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Hello Here's a short quiz. Entries to me at <[log in to unmask]> please. The sender of the first correct solutions out of a hat on Christmas eve will win a copy of Skin & Occupation: A pocket guide to work-related skin diseases. 1. Name the 19/20th Century Occupational Health Physician who features on a postage stamp? 2. Who, in OH terms, were the canaries? (This has nought to do with goin' down th' pits). 3. What does Bilbao, the location of the European Occupational Safety and Health Agency, got in common with Las Vegas, New York, Venice and Berlin? 4. The Health for All by 2000 declaration was signed at Alma-Ata in 1978. Where is Alma-Ata? 5. Which is the odd one out, and why? a. castor bean dust, b. lead, c. isocyanates, d. penicillin, e. glutaraldehyde. 6. Which is the odd one out and why? a. hay fever, b. kleptomania, c. asthma, d. tattoos, e. voyeurism. 7. Can you match up the following 'effects' to 'causative agents'? a. byssinosis, b. phossy jaw, c. the blue or Burtonian line, d. erethism and muscle tremors, e. argyrism. 8. "The work people are less thought of than the machinery: the latter is frequently examined to ascertain its capabilities - the former is scarcely ever." Whose words are these? 9. Who said "If you can bring an influence to bear external to the workman (ie one over which he can exercise no control) you will be successful; and if you cannot or do not, you will never be wholly successful." 10. Finally, who said, "Many workers are intelligent, cooperative and good witnesses. Although some may be deaf, disconsolate, forgetful, obtuse, garrulous, or monosyllabic, the worker is still the best witness of what happened." Regards Bashyr Aziz School of Health University of Wolverhampton Gorway Road Walsall, WS1 3BD Tel: 01902 322848 Fax: 01902 322886 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives