| Document ID (ISN) | 22761 |
| CIS number |
75-774 |
| Year |
1974 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sergent L. |
| Title |
Tetanus: its occupational incidence - its prevention |
| Original title |
Le tétanos: son incidence professionnelle - sa prévention. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Université de Paris VI, Faculté de médecine Broussais - Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France, 1974. 49p. 75 ref. |
| Abstract |
Following a statistical analysis demonstrating the occupational incidence of tetanus, prevalent mostly in rural areas, this thesis discusses various methods of prevention, the only efficacious long-term method being vaccination. The author analyses the causes of the relative lack of success of the measures taken to combat this disease in France (insufficient knowledge of the disease and of vaccination possibilities, loopholes in statutory measures), with reference to the practitioner's responsibility and the cost aspects of vaccination. Solutions are proposed, with emphasis on those which the author deems most appropriate: more extensive legislation, educational measures to increase workers' awareness of this hazard, reimbursement of vaccination costs, medical identity card showing bearer's vaccination or serum history. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
tetanus; vaccination; agriculture |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
France; mortality; statistics; information of personnel; legislation; medical prevention; thesis |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Agriculture
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