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Document ID (ISN)67673
CIS number 96-1889
ISBN(s) 84-7425-340-3
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Title Brucellosis: Descriptive study of health risk factors and working conditions
Original title Brucelosis: Estudio descriptivo sobre factores de riesgo laboral y condiciones de trabajo [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Ediciones y Publicaciones, c/Torrelaguna 73, 28027 Madrid, Spain, 1991. 148p. Illus.
Abstract Study of work-induced brucellosis in Spain. Contents: analysis of statistical data on brucellosis (1985-1989); socio-economic impact of the disease; aims of the study; study methods (study design, questionnaires used, geographical scope); analysis of results (analysis of notified cases, cases by profession and labour activity, cases of temporary incapacity, cases by season); clinical symptoms and laboratory tests; analysis by possible source of infection and animal hygiene implications; livestock installations; analysis of other factors (province, age, sex, washing facilities, hygienic habits, type of disease); conclusions (incidence in the labour force, classification of risk factors, registers); recommendations for prevention. In annex: list of abbreviations; list of illustrations and tables; questionnaire forms.
Descriptors (primary) Spain; risk factors; brucellosis; zoonoses
Descriptors (secondary) welfare facilities; questionnaire survey; survey; statistics
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceSpain
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Zoonoses