Melissa Dawn Nilsen OTR
Occupational Therapist
17311 135TH AVE NE STE C200 WOODINVILLE WA, 98072About
Dr. Melissa Nilsen practices Occupational Medicine in WOODINVILLE, WA. Dr. Nilsen 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- Comparison of outcomes in women and men treated with coronary stent implantation.
- Accuracy of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of lymph node involvement in cervix carcinoma.
- Relationship between histologic thickness of tongue carcinoma and thickness estimated from preoperative MRI.
- Anticipating pulmonary complications after thoracotomy: the FLAM Score.
- Procalcitonin as a useful marker of infection in hemato-oncological patients with fever.
- Effectiveness of tax and price policies in tobacco control.
- Why do smokers quit?
- Cigarette affordability in Europe.
- Pricing Policies And Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE) project: cross-national comparison of smoking prevalence in 18 European countries.
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and occupational exposure to agricultural pesticide chemical groups and active ingredients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Support for a tobacco endgame strategy in 18 European countries.
- Are male immigrants in Denmark at lower or higher risk of tobacco-related cancers? A Danish nationwide cohort study.
- European Code against Cancer 4th Edition: 12 ways to reduce your cancer risk.
- European Code against Cancer, 4th Edition: Tobacco and cancer.
- Patterns of Esophageal Cancer in the National Cancer Institute at the University of Gezira, in Gezira State, Sudan, in 1999-2012.
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