Maija EGLITE
Professor Maija EGLITE
Director
Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health
Riga Stradins University
Dzirciema iela 16
Riga, LV 1007
LatviaHead
Centre of Occupational and Radiological Medicine
P. Stradins Clinical University Hospital
Phone/ Fax: : + 371 7409139
Mobile phone: + 371 9513041
e-mail: ivarsv@delfi.lv |
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Interests:
- Occupational Respiratory Diseases
- Occupational Allergic Diseases
- Heavy Metals in the Workplace and Environment
- Small Doses of Ionising Radiation
Languages: English, Russian, Latvian
Education
- Medical Academy of Latvia (Faculty of General Medicine), 1964
- Institute of Refresher Courses, Moscow, USSR, postgraduate course, 1964 - 1967
- Dr.med. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), Central
Institute of Phisicians Qualification Improvement, Moscow, 1968 (Thesis: Hygienic
Estimation of the Atmospheric Ozone)
- Dr. habil. med. (Doctor of Science in former USSR), Research Institute of Hygiene and
Occupational Diseases, Moscow, USSR, 1987 (Thesis: Occupational Allergic Diseases of
Poultry Breeders)
Experience
Riga Medical Institute/Medical Academy of Latvia/ Riga Stradins University:
- Researcher, Hygiene and Occupational Research Laboratory, 1968-1980
- Head, Hygiene and Occupational Research Laboratory, 1980 - 1990
- Head, Department of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, 1990-1992
- Director, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1992 -
- Head, Centre of Occupational and Radiological Medicine of P.Stradins Clinical University
Hospital, 1993 -
State Centre of Occupational Medicine:
Abroad:
- Visiting Professor on Occupational Medicine, Porsgrunns University Hospital
(Norway), and Lunds University Hospital (Sweden), 1991
- A number of refresher courses (1972 - 1997).
Professional Activities and Memberships:
- President, Association of Latvian Occupational Medicine Physicians
- Member of Editorial Board for Labour Medicine and Industrial Ecology ,
Moscow, Russia
- Hiroshima City Overseas Partner
- Chairman, Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee
for Medical Sciences, 2003 -
Courses
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine( for students)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine (for postgraduates and physicians)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine (for occupational nurses)
Recent/Representative Publications
- Izrailet L., Eglite M. Industry and Immunological Status of Human
Organism, 1978, Moscow: Institute of Medical Information, 80 pp .(in Russian).
- Izrailet L., Eglite M. Occupational Diseases, 1981, Riga: Zvaigzne,
269 pp. (in Latvian).
- Eglite M. Allergic Diseases in Poultry Breeders, 1990, Riga: Zinatne, 170 pp.
(in Latvian).
- M. Eglite. Features of immune response of poultry breeders with
developing allergic diseases. - J. Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, ,1986,
N 4, pp. 30-32 (in Russian).
- M. Eglite. Professional allergic diseases of poultry breeders. - ibid.,
1987, N 6, pp. 9-12 (in Russian)..
- M. Eglite, M. Kapitonova, S. Karpacevskaja, T. Farbtuh. Problems of
industrial hygiene and occupational health in poultry breeders. - ibid., 1991, N 2, pp.
3-6 (in Russian).
- M. Eglite. Occupational diseases in Republic of Latvia. - Norsk
tidsskrift for arbeitsmedisin, 1991, N 4, pp. 245-248.
- M. Eglite, T. Farbtuh, S. Karpachevskaja. Effects of harmful chemical
factors of production areas and environment on human health, Environmental Toxicology and
Health, Report from meeting in Stockholm, May 1991, pp. 102-107.
- M. Eglite. Burning problems of occupational health in the world. - Lebanese
Students Medical Journal, 1995, vol. 1, pp. 33-35.
- M. Eglite, M. Bake, T. Farbtuh, J. Hincenberga, I. Remez, A. Ustinenko,
Monitoring of the workers for exposure and allergic diseases in the chemical -
pharmaceutical enterprises. - ACTT Biologic Debrecen Oecol Hungary, Supplementum
Oecologica Hungarica Fasc., 1994. (ed. 1995), vol. 5/2, pp. 389-398.
- M. Eglite, I. Ivanova, I. Remez, A. Ustinenko. Occupational allergic
diseases in poultry breeders. - Proc. International Symposium on Work related Diseases,
Austria, Linz, 1992, pp. 139-142.
- M. Eglite, J. Hincenberga, Occupational Risk Factors for Bronchial
Asthma. - The European Respiratory Journal, vol. 8., Supplement 19, September 1995, p.
154.
- M. Eglite, T. Farbtuh, I. Hincenberg. Work environment in the poultry
factories and the problems of occupational allergic diseases.- Proc. 44th Nordic
Conference on Occupational Medicine, Nadendal, Finland, , 27-29 August, 1995, pp. 214-215.
- E. Curbakova, B. Dzerve, M. Eglite, T. Frickausa, T. Zvagule. Health
status and follow-up of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident liquidators in Latvia.
The radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident. - Proc. 1st International
Conference on radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident, Minsk, Belarus, 18 - 22
March, 1996, pp. 929 - 934.
- M. Eglite, The current situation and trends in occupational medicine. -
Occupational Health and Safety in Progress, Lappeenranta, Finland, 1996, August 12 -
14, pp. 17-20.
- M. Eglite, E. Curbakova, T. Farbtuha, T. Zvagule. Diseases of
cardiovascular system of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant station (NPS) accident clean-up
workers in Latvia. - Canadian J. Cardiology, 1997, vol. 13, Suppl. B, p. 77.
- J.-F. Viel, M.Eglite, E.Curbakova, B.Dzerve, T.Zvagule,
C.Vincent. Risk factors for long-term mental and psychosomatic distress in Latvian
Chernobyl liquidators. - Environmental Health Perspectives, 1997, vol. 105,
Suppl. 6, pp. 1539-1544.
- M.Eglite, I.Jekabsone, M.Bake, Z.Podniece, D.Sprudza. Asbestos in
Latvia. - Proc. Asbestos Symp. for Countries of Central and Eastern Europe (
December 1997, Helsinki), 1998, pp. 50-54.
- M.Eglite, I.Jekabsone, I.Vanadzins. Ethical aspects of occupational health in the
Countries in Transition. - Proc. Intern. Symp. Ethical&Social Principles in
Occupational Health Practices ( December 1997, Helsinki), pp. 93-97.
- M.Eglite, A.Veide, M.Bake. Health consequences of occupational exposure
to lead in Latvia, SECOTOX '97. - Proc. Latvian Acad. Sci., 1998, vol. 52, pp.
205-207.
- E. Curbakova, T. Farbtuha, M. Eglite, T. Zvagule. The health status of
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident liquidators in Latvia, SECOTOX '97. - Proc.
Latvian Acad. Sci., 1998, vol. 52, pp. 187-191.
- I.Strumfa, L.Feldmane, M.Eglite, E.Curbakova. Pathomorphological changes and
their dynamics (1993-2001) in the upper part of the digestive tract of Chernobyl clean-up
workers residing in Latvia. - Proc.Latv. Acad. Sci., B, 2002, vol.56 , N 3 (620),
pp. 114120.
- M.Eglite, I.Vanadzins, L.Matisane. Country profile: Latvia. Basic information on
Latvia and its health system. - In book: Work and Health Country Profiles of Twenty-two
European Countries. - People and Work Research Reports 52, FIOSH, Helsinki, 2002,
pp. 239-256.
- M.Eglite, J.Jekabsone, I.Lielpetere . Asbestos in Latvia. - In book: The
Asbestos Legacy, San Francisko, USA, 2002, pp. 409 424.
- Farbtuha, M.Eglite, Matisane L. Occupational medicine in Latvia. -
Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene (Moscow), 2002, N 2, pp. 16
20.
- T.Zvagule, I.Kurpniece, M.Eglite, U.Teibe, N.Gabruseva N.
Electrophysiological characteristics of functional state of Chernobyl accident clean-up
workers brain. - Proceedings of International
conference Epilepsy and Clinical
Neurophysiology, Ukraine, Crimea, alta-Gurzuff, June, 2003. pp.24
26.
- I.Vanadzins, M.Eglite,
Z.Roja, R.Mangule, M.Avota. Investigation of Risk Factors in Health Care sector . - Scientific
Articles of Riga Stradins University. Riga: Riga Stradins University, 2004,
pp. 313 318.
- T.Zvagule, M.Eglite, R.Bruvere, I.Kurpniece. Functional State of
Chernobyl Accident Clean-up workers Brain and its Relationship to Structural
Characteristics of Their Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells . - Scientific Articles of
Riga Stradins University. Riga: Riga Stradins University, 2004, pp. 332
338.
- T.Zvagule, M.Eglite, U.Teibe, G.Rimdeika, B.Burokaite, K.Manton,
J.Kravchenko. Health Disturbance Tendencies in Chernobyl Clean-up Workers:17 years
observation period, 1987-2003). - Scientific Articles of Riga Stradins University.
Riga: Riga Stradins University, 2005, pp. 203 210.
- N. Mironova-Ulmane, A.Pavlenko, M.Eglite, et al.
Chernobyl cean-up workers: 17 years of follow-up in Latvia. - Recent Advances
in Multidisciplinary Applied Physics, pp. 9-19, Elsvier Science 2005 (ISBN 0 08
04444 696-5).
- Z.Roja, V.Kalkis, A.Vain. H.kalkis, M.Eglite. Assessment
of skeletal muscle fatigue of road maintenance workers based on heart rate monitoring and
myotonometry. - Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2006, 1: 20, pp.
1-9.
Research Projects:
- M.Eglite (Head of Project). Investigations of Most Common Occupational Diseases in
Latvia. Latvian Council of Science (1996-1998).
- M.Eglite (Head of Project). Adaptation of European Hygienic Standards for Working Places
for Latvia. Latvian Council of Science (1996-1998).
- M.Eglite (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). Epidemiological Surveys of Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Different European Countries: PECO Action. (Project
Partners: Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia; Co-ordinator
- Prof. C. Giuntini, University of Pisa, Italy). PECO Action, European Community (1994
- 1996).
- M.Eglite (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). Epidemiological Study of the
Latvian Chernobyl Clean-up Workers Cohort. (In co-operation with the Department of
Public Health of Besancon University, France; Co-ordinator - Prof. J. F. Viel).
French Ministry of Environment (1994 - 1997).
- M.Eglite (Head of the Latvian Part of Project). TEMPUS - PHARE Structural Joint
European Project "Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health" (Project
Partners: Sweden, U.K., Finland, Denmark). Tempus Phare, European Community (1996 -
1999).
- M.Eglite (Head of Project). Investigation of Risk Factors in Wood
Processing Industry. Latvian Council of Science (2001).
- M.Eglite (Head of Project). Investigation of Ocupational Diseases and
Accidents in Forestry and Woodworking Industry and Elaboration of Preventive Measures. Latvian
Council of Science (2004 - 2007).
- M.Eglite (One of Project Coordinators). Occupational Health and Safety
System. Phare Transition Facility project 245-03-01 (2004 -2006)
Unofficial:
Enthusiastic and competitive in all situations of life.
Particular interests:
- Flowers
- Gardening
- Tourism
- Mountaineering
Last update 20.02.2007