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Document ID (ISN)111043
CIS number 10-0731
ISSN - Serial title 1262-4055 - Préventique-Sécurité
Year 2010
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Phan Chan The E.
Title Night risks among employees travelling abroad in the course of their work
Original title Risques nocturnes chez le voyageur professionnel à l'étranger [in French]
Bibliographic information July.-Aug. 2010, No. 112, p. 85-90. Illus.
Abstract This article addresses the hazards related to travelling abroad for professional reasons and more particularly to hazards at night, such as insect attacks, risky sexual relations or aggression. Contents: à priori evaluation of occupational hazards; advice to business travellers; causes of death among French citizens when travelling abroad; main diseases when returning from a tropical region; night hazards abroad among business travellers.
Descriptors (primary) night work; migrant workers; health hazards; risk factors; commuting accidents
Descriptors (secondary) insects; diarrhoea; safety consciousness; poisoning; violence
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Ergonomics and work organization
Broad subject area(s) Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Hours of work