title: [Investigation of the allocation of equipment among the major research agencies for occupational health and medicine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the allocation of instruments and equipment in major research institutions for occupational health and medicine in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire was designed for collecting the information of the equipment used in occupational health and medicine research. Questionnaires were distributed to 78 research agencies to investigate the situation of allocation of instrument and equipment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a great diversity of allocation in investigated agencies. The features in three kinds of agencies are different. The occupational health agencies in universities fit out the biological equipment in laboratories. The occupational health laboratories in CDCs were equipped with the chemical analytical devices. The institutes of occupational medicine were equipped with the clinical inspection instruments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The protocol of sharing resource and predominance complementation should be established among research institutions for occupational health and medicine in the same region or neighboring provinces.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009938:Organizations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities