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Meaningful work has vitamin effects on the worker's mental health and encourages his commitment towards an organization, while work without it promotes the onset of symptoms of stress, and even distress. This is one of the findings of a study funded by the IRSST on the meaning of work, mental health and organizational commitment, whose results have just been published in English.
The objectives of this study were twofold: (a) summarize the relevant literature concerning exposure to potentially toxic substances present in smoke from wildland fires and the resulting health risks to firefighters; and, (b) make an independent, health-based recommendation concerning the need for respiratory protection.
The International Advisory and Local Organizing Committees of the 4th International Conference on Whole-Body Vibration Injuries is pleased to invite you to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. Prospective authors should submit a short summary (brief abstract) of the proposed presentation or poster before November 3, 2008. Instructions for formatting and submitting abstracts can be found on IRSST's website 
Prospective authors whose brief abstract will have been retained for presentation will be invited to submit an extended abstract and be given the opportunity to submit a full-length paper to be subsequently peer-reviewed and published in a special issue of the "Industrial Health" journal. A bound copy of the extended abstracts of all the presentations will be made available to the participants during on-site registration. Please note that this call for abstracts/papers is also available in paper format and that copies can be made available by contacting the Conference secretariat. All correspondence and questions regarding the Conference should be addressed to the secretariat Vibrations2009@irsst.qc.ca.
REPAR-IRSST Program: The relationship between pain-related psychological factors and some lumbar deficiency neuromuscular measurements among workers suffering from chronic low back pain
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