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Document ID (ISN)63617
CIS number 95-160
ISSN - Serial title 1250-3274 - Archives des maladies professionnelles et de médecine du travail
Year 1994
Convention or series no.
Title Society of Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics of Western France - Meeting of 22-23 October 1992
Original title Société de médecine du travail, d'hygiène industrielle et d'ergonomie de l'Ouest - Séance des 22 et 23 octobre 1992 [in French]
Bibliographic information 1994, Vol.55, No.1, p.53-70.
Abstract Main subjects treated at the meetings of 22 and 23 Oct. 1992 of the Society of Occupational Medicine, Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics of Western France: economic outlook for road transport in France - repercussions on working conditions; selection criteria for tramway drivers; study of simple auditive and visual reaction time in bus drivers in Abidjan (Ivory Coast); adequate techniques for the monitoring of chrome plating workers: air sampling or determination in urine; assessment of exposure to noise during random events - two methods, two sets of results; early osteonecrosis and determination of the aptitude to work - study of one case; vaccination against hepatitis in the workplace; multidisciplinary approach to the design of workplaces; ergonomic approach applied to two teams of operators using the same machinery for post-driving and lifting; a pragmatic approach to workplace acoustics; drinking and driving: an experiment; sleep apnoeas: repercussions in the transport sector; cardiac rhythm disorders in a truck driver - medico-legal comments on one case.
Descriptors (primary) bone diseases; chromium; France; workplace design; noise; acoustics; hepatitis; alcohol consumption and accidents; perceptual-motor performance; reaction time; sleep disturbances; ergonomics; pulse rate; road transport; public transport; vaccination; Côte d'Ivoire
Descriptors (secondary) conference
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Road transportation
Cardiovascular diseases
Liver diseases
Noise
Alcohol and drug abuse
Ergonomics
Fatigue
Psychological factors
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system