Document ID (ISN) | 41943 |
CIS number |
84-1042 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1775-8785 - Archives des maladies professionnelles |
Year |
1983 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Vézina N., Beauvais A., Mergler D. |
Title |
Warts: an occupational disease |
Original title |
Les verrues: une maladie professionnelle [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
1983, Vol.44, No.8, p.551-558. Illus. 26 ref. |
Abstract |
The aim of this survey was to evaluate the prevalence of warts among workers in 8 poultry slaughterhouses in Quebec and to determine the specific environmental factors that could favour the development and propagation of the viruses causing warts. The distribution by age, seniority and sex of those responding to the questionnaire (569) was similar to that of those sent the questionnaire (1194). The prevalence of warts among the workers was 28.5% (Papilloma virus), while only 5.9% had warts before their employment in slaughterhouses. In the general population, the prevalence of warts is between 7 and 10%, with a peak around the age of 14 years. In poultry slaughterhouses, the highest incidence (38.17%) occurs among workers of 25-29 years. Among workers with 4-6 years of seniority, the incidence is 40.6%. Factors significantly associated with warts are: high humidity, wearing of steel-mesh gloves that were too large, work with saws and the handling of cold objects. |
Descriptors (primary) |
warts; skin diseases; poultry farming; slaughtering; hand and arm protection; infectious skin diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
dermatotropic virus infections; cold; questionnaire survey; morbidity |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Skin diseases Viral diseases (other than aids) Livestock rearing Hand and arm protection Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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