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Document ID (ISN)29092
CIS number 78-855
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Guézénoc L.
Title Workplaces and occupational disease in a meat preserving and curing plant, with reference to Finistère fish and vegetable preserving plants
Original title Postes de travail et pathologie professionnelle dans une conserverie de viande et salaison et extension aux conserveries de poissons et de légumes dans le Finistère. [in French]
Bibliographic information Université de Bordeaux II, Unités d'enseignement et de recherche des sciences médicales, Bordeaux, France, 1977. 110p. 21 ref.
Abstract MD thesis. The most common occupational diseases are infectious or parasitic diseases transmitted by the great variety of animals or animal carcasses used, contact dermatitis, and (especially) skin or respiratory allergy due to the animal or vegetable materials handled. In addition, the harmful effects of noise, poisoning by harmful substances and occupational accidents are considered. Problems of prevention and compensation.
Descriptors (primary) canning industry; meat industry
Descriptors (secondary) allergens; allergic respiratory disorders; France; parasitic diseases; noise; zoonoses; infectious diseases; skin allergies; eczema; toxic substances; hearing loss; thesis; occupational health survey; workmen's compensation; mechanical hazards; canning industry (fish); canning industry (fruit, vegetables)
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Food, beverage and tobacco industries
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Food industry
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Zoonoses