The epidemiology and surveillance of blood lead in Taiwan (R.O.C.): A report on the PRESS-BLL project

 To monitor the lead hazards in industries and to investigate the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in lead-exposed workers, a lead surveillance system (PRESS-BLLs) has been established and operated in Taiwan, Republic of China, since July 1993. A cohort of lead-exposed workers who received a periodic annual health examination at 55 accredited hospital laboratories was constructed. A total of 9807 separate BLL measurements were reported to the system in 1994. The mean BLL was 15.8 μg/dl in male workers and 11.6 μg/dl in female workers. The mean BLL of lead-exposed workers was significantly (P<0.05, z-test) higher than that of the general Taiwanese population (8.6 μg/dl for males and 6.7 μg/dl for females). In addition, the BLLs of 983 (10.0%) workers exceeded the regulatory action level (40 μg/dl for males; 30 μg/dl for females). The workplaces and homes of 57% of the workers with elevated BLLs were thoroughly investigated to determine the sources of lead contamination. These actions identified the causes of elevated BLLs and set up strategies to reduce workers’ lead exposure. The establishment of this occupational lead surveillance system represents a method for monitoring of lead hazards from occupational and environmental settings to prevent lead poisoning. The information acquired from the system can help in the setting up of a priority of prevention and the development of control measures. It is also useful for further monitoring of changes in the BLLs of the lead-exposed-worker cohort. The Health Department of Taiwan can use this information to evaluate the effectiveness of current industrial hygiene practice. Subjects with elevated BLLs have been medically treated and placed on long-term follow-up for sequelae. Received: 2 September 1996/Accepted: 29 November 1996     

利用外国政府贷款医疗项目操作程序及需要注意的问题

综合了申请利用外国政府贷款医疗项目所涉及的部门、政策规定、申请程序、工作要求等,并按照实际工作中的大体操作顺序作了较为具体的介绍。     

端脑髓突的断面解剖学观测

目的：通过对端脑髓突支数及其分支的研究，探讨端脑髓突与脑回的对应关系，指导脑回的医学影像学定位。材料与方法：随机采用３０个颅脑标本，经ＣＴ扫描后锯切出相应断面，结合断面标本及其相应的ＣＴ影像表现对端脑髓突进行综合观测。结果：端脑髓突清晰而易于辨认，各髓突对应相应的脑回皮质。端脑髓突的支数在不同端脑层面上明显变化，但侧别差异无显著性意义。结论：只有熟悉端脑髓突的支数及其分支等情况，才能认准端脑髓突，     

Integration from proteins to organs: the IUPS Physiome Project

The IUPS Physiome Project is an internationally collaborative open source project intended to provide a public domain framework for computational physiology, including the development of modeling standards, computational tools and web-accessible databases of models of structure and function at all spatial scales and across all organ systems. Here, we illustrate the application of this multi-scale modeling approach to three organ systems: the heart, the lungs and the musculo-skeletal system, and in each case we show how the organ level models incorporate tissue and cell-level physiology. Although the computational physiology framework presented here does not yet incorporate models of ageing processes, the model-based approach is certainly capable of describing ageing and disease-related processes both via parameter changes within the models of normal physiological processes and via models of additional processes added to the framework.     

热带医学专业信息资源库几个重要问题的思考及其改进

基于校园网和广东省专业信息资源库平台，构建“热带医学专业信息资源库”。对试题库、动画库、专家库、powerpoint教学资源库等几个重要问题进行思考，提出改进的建议。     

关于社区卫生服务人力资源开发的思考与探讨

基于北京市朝阳区大力发展社区卫生服务３年多的实践,就发展社区卫生服务的关键所在－人力资源开发,在配置卫生资源,实施全科医学培训工程,制定相应政策保障,充分展示社区卫生服务功能等方面的现状及其对策进行了充分的论述和有益的探讨。     

人类基因组计划、后基因组研究与基因医学——基因诊断、基因制药与基因治疗的新世纪

NIH于 1991年拟定人类基因组计划 (HumanGenomeProject,HGP) ,1993年正式启动了第一个五年计划 (1994～ 1998) ,1998年秋HGP圆满完成计划。预计人类DNA测序将于 2 0 0 3年完成。人类 2 3条染色体共约 30亿bp ,功能基因约 10万个 ,疾病相关基因约 50 0 0～ 10 0 0 0个。人类基因组计划涉及的遗传图谱、物理图谱、主要的模式生物的工作 ,已基本在 1994～ 1998年的第一个五年计划中完成。今后的任务是集中DNA测序。工作草图 (Workdraft)亦计划于 2 0 0 1年完成。 2 0 0 3年测序工作全部完成。后基因组研究包括生物信息学、基因功能学和基因的开发研究 ,将遍及 2 1世纪生命科学的各个领域并充实基因医学的真实内涵。     

世行贷款卫生项目对我国卫生发展的作用

文章介绍了世界银行项目管理模式 ,回顾了我国自 1983年以来利用世界银行贷款开展卫生项目的基本情况 ,认为世界银行贷款卫生项目对我国卫生事业发展产生了重大影响 ,主要表现在 :缓解了卫生资源不足 ,改进了卫生资源配置和利用的合理性 ;在卫生领域引进了新思想、新技术和新方法 ;提高了项目地区卫生服务机构提供卫生服务的能力和质量 ;改善了项目地区人群健康水平 ;促进了我国重点卫生工作的顺利开展 ,对项目外地区起到了示范性作用。     

试论医院工程项目的经济评价

工程项目经济评价的战略性、前瞻性、科学性、经济性、有效性和安全性是项目决策的前提与基础。目前,医院对工程项目的经济评价沿用的是传统的成本核算方法,是对医院内部之间的财务成本核算与管理的评价,评价缺乏对医院隐含的成本因素中的战略性定位分析、成本动因分析、价值链分析、全寿命周期经济效益分析和医疗市场发展态势分析。传统的评价方法己不能满足和适应医院战略管理的需要,实施战略成本管理方法,全方位、多角度采集信息,进行战略性的分析、评价,是现阶段医院工程项目经济评价的有效方法。