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Document ID (ISN)20594
CIS number 74-574
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Desoille H.
Title Occupational health and occupational diseases
Original title Médecine du travail et maladies professionnelles. [in French]
Bibliographic information Flammarion médecine-sciences, 20 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, France, 4th edition, 1973, 205 p. Price: FF.5.00.
Abstract This book, intended for medical students in particular, presents a synthesis of the essential objectives of industrial medicine and the protection of workers' health, including the basic aspects of compensation in respect of occupational accidents and diseases. The greater part of the work is devoted to the clinical study of the occupational diseases for which compensation can be claimed under French law, and some other occupational diseases.
Descriptors (primary) occupational hygiene; occupational medicine; occupational diseases
Descriptors (secondary) allergies; toxicology; infectious diseases; pneumoconiosis; skin diseases; rehabilitation; neoplasms; diseases caused by physical agents; manuals; expectant mothers; plant health services; workmen's compensation; cooperation; ergonomics
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Bacterial and parasitic diseases