| Document ID (ISN) | 54108 |
| CIS number |
90-1225 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1989 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Wiggins P., Schenker M.B., Green R., Samuels S. |
| Title |
Prevalence of hazardous exposures in veterinary practice |
| Bibliographic information |
July 1989, Vol.16, No.1, p.55-66. Bibl. |
| Abstract |
462 female graduates of a major U.S. veterinary school were surveyed by questionnaire to obtain details of hazard exposure during the most recent year worked and during all pregnancies. Small-animal practitioners reported the highest rates of exposure to anaesthetic gas (94%), X-rays (90%), and pesticides (57%). Large-animal practitioners reported greater rate of trauma (64%) and potential exposure to prostaglandins (92%), Brucella abortus vaccine (23%), and carbon monoxide (18%). 41% of respondents who reported taking X-rayss did not wear film badges, and 27% of the respondents exposed to anaesthetic gases worked at facilities which did not have waste anaesthetic gas scavenging systems. Women who worked as veterinarians during a pregnancy attempted to reduce exposures to X-rayss, insecticides, and other potentially hazardous exposures which are common in veterinary practice. Measures to educate workers and to reduce these exposures should not await demonstration of adverse health effects. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; inhalation anaesthetics; zoonoses; pesticides; x-rays; veterinary services; health hazards; expectant mothers; exposure evaluation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; biological effects; women; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Agricultural chemicals
Health care services
Ionizing radiation
Exposure evaluation
Zoonoses
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