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Document ID (ISN)38974
CIS number 83-183
ISSN - Serial title 0300-0559 - Revue de médecine du travail
Year 1982
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Buttriaux D.
Title Disease of the crystalline lens in occupational medicine
Original title Maladie du cristallin en médecine du travail [in French]
Bibliographic information 1982, Vol.10, No.1, p.27-32. Illus. 4 ref.
Abstract Review of the pathology of the crystalline lens for the occupational physician. Aetiology: cataract due to toxic or physical agents, electrocution, ionising radiation and trauma. Clinical features of cataracts and therapeutic indications. Survey of anomalies in the position of the crystalline lens (lens dislocation).
Descriptors (primary) diseases of eyes and related structures; construction industry; cataract
Descriptors (secondary) electric cataract; ophthalmology; toxic cataract; ionizing radiation cataract
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the eye and vision damage
Construction industry and civil engineering