| ID (ISN) del documento | 24372 |
| Número CIS |
76-206 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Año |
1975 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Fritze E. |
| Título |
Tuberculin sensitivity in dust-exposed coalminers and non-exposed populations from the Ruhr area - Epidemiological study of the excessive tuberculosis morbidity in miners |
| Título original |
Zur Tuberkulinsensitivität von staubbelasteten Kohlenbergarbeitern und von niemals staubexponierten Bevölkerungsgruppen des Ruhrgebiets - Eine epidemiologische Studie zum Verständnis der überdurchschnittlichen Tuberkulosemorbidität unter Bergleuten [en alemán] |
| Información bibliográfica |
19 Sep. 1975, Vol.35, No.3-4, p.201-215. Illus. 41 ref. |
| Resumen |
This study comprised nearly 12,000 persons with and without dust exposure. The frequency of tuberculin sensitivity in coalminers of all age groups exposed at an early age rises more quickly than in the general population, presumably on account of simultaneous tuberculosis infection. The high morbidity rate of tuberculosis in miners correlates with the high frequency of tuberculin sensitivity. This is explained by disturbance of the cellular defence reaction against tuberculosis bacteria by the cytotoxic dust. Prophylactic tuberculin tests from the start of mining activity, and prophylactic treatment with tuberculostatics are recommended. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
tuberculosis; mineria del carbón; reacción tuberculínica; polvos respirables |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
Alemania (República Federal de); morbilidad; sensibilización; profilaxis; encuesta epidemiológica |
| Tipo de documento |
- |
| Tema(s) |
Patología profesional
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Mining and quarrying
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