| Document ID (ISN) | 53094 |
| CIS number |
90-164 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro |
| Year |
1987 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Maroni M., Colombi A., Alcini D., Foà V. |
| Title |
Health risks in the biotechnology industry |
| Original title |
Rischi per la salute nell'industria delle biotecnologie [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Aug. 1987, Vol.78, No.4, p.272-282. 20 ref. |
| Abstract |
Study of the specific risks of the biotechnology industry. They are: immunological diseases (bronchial asthma, contact dermatitis, oculo-rhinitis, extrinsic allergic alveolitis) - in some sectors (bioenzymes, pharmaceuticals, animal husbandry), such diseases may affect up to 30% of workers; immune deficits due to exposure to antiblastic drugs, immunodepressive substances or radiations; toxic effects due to exposure to antibotics and hormones; pathological effects of microorganisms (mycoses of the skin, exposure to antiviral vaccines, possible effects of exposure to microorganisms with recombinant DNA). Preventive methods are recommended. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
biotechnology industry; biological hazards |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; rhinitis; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; antibiotics; immunobiological changes; microorganisms; mycoses; asthma; eczema; hormones |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Other industries and occupations
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| Broad subject area(s) |
New technologies
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Biotechnology industry
Biological hazards
Mycoses
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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