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Document ID (ISN)45221
CIS number 86-254
ISSN - Serial title 0003-4878 - Annals of Occupational Hygiene
Year 1985
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Duffus J.H., Brown C.M.
Title Health aspects of biotechnology
Bibliographic information 1st quarter 1985, Vol.29, No.1, p.1-12. 57 ref.
Abstract This is a review of biotechnological processes and of their health implications for workers. Most of the hazards associated with industrial fermentation, not a new process, are known. Newer processes, such as the manufacturing of certain pharmaceuticals and enzymes on a large scale, can lead to direct effects on human tissue, or to allergic reactions. So far no new hazards have been identified in connection with genetic manipulation (work with recombinant DNA), but care should be taken to prevent such hazards from developing.
Descriptors (primary) biotechnology industry; biological hazards
Descriptors (secondary) pharmaceutical products; literature survey; fermentation; allergies; enzymes
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Biotechnology industry
Biological hazards