

Information on training courses,
seminars and conferences on Occupational Safety and Health in
Latvia
Information on courses, seminars
and conferences for he fall of 1999
- Conference of Association of
Occupational Health Specialists, 17th of September, Program:
"Burning problems of Occupational Health in
Forestry";
- Courses on Occupational Medicine for postgradutes, 14th of October, Prof. M. Eglite and other
specialists from Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health (120 hours);
- Conference of Association of
Latvian Occupational Physicians, 15th of October, In Medical Academy of Latvia, Program:
Prof. M. Eglīte "Main tasks of Occupational
Physicians and OHS service"; Dr. Tija Zvagule
"Finnish OHS: impressions from visit in
Finland"; Psychologist Dr. S. Jirgena
"Occupational Psychology";
- Conference of Association of
Occupational Health Specialists: 3rd of
December, Progam: "Safety Data
Sheets of Chemicals";
- Conference of Association of
Latvian Occupational Physicians, 10th or 11th of December (to be announced),
Plkst. 14.00., In Medical Academy of Latvia,
Program: to be announced later
Information on courses, seminars
and conferences for the first half of the 1999
- Occupational Cancerogens, Seminar on 3rd and 4th of March 1999,
Lecturers: Hakan Wallin, Peter Muller (Danish
National Institute of Occupational Health), Start: 14.00,
Medical Academy of Latvia, Dzirciema 16, B 507;
- Occupational Cancerogens in Denmark, Lecture on 5th of March, 1999, Lecturers:
Hakan Wallin, Peter Muller (Danish
National Institute of Occupational Health), Start: 15.00,
Medical Academy of Latvia, Dzirciema 16, 1st Auditorium, followed
by the Conference of Association of Latvian Occupational
Physicians;
- Chemical Environmental Factors and
Biological Monitoring, Lecture
on 7th of April, 1999, Lecturers: Prof. Christer
Edling, Dr. Bjorn Hellman (Uppsala University, Department
of Environmental and Occupational Medicine), Start: 15.30
P. Stradiņa Clinical Hospital, followed by the
Conference of Association of Latvian Occupational
Physicians;
- Chemical Environmental Factors and
Biological Monitoring, Seminar
on 8th and 9th of April, 1999, Lecturers: Prof.
Christer Edling, Dr. Bjorn Hellman (Uppsala University,
Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine),
Start: 14.00.00 - Medical Academy of Latvia, Dzirciema
16, B 507;
- Epidemiological Aspects of Ionizing
Radiation, Sminar on 16th of april, 1999, Lecturer:
Prof. J.F. Viel (Besancon University, Department
of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, France), P. Stradiņa
Clinical Hospital, Centre of Occupational and
Radiological Medicine;
- Quality Control and Risk Assessment in
Occupational Health, NIVA Course
on 26th 30th April, 1999, Vilnius, Lithuania;
- Occupational Pulmonary Diseases, Lecture on 12th of May, 1999,
Lecturer: Timo Leino and colleagues from Finnish
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health,
Start: Plkst.15.00, Medical Academy of Latvia, Dzirciema
16, 1st Auditorium; followed by the Conference of
Association of Latvian Occupational Physicians;
- Occupational Pulmonary Diseases, Seminar on 13th and 14th of May, 1999,
Lecturer: Timo Leino and colleagues from Finnish
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health,
Start: Plkst.14.00, Medical Academy of Latvia, Dzirciema
16, B 509;
Information on courses, seminars
and conferences for fall of 1998 and early 1999
- Seminar on "Basic toxicology and principles of risk
assessment", 1 - 2 October, 1998, by Prof. Christer
Edling and Dr. Bjorn Hellman, Department of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University;
- Conference of Latvian Association of Occupational
Physicians, 30th of September, 1998, Riga, Institute of
Occupational and Environmental Health, Medical Academy of
Latvia;
- 'The Baltic Course: Ergonomics in Occupational Health and
Safety - a participatory approach", 12 - 16 October,
1998, by NIVA and Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health;
- Course on Occupational Medicine for physicians, in
Rezekne, 22 October - 10 December 1998, by Prof. M.
Eglite and specialists from Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health;
- Course for Occupational Nurses, 9 November - 22 December
1998, by Prof. M. Eglite and specialists from Institute
of Occupational and Environmental Health;
- Course on Occupational Medicine for physicians, 9
November - 18 December 1998, (120 hours), by Prof. M.
Eglite and specialists from Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health;
- Course on Occupational Medicine for physicians, 7 January
- 25 March 1999, (120 hours), by Prof. M. Eglite and
specialists from Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health;
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Last update on 10th of September 1999 by Ivars Vanadzins