Dr. Elisha Hornblower Atkins MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
151 Everett Avenue Chc Chelsea Healthcare C Chelsea MA, 02150About
Elisha Atkins is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Chelsea, MA. Atkins specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Atkins participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ct Sch Of Med- Farmington Ct 1977
University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prioritizing back injury risk in hospital employees: application and comparison of different injury rates.
- Them and us.
- Psychosocial factors at work and blood-borne exposure among nurses.
- Exacerbation of coronary artery disease by occupational carbon monoxide exposure: a report to two fatalities and a review of the literature.
- A review of family health's latest evaluation of the demographic impact of the Louisiana Family Planning Program.
- Sick building syndrome.
- Methods of prioritizing and measuring occupational health risks utilizing hospital back injury data. Development of composite comparative statistics.
Treatments
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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- Dr. Elisabeth Lee Scheufele M.D.151 Everett Ave Chelsea MA 02150