| Document ID (ISN) | 61540 |
| CIS number |
94-196 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0885-114X - Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Shusterman D.J., Sheedy J.E. |
| Title |
Occupational and environmental disorders of the special senses |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 1992, Vol.7, No.3, p.515-542. Illus. 269 ref. |
| Abstract |
Workplace hazards affecting vision, hearing, equilibrium, olfaction and taste are reviewed. These include chemical hazards (irritant chemicals, pharmacologic/toxicologic agents), physical hazards (microwaves, infrared and ultraviolet radiation, visible light, vibration, rapid ambient pressure changes), ergonomic hazards (task-related symptoms, workers with pre-existing vision disorders, ergonomic factors), biological hazards, use of contact lenses in industry. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
diseases of ear and mastoid process; diseases of eyes and related structures; vestibular disorders; physical hazards; loss of smell; loss of taste; chemical hazards; sense organ diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ionizing radiation; hyperbaric pressure; literature survey; irritants; negative pressure; vibration; infrared radiation; radiofrequency radiation; occupation disease relation; ergonomics; vertigo; biological hazards; contact lenses; ultraviolet radiation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of other sense organs (other than the eye and the ears)
Diseases of the eye and vision damage
Diseases of the ear and hearing damage
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