| Document ID (ISN) | 58928 |
| CIS number |
92-1671 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fiche médico-technique No.37
|
| Author(s) |
Amoudru C. |
| Title |
Generalised scleroderma and inhalation of mixed dusts containing free silica |
| Original title |
Sclérodermie généralisée et inhalation de poussières mixtes contenant de la silice libre [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
2nd Quarter 1991, No.46, p.101-106. Illus. 44 ref. |
| Abstract |
This information note and literature survey reviews the nature of scleroderma, its respiratory manifestations and suspected causes. Epidemiological data are examined in detail, comparing persons exposed to silica with the general population. The existence of a relation between silicosis and scleroderma and between scleroderma and silica dusts without an intermediate pneumoconiosis stage is discussed. Finally, the medico-legal aspect is examined, with a view to including the condition in the schedule of compensable occupational diseases in France. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
respiratory system; scleroderma; mixed dust; silica; free silica; France |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; compensation of occupational diseases; Raynaud's phenomenon; data sheet; silicosis; fibrosis; mining industry; rheumatoid pneumoconiosis |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Skin diseases
|
