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Document ID (ISN)58649
CIS number 92-1578
ISSN - Serial title 1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale
Year 1989
Convention or series no. Fascicule 16001 G10, 3-1989
Author(s) Audran R., Falcy M., Meyer-Bisch C.
Title Protection against chemical and other industrial hazards
Original title Toxicovigilance et vigilance industrielle [in French]
Bibliographic information Intoxications - Pathologie du travail, 1989. 2p. 5 ref.
Abstract Official and informal systems for the surveillance of chemical and other hazards in the industrial environment are discussed. The success of such surveillance depends on the collection, validation, organisation and computerisation of data and on its centralisation.
Descriptors (primary) France; toxicology; chemical safety; safety and health organization; hazard evaluation; exposure evaluation; toxic substances
Descriptors (secondary) notification of occupational diseases; poison information centres; industrial physicians; comment on law; comment on directive; safety and health institutions
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Risk evaluation
Exposure evaluation