| Document ID (ISN) | 42151 |
| CIS number |
84-1078 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0016-5557 - Gazette médicale de France |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Chaouat Y. |
| Title |
Occupational joint diseases |
| Original title |
Les arthroses professionnelles [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1983, Vol.90, No.4, p.267-277. |
| Abstract |
A review of compensable occupational diseases in France that cause joint problems (barotraumatic arthrosis, vibration disease, fluorine poisoning). Analysis of localised conditions of the musculoskeletal system in connection with work-related body movements: hips, knees, feet, hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, the cervical, thoracic and lumbar column. Role of the industrial physician in diagnosing and monitoring these health problems, and in vocational orientation at the beginning of employment. Research into predisposing factors (genetic or occupational). Preventive measures and transfer to other work. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
vibration arthropathy; compensation of occupational diseases; joint diseases; decompression osteoarthropathy; skeletal fluorosis; France |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
backache; elbow lesions; wrist lesions; upper extremity disorders; knee lesions; spinal diseases; lower extremity disorders |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Hyperbaric pressure
Workers' compensation
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