| Document ID (ISN) | 19256 |
| CIS number |
73-188 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-7753 - Arbeitsmedizin - Sozialmedizin - Arbeitshygiene |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
(Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenessenschaften, Bonn) |
| Title |
Preventive medical examination criteria - Hydrogen sulphide hazards |
| Original title |
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Grundsätze für arbeitsmedizinische Vorsorgeuntersuchungen - Gefährdung durch Schwefelwasserstoff [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
July 1972, Vol.7, No.7, p.208-210. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
A review of the points to which the physician should pay particular attention in medical examinations directed at the prevention and early detection of hydroen sulphide poisoning. It also contains information on the scope of pre-employment medical examinations and periodcal medical examinations, specifies the criteria which the physician should apply in evaluating the fitness of persons for work involving a hydrogen sulphide hazard, and indicates the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen sulphide, the Federal German maximum allowable concentration, the sources of hazard, absorption and mode of action of hydrogen sulphide, the clinical picture of hydrogen sulphide poisoning and reference to the Federal German legislation on the employment of women and young persons in jobs where there is a possibility of exposure to dangerous substances. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
hydrogen sulfide; medical supervision; health hazards |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
toxic effects; threshold limit values; data sheet; work aptitude; periodic medical examinations; Germany (Federal Republic of) |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic sulfur compounds
Inorganic substances
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