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Document ID (ISN)38102
CIS number 82-1359
Year 1982
Convention or series no. Fascicule 16531 F10, 5-1982
Author(s) Chaouat Y.
Title Musculoskeletal diseases due to occupation
Original title Affections de l'appareil locomoteur en rapport avec l'exercice d'une profession [in French]
Bibliographic information Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale, Intoxications, 18 rue Séguier, 75006 Paris, France, 1982. 10p. 55 ref.
Abstract Review of the French legislation on compensated occupational diseases, compensation procedure, and diseases which are not compensated. Considerations on: bone and joint diseases, tendinitis and bone disease due to infection (brucellosis, tuberculosis, pasteurellosis), parasite-borne diseases, toxic substances (lead, fluorine, cadmium, vinyl chloride monomer), diseases due to hypo- and hyperbaric conditions (clinical and radiological study of osteonecrosis), vibration-induced disease (bone injury, arthrosis of the elbow, angioneurotic disorders). Localised disorders of the musculoskeletal system linked to occupational body movements: general information on diseases linked to body movements, and joint diseases (neck, back and low-back pain)
Descriptors (primary) bone diseases; occupational diseases; joint diseases; toxic substances; musculoskeletal diseases; infectious diseases
Descriptors (secondary) compensation of occupational diseases; France; tuberculosis; vinyl chloride; lead; fluorine; encyclopaedia; vibration disease; brucellosis; work in pressurized atmosphere; sports and recreation; legislation; cadmium; phosphorus
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Physical fitness programmes
Bacterial and parasitic diseases