to the relationship between the environment and human health, with special …

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International Hub for Quality of Life Research (University of …

WEBInternational Hub for Quality of Life Research (IHQoLR) was founded by Professor Suzanne Skevington who has worked with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Group.In …

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IHQOLR: publications (

WEBThe quality of life of people in chronic pain: Developing a pain and discomfort module for use with the WHOQOL. Psychology and Health, 23 (2), 135-154. DOI: 10.1080/14768320601070746. Publication link: eec63721-f070-41b1-8fc1-08c90ebfbca3.

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Hazard and risk (

WEBHazard is the potential to cause harm. Risk on the other hand is the likelihood of harm (in defined circumstances and usually qualified by some statement of the severity of the …

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Occupational and environmental skin disease

WEBOccupational and environmental skin disease. The lungs and skin (as well as the nose and eyes) are the organs of first contact for most environmental exposures (excluding …

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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

WEBAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Manchester is a leading UK centre for autism intervention research at all developmental ages. Professor Jonathan Green leads the MRC pre …

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Health risks in a poultry processing plant

WEBA daily repeat hand-cleansing routine can cause or aggravate skin problems. In addition, exposure to temperature changes may cause chapped skin. Cold/wet environment. Temperatures in a poultry processing plant have to be kept cool to and the environment is generally wet and cold. Workers with poor circulation to the extremities (hands and/or

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Learning objectives for medical undergraduates

WEBLearning objectives for medical undergraduates. Appreciate the role of occupational or environmental factors in disease. Be able to define the major occupational and …

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Neuroscience and psychiatry unit (NPU)

WEBNeuroscience and psychiatry unit (NPU) The Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit (NPU) was established to bring together a group of psychiatrists, psychologists and laboratory scientists to identify brain mechanisms which underlie common mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression.

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Dyadic Communication Measure for Autism (DCMA)

WEBThe DCMA is also being extended for use with children with autism between the age of 7 and 11 years, who may have higher levels of conversational ability. This is for use in the …

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Centre for Imaging Sciences (University of Manchester)

WEBIn the Centre for Imaging Sciences, physicists, chemists, computer scientists, bioscientists and clinical researchers work together to develop new methods and apply cutting edge imaging and computational techniques for the understanding of disease, its management and treatment. Via the University's Imaging Facilities we use state-of-the-art

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