This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Uncertainty over health impact of chemicals in fire-fighting foam
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Uncertainty over health impact of chemicals in fire-fighting foam
Thursday 26 April 2018, 04:45 PM
Some New Zealand firefighting activity has led to surface contamination with perfluorinated chemicals
Persistent organic chemicals and their pollution of groundwater around firefighting activities has been in the spotlight, but the evidence of causation of ill health is still remarkably inconclusive. David McBride, associate professor in occupational health at Otago University Medical School, reports
As a youth, this author did his fire service training with the Fire Authority of Northern Ireland, as part of my Duke of Edinburgh’s Award service. Th