| Document ID (ISN) | 100781 |
| CIS number |
02-1688 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
DMT 90 TC 87
|
| Author(s) |
Breton C. |
| Title |
Prevention of occupational respiratory allergies in bakeries and confectionaries |
| Original title |
Prévention des allergies respiratoires professionnelles en boulangerie-pâtisserie [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
2nd Quarter 2002, No.90, p.111-129. Illus. 47 ref. |
| Abstract |
Flour is the prime source of respiratory allergies in France. The average incidence rate of occupational asthma in bakery workers in approximately 25 times that of all workers. Contents of this review article on the prevention of occupational of allergic respiratory diseases in bakery workers: epidemiological data; recognition of baker's asthma as an occupational disease; collaboration between government, employers' and employees' representatives in defining a prevention approach; role of medical centres and physicians; risk factors for diseases due to exposure to flour; pluridisciplinary approach to prevention; preventive measures (choice of flour, choice of additives, length of the filling hose, use of a protective lid during kneading); role of the occupational physician. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
bakery products industry; allergens; allergic respiratory disorders; flour; asthma; France |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; compensation of occupational diseases; role of employers' organizations; suppression of airborne dust; industrial physicians; role of government; role of workers' organizations; medical supervision; substitution |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Food, beverage and tobacco industries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Food industry
Allergies
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
|
