[Barriers to occupational activation of people with disabilities at the level of prophylactic care].

Background: The employment rate of people with disabilities in Poland is one of the lowest in Europe. The aim of this study was to evaluate the barriers to activation of this group of people at the level of prophylactic care.

Material And Methods: The survey was performed in a group of 245 occupational health (OH) physicians and 151 health and safety (HS) specialists.

[Borreliosis in occupational medicine practice].

Lyme borreliosis is a multisystem infectious disease that can occur from bites by infected ticks. It can appear at persons exposed professionally for staying in tick feeding environment as well as persons staying in such an environment occasionally. For a few years the Lyme disease is taking the leading place amongst occupational diseases and first amongst infectious occupational diseases.

Occupational allergy to Limonium sinuatum: a case report.

Decorative flowers are known to be a cause of occupational allergy in the floral industry. The allergic manifestations induced by flowers include asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and urticaria. We present a case of a 55-year-old woman, who has been working for the last 30 years as a gardener with various kinds of flowers, e.