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• Nordic Institute of Dental Materials
  ...sulting are directed towards dental health services and health authorities in the Nordic countries. The Institute is owned jointly by UniRand (a wholly o ...authorities, dental professionals, and the public in the Nordic countries in the field of dental biomaterials.
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• Depleted uranium
  ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
  ...Its functions are similar to those of the [[Health and Safety Executive]] in the rest of the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.hseni. ...ern Ireland) Order 1998, [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19982795.htm SI 1998/2795 (NI 18)]</ref>
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• Laser safety
  ...control the risk of injury, various specifications, for example ANSI Z136 in the US and IEC 60825 internationally, define "classes" of laser depending o ...action of a second, faster than the blink of an eye. Sufficiently powerful in the visible to near infrared laser radiation (400-1400 [[1 E-9 m|nm]]) will
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• Safety climate
  ...Traditionally, ‘lagging indicators’ have been used to identify trends in accidents that are occurring within the workplace. Lagging indicators inclu However, in recent years an increasing body of evidence suggests that more attention sh
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• Cancer
  ...cent tissues), and sometimes ''[[metastasis]]'' (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). These three malignant properties of cancers d ...5 }}</ref> Cancer caused about 13% of [[causes of death|all human deaths]] in 2007<ref name="WHO">{{cite web | last =WHO | authorlink =World Health Organ
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• Air safety
  ...ailures through regulation, education and training. It can also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air t ...tion]]. Of particular significance was the [[United States government role in civil aviation|Air Commerce Act 1926]], which required pilots and aircraft
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• Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995
  |name= Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 |force= June 5, 1998
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• Occupational hygiene
  ...f anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling [[health]] hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and ...s and refers to "[[Employment|Work]]", "[[Workplace]]" and "Place of Work" in general. ''Environmental Hygiene'' addresses similar issues to ''Occupatio
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• Health Level 7
  ...''' ('''HL7'''), is an all-volunteer, [[non-profit organization]] involved in development of international [[healthcare]] standards.<ref name=about>{{cit ...elivery, and evaluation of [[health service]]s, are the most commonly used in the world.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}
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• Committee on Data for Science and Technology
  ...ittee on Data for Science and Technology''' ('''CODATA''') was established in 1966 as an interdisciplinary committee of the ''[[International Council for ...CODATA set was published in 1973, later in 1986, 1998, 2002 and the fifth in 2006.
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• ASTM International
  ...rials, products, systems, and services. The organization's headquarters is in [[West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania]], about 5 miles northwest of [[Philadelp ...by [[ANSI]]. However, ASTM has a dominant role among standards developers in the USA, and claims to be the world's largest developer of standards. Using
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• SA8000
  ...re available from its [http://www.sa8000.org website]. SAI offers training in SA8000 and other workplace standards to managers, workers and auditors. It ...itation.org SAAS Accreditation] that over one million workers are employed in SA8000 Certified Facilities around the world.
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• Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
  ...I) and smaller veins that provide collateral circulation (they are visible in patients with CCSVI on the [[MRV]] investigation) ...title=Haemodynamic patterns in chronic cereblrospinal venous insufficiency in multiple sclerosis. Correlation of symptoms at onset and clinical course. |
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• Marijuana Anonymous
  ..._25/$file/TR.064.pdf}}</ref> Among the founders at the first MA conference in [[Morro Bay]] were delegates from Marijuana Smokers Anonymous ([[Orange Cou [[Category:Addiction and substance abuse organizations]]
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• Cannabis (drug)
  ...the hemp plant Cannabis sativa...is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States"[http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html] --> ...= http://www.idmu.co.uk/can.htm | title = Types of ''Cannabis'' Available in the United Kingdom (UK) | author = Matthew J. Atha (Independent Drug Monito
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• Buprenorphine
  ...2&nbsp;mg) and to control moderate pain in non-opioid tolerant individuals in lower dosages (~200&nbsp;µg). ...national control]</ref> In recent years, buprenorphine has been introduced in most [[Europe]]an countries as a [[transdermal patch|transdermal formulatio
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...itaries]], [[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed. ...ticular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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• Insurgency
  [[File:Vcfightersboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Viet Cong]] insurgents in the mid-1960s]] ...rd English Dictionary]] second edition 1989 "insurgent B. n. One who rises in revolt against constituted authority; a rebel who is not recognized as a be
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...lly charged.<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...o differences of opinion between various members about the use of violence in the context of conflicts over national liberation and self-determination."<
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