[Evaluation of professional training of occupational medical personnel in Latvia].

System of training for occupational health and safety experts and occupational physicians has been analyzed in comparison with one of the most reliable occupational health and safety indicators--occupational diseases level and its changes during 1981-2010. Increased number of occupational diseases has been registered since 1996, reaching maximum in 2009 with 138.6 cases of occupational diseases per 100 000 employees.

[Analysis of health concept in low-educated workers of 4 European Union countries for improving efforts to preserve health at workplace].

Study carried out in 4 EC countries revealed significant differences in attitude towards health between two examined groups of workers with various education levels, and between countries. Low-educated workers, when compared to more educated workers, are different in acceptable information sources on health state and in general view of study.

[Risk for the influence of a chemical factor on dentists' health]. / Risk vliianiia khimicheskogo faktora na zdorov'e stomatologov.

The paper presents data on air pollution of the working environment with chemical substances in dental rooms. The concentrations of chemical pollutants, such as mercury, lead, arsenic, disinfectants, drugs, and polymer dust in most working places have not been found to be more than the legally established MAC. Blood tests support that mercury has entered the workers' body. Mercury concentrations of in the dentists' blood correlate with those in the air. Chemical health risk is estimated to be low.

[Health risk factors for health personnel]. / Faktory riska zdorov'ia meditsinskikh rabotnikov.

The authors present data on air pollution in medical establishments of Riga. The average concentrations of chemicals do not exceed the MACs in hospital compartments. Short-term concentrations of some chemicals in operating rooms and laboratories are considerably higher than the corresponding normal values. Doctors' offices appeared to have increased bacterial contamination. The calculated exposure for chemical mixture was recommended for risk evaluation.

[Detection of adenine synthesis intermediate products in the air]. / Opredelenie poluproduktov sinteza adenina v vozdukhe.

Photometric procedures of monitoring the content of adenine synthesis intermediate products were developed and optimum conditions of air sample analysis and selection determined. Thus it became possible to establish general exposure levels for (phenylazo) malondinitryl and 4,5,6 triaminopyrimidine sulfate, sensitivity of determination being 0.25 mg/l.