Knowledge transfer - Important project in occupational health and safety Montréal, March 19, 2003 - The Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), the Business Faculty of the Université de Sherbrooke and the SafetyNet research group of Newfoundland have created an interdisciplinary research consortium on knowledge transfer and on occupational accidents and their context. To the partners’ satisfaction, this project has just obtained a total grant of $1 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Physiotherapists' practice in treating workers with subacute back pain

Thumb strength and mobility in workers with stenosing tenosynovitis: evaluation and impact on hand performance

Review of health risks related to occupational exposure to manganese

Training program in occupational disability prevention

Health and agriculture training program

Evaluation of temperature stress in deep mines

Design of a noise reduction device for board hammers

Detailed study of work schedules of visiting homemakers and case-aids in a CLSC's home care services

Injury profile of occupational road accidents in Québec, 1996-2000

AUBERTIN, Michel, Li LI and Richard SIMON
Effect of damage on the stability of underground excavations into hard rock (in French only)  
BELLEMARE, Marie, Micheline MARIER, Sylvie MONTREUIL, Denis ALLARD and Johane PRÉVOST
Changing work situations using a participatory ergonomic approach: an intervention study for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (in French only)  
ROY, Jean-François and Jean-Marie MOUTQUIN
Sensitivity and specificity of open field magnetic resonance for documenting the lumbar symptomatic state (in French only)  
MASSICOTTE, André and François QUIRION
Preliminary study of the friction of floors covered with greasy substances. (in French only)  
SANFAÇON, Guy and Marion SCHNEBELEN
Investigation of carbon monoxide poisonings caused by the use of devices and small tools driven by internal combustion motors in Québec (in French only)  
BOIVIN, Diane B., Francine O. JAMES
Prevention of physiologic maladaptation to night-shift work by phototherapy  
GOSSELIN, Nathalie H., Gaétan CARRIER and Robert C. BRUNET
Formaldehyde bound to airborne particles in the workplace (in French only)  
PERRON, Gérald, Jaques E. DESNOYERS and Jaime LARA
Resistance of protective clothing to mixtures of industrial solvents - development of a selection tool (in French only)  
MITRI, Hani S.
Design and development of a new rockbolt load measuring device  

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