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ID (ISN) del documento23835
Número CIS 75-1774
ISSN - Título de la serie 0143-5353 - Occupational Safety and Health
Año 1975
Número de serie
Autor(es) McKinnon R.
Título EMAS: Profile of a new occupational health concept.
Información bibliográfica May 1975, Vol.5, No.5, p.16-18. Illus.
Resumen The article describes in some detail the history, aims, activities, structure and operation of the Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS), which grew out of the Medical Inspectorate and was set up in the United Kingdom in 1972. Its aims and activities include the development of occupational medicine in the U.K., epidemiological and other research, organisation of medical monitoring of workers, and assistance in the correct placement of individuals; it now employs 116 doctors and 72 nurses and support staff. Officers have powers to enter a factory if conditions there might be hazardous to health. EMAS is also active in rehabilitation, and plans are afoot to extend the service to school leavers before they take up employment. The current cost of the service is £3 million a year.
Descriptores (primarios) organización nacional; medicina del trabajo; inspectores médicos del trabajo; Reino Unido
Descriptores (secundarios) instituciones publicas de prevencion; historia; papel de la inspección médica del trabajo
Tipo de documento -
Tema(s) Medicina del trabajo, higiene, primeros auxilios
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Labour inspection