Patricia M Rafferty OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
2220 S Country Club #104 Mesa AZ, 85210About
Dr. Patricia Rafferty practices Occupational Medicine in PINETOP, AZ. Dr. Rafferty 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- Some properties of excitatory junction currents recorded from submucosal arterioles of guinea-pig ileum.
- The synaptic current evoked in cat spinal motoneurones by impulses in single group 1a axons.
- A cholinergic chloride conductance in neurones of Helix aspersa.
- Theory and operation of a single microelectrode voltage clamp.
- A shielded microelectrode suitable for single-electrode voltage clamping of neurones in the CNS.
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