| Document ID (ISN) | 69755 |
| CIS number |
97-1521 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1077-3525 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
1995 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Vanhoorne M.H., et al. |
| Title |
A mailed-questionnaire survey of ex-workers: A tool to evaluate the healthy-worker effect in cross-sectional studies |
| Bibliographic information |
July/Sep. 1995, Vol.1, No.3, p.252-256. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
In a questionnaire survey of 149 former workers of a viscose-rayon plant who had been exposed to carbon disulfide at work, 89 subjects reported having left the plant for health reasons. These included eye irritation (53.7%), gastrointestinal complaints, complaints concerning the central nervous system and the peripheral nerves, heart or lung problems and skin problems. The average duration of employment decreased significantly with the intensity of exposure to carbon disulfide. Results suggest that the findings of a cross-sectional study of current workers in the same plant may represent underestimates of some conditions, in particular eye irritation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
healthy worker effect; carbon disulfide; viscose rayon industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
questionnaire survey; eye irritation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Belgium |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic sulfur compounds
Inorganic substances
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