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ID (ISN) del documento28848
Número CIS 78-469
Año 1977
Número de serie
Autor(es) Mehl J.
Título Occupational pathology of medical and paramedical personnel
Título original Pathologie professionnelle des professions médicales et paramédicales. [en francés]
Información bibliográfica Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale. Intoxications - Pathologie professionnelle, Fascicule 16545 A10, 9-1977. 18 rue Séguier, 75006 Paris, France, 1977. 7p.
Resumen This article emphasises the mental and physical hazards of overwork, excessively long weekly hours of work and extreme variations in workload, which constitute the principal adverse factors to which doctors, surgeons and medical aides in hospital services are exposed. The question of occupational accidents is considered briefly, followed by a more detailed study of the occupational diseases occurring among personnel of this category: infectious diseases (virus hepatitis, tuberculosis, various contagious diseases), dermatoses, ionising radiation sickness. Other problems considered: compulsory vaccinations, risk of infection in bacteriology laboratories, animal houses and animal experiment centres. General rules for protection against ionising radiation. Occupational medicine in relation to nurses, medical aides, etc.; occupational disease compensation for members of the medical profession, nurses, medical aides, and other paramedical personnel.
Descriptores (primarios) enfermedades profesionales; hospitales; servicios médicos y sanitarios
Descriptores (secundarios) radiación ionizante; radioprotección; accidentes de trabajo; reparación de las enfermedades profesionales; Francia; enciclopedia; enfermedades infecciosas; dermatosis; factores de estrés; prevención médica; tuberculosis
Tipo de documento E - Libros, informes, actas
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Health care services