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ID (ISN) del documento26086
Número CIS 76-2091
ISSN - Título de la serie 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Año 1976
Número de serie
Autor(es) Dinman B.D.
Título Development of workplace environment standards in foreign countries. Part I - Historical perspectives; Criteria of response utilized in the USSR.
Información bibliográfica June 1976, Vol.18, No.6, p.409-417. 21 ref.
Resumen After a brief parallel history of the MAC in the USSR and the USA, and a politico-philosophical discussion of differences between the Eastern and Western approaches to medical science, the study proceeds as follows: influence of legal philosophy on MAC formulation; criteria of response to toxic agents (modality of determining lethality and toxic range); irritancy and odour testing; cumulative toxicity testing; chronic toxicity testing (emphasis on minimum doses producing toxic effects); industrial studies (situations where there is relatively constant, or variable, exposure); review of 3 years of Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija to ascertain differences in the USSR and USA in respect of pathological examinations (great emphasis on central nervous system), biochemical methods, non-neurological responses; pulmonary physiology, hepatorenal function, haematological parameters, immunological studies, endocrine parameters.
Descriptores (primarios) valores umbrales; determinación de los límites de la exposición; URSS; criterios de riesgo
Descriptores (secundarios) efectos tóxicos; revisión bibliográfica; Estados Unidos; estudio comparado; valoración de la toxicidad; legislación; historia; actividad nerviosa superior
Tipo de documento -
Tema(s) Administración, legislación, inspección
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Occupational exposure limits