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ID (ISN) del documento24851
Número CIS 76-869
ISBN(s) 2-257-10235-5
Año 1975
Número de serie
Autor(es) Andlauer P.
Título The practice of occupational medicine
Título original L'exercice de la médecine du travail. [en francés]
Información bibliográfica Editions Flammarion, 20 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, France, 1975. 627p. Illus. 110 ref. Price: FF.245.00.
Resumen This volume, the work of 37 contributing specialists, takes stock of the present situation of occupational medicine and examines present-day problems in this field. It considers in Part 1 the status of the plant physician (background, professional ethics, conditions to be fulfilled before being permitted to practice, training), reviews in Part 2 his functions (conducting examinations of various kinds, inspecting workplaces, problems of handicapped persons) and analyses in Part 3 the tasks he has to perform in various branches of activity (iron and steel, chemicals, petroleum refining, building and civil engineering, transport, electrical engineering, hospitals, etc.) outlining their main features and the risks involved. Occupational diseases are examined in Part 4 (toxicology, dermatitis, allergies, ear, nose, throat and eye diseases, pneumoconiosis, poisonous substances encountered in industry, etc.), their medical and technical prevention. A chapter is devoted to industrial hygiene (dust control, toxic gases and vapours; U.S. and Soviet TLVs). Parts 5 and 6: importance of other branches of science dealing with human beings (ergonomics, sociology, etc.) in occupational medicine and future of occupational medicine. Texts of French legislation on the subject and official tables of occupational diseases are appended. Index.
Descriptores (primarios) médicos de trabajo; medicina del trabajo
Descriptores (secundarios) envenenamiento; información del personal; seguridad en el trabajo; valores umbrales; industria de las fibras sintéticas; pequenas empresas; industria de la viscosa; industria química; Francia; enfermedades parasitarias; ruido; toxicología; enfermedades infecciosas; neumoconiosis; dermatosis; psicología y sociología; salud mental; ergonomía; afecciones producidas por agentes físicos; manuales; organización de las intervenciones de urgencia; construcciones y obras publicas; oftalmología; transportes; hospitales; fabricación de material eléctrico; servicios de medicina de empresa; agricultura; trabajadores minusválidos; aspectos médico legales; legislación; calificaciones; refino del petróleo; vigilancia médica; siderurgia; minas; funciones; documentación de seguridad y salud; higiene laboral
Tipo de documento E - Libros, informes, actas
Tema(s) Medicina del trabajo, higiene, primeros auxilios
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Bacterial and parasitic diseases