| Document ID (ISN) | 100389 |
| CIS number |
02-1169 |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Title |
Occupational lead poisoning |
| Original title |
Le saturnisme professionnel [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Institut de Santé et de Sécurité au Travail, Bd. M. Khaznadar 5, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia, no date. 8p. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Lead poisoning is recognized in Tunisia as a compensable occupational disease. This leaflet highlights the occupations that present exposure hazards to lead and the clinical symptoms of lead poisoning. It offers practical guidance to technical and medical preventive measures, medical supervision, screening and the approach to be adopted by employers in case of lead poisoning. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational diseases; Tunisia; training material; lead poisoning; lead |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
compensation of occupational diseases; responsibilities of employers; limitation of exposure; safety guides; job-exposure relation; medical supervision; health hazards |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | Tunisia |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
OSH training
Lead and compounds
|
