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Juanita Vega OTR, CHT
Occupational Therapist | Hand
2415 E GRIFFIN PKWY MISSION TX, 78572About
Dr. Juanita Vega practices Occupational Medicine in MISSION, TX. Dr. Vega evaluates the interaction between work and health. Occupational medicine physicians have general knowledge of worksite operations and are familiar with the toxic properties of materials used by employees and the potential hazards and stressors of work processes; in addition to being qualified to determine an employees physical and emotional fitness for work; diagnosing and treating occupational diseases; handling work related injuries; and having an understanding of rehabilitation methods, health education techniques, sanitation, and workers compensation laws.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The normalization principle and the institutionalized elderly.
- End-of-life care for seniors: the development of a national guide.
- Time course of myocardial bloodflow changes during healing of myocardial infarct in pigs.
- Aspects of preventive health care for older persons.
- Just World beliefs and attitudes toward helping elderly people: a comparison of British and Canadian university students.
- The role of the social worker in terminal care with institutionalized elderly people.
- Immunosuppression in toxoplasmosis: studies in lambs and sheep infected with louping-ill virus.
- Changing the way we talk with elders: promoting health using the communication enhancement model.
- The role of glyoxalase I in the detoxification of methylglyoxal and in the activation of the KefB K+ efflux system in Escherichia coli.
- I want to live here for rest of my life. The challenge of case management for rural seniors.
- Methylglyoxal production in bacteria: suicide or survival?
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