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Document ID (ISN)58158
CIS number 92-875
ISSN - Serial title 1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale
Year 1991
Convention or series no. Fascicule 16531 F10, 1991
Author(s) Estryn-Behar M.
Title Musculoskeletal diseases due to occupation
Original title Affections de l'appareil locomoteur en relation avec l'exercice d'une profession [in French]
Bibliographic information Toxicologie-Pathologie professionnelle, 1991, 13p. Illus. 133 ref.
Abstract Summary note on diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Osteoarticular and muscular diseases or infections and parasitical origin are examined, followed by diseases of toxic origin; the prevalence of all of these has been markedly modified in recent years. Diseases caused by physical agents include those due to ionising radiations, dust, compressed gas and vibrations. Dysbaric diseases warrant stringent awareness and strict and well-codified preventive measures. Vibration-induced disease is technically difficult to prevent. Diseases linked to body movements include those of the spinal column, those associated with physical work, and those of the shoulder-neck and lumbar regions resulting from in a seated position. Disorders of the foot, injuries to muscles, tendons, synovial sheaths and external tissues and sporting injuries are also discussed.
Descriptors (primary) musculoskeletal diseases; occupational pathology
Descriptors (secondary) ionizing radiation; data sheet; bacterial diseases; tuberculosis; parasitic diseases; lead; vibration; fluorine; infectious diseases; brucellosis; sitting posture; dust; joint diseases; compressed air; chemical products; traumatology; cadmium; physical hazards; encyclopaedia; bone diseases
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system