| Document ID (ISN) | 57915 |
| CIS number |
92-428 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-900-234-54-7 |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
NEBOSH Diploma Module C
|
| Author(s) |
Woolley A., Buttolph M.A. |
| Title |
Biological agents at work |
| Bibliographic information |
OHSOL Unit, Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HE, United Kingdom, 1991. 41p. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Contents of this module usable for an OSH training course or for private study, accompanied by question-and-answer tests: basic information on health hazards due to biological agents (viruses, bacteria, protozoa and fungi; the process of infection); defence systems of the body (primary defences; the immune system); allergies; controls and legal requirements in the UK. In annex: fact sheets on common infectious diseases of concern in the workplace (hepatitis B, Legionnaires' disease, humidifier fever, leptospirosis, AIDS, aspergillosis, anthrax, brucellosis, glanders). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; training material; biological hazards; infectious diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
training course; data sheet; allergies; legionellosis; anthrax; brucellosis; glanders; leptospirosis; aspergillosis; air conditioner disease; infectious hepatitis; immunodeficiency syndrome; training manuals; legislation; bacterial diseases |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Viral diseases (other than aids)
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Biological hazards
OSH training
Mycoses
|
