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Document ID (ISN)19182
CIS number 73-237
ISSN - Serial title Bulletin du Groupement national d'étude des médecins du bâtiment et des travaux publics
Year 1972
Convention or series no.
Title Occupational dermatitis in building and civil engineering
Original title Les dermatoses professionnelles dans le bâtiment et les travaux publics [in French]
Bibliographic information 1971, Vol.8, No.4 (special), p.485-890. Illus. 145 ref.
Abstract The proceedings of the XIIth National Seminar on Occupational Medicine in Building and Civil Engineering, Paris, 20-23 May 1971. The papers read dealt with the following subjects: occupational allergens in building and civil engineering; the role of occupational hazardous agents in the aetiology of building and civil engineering workers' dermatitis flare-ups in workers with "cement-worker's hand"; work techniques used by bricklayers and tilers - their effects on the skin; biometric study of cement workers; immunoglobin and serum-complement levels in allergic cement dermatitis; prevention of cement dermatitis; the eradication of bricklayers' itch - the effect of gloves and a local anticholinergic agent. A number of these papers are abstracted as separate CIS records.
Descriptors (primary) aetiology; construction industry; skin diseases
Descriptors (secondary) sensitization dermatitis; France; occupational pathology; skin protection; cement dermatitis; painting; conference; harmful substances
Document type -
Subject(s) Construction industry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Skin diseases
Construction industry and civil engineering