| ID (ISN) del documento | 36284 |
| Número CIS |
81-1655 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health |
| Año |
1980 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Stille W.T. |
| Título |
Hazard detection by illness pattern similitaries |
| Información bibliográfica |
Nov.-Dec. 1980, Vol.35, No.6, p.325-332. Illus. 14 ref. |
| Resumen |
Summary data for about 120,000 episodes of employee absence of > 3 days, due to illness or accident, in a North-Eastern U.S. chemical corporation were analysed using a clustering procedure programmed for epidemiological use. The diagnoses for the absences, which occured between 1959 and 1967, were coded according to 8th revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Comparisons were made of similarity or dissimilarity of illness patterns among salaried and hourly paid men and women workers in 11 age-groups and different job groups. Patterns were obtained for the 9 illness diagnoses which accounted for 60% of reported illness. The analysis suggested the criterion: an environmental exposure of people associated with an illness pattern typical of a more advanced age is a health hazard. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
industria química; riesgos para la salud; valoración del riesgo; absentismo por enfermedad |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
diferencias por la edad; análisis matemático; diferencias por el sexo |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Patología profesional
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Risk evaluation
Chemical industry
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