| Document ID (ISN) | 77944 |
| CIS number |
02-217 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
2001 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16-890-A-10
|
| Author(s) |
Lasfargues G. |
| Title |
Method of data collection on the health effects of occupational hazards |
| Original title |
Mode de recueil des effets sur la santé en épidémiologie des risques professionnels [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Toxicologie-Pathologie professionnelle, 3rd Quarter 2001, No.132, 7p. 57 ref. |
| Abstract |
The method of collecting information on the health effects of occupational hazards depends on the nature of the health effect observed, its latency and the methodology of the study undertaken. Various modes of collection are described, including active collection by means of questionnaires, assessment scales, recording of clinical symptoms or diseases through medical examination and standardized clinical tests, the use of early clinical, functional or biological markers, and the recording of morbidity and mortality from usable sources of data. Examples of information collection methods for the study of selected diseases are provided, including neurobehavioural disorders, mental health, respiratory diseases and cumulative trauma disorders of the upper extremities. The mode of collection of health effect information has an influence on the quality of the study with respect to its results, conclusions and suggested future preventive actions. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; description of technique; health hazards; epidemiology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
latency; symptoms; diagnosis; data sheet; questionnaire survey; medical examinations; encyclopaedia; hazard evaluation |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Epidemiology
|
