| ID (ISN) del documento | 57749 |
| Número CIS |
92-667 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0885-114X - Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews |
| Año |
1991 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Kligman E.W., Peate W.F., Cordes D.H. |
| Título |
Occupational infections in farm workers |
| Información bibliográfica |
July-Sep. 1991, Vol.6, No.3, p.429-446. 18 ref. |
| Resumen |
This paper deals with occupational infections which can cause disease and disability in agricultural workers. Prevention and control methods discussed include: personal protective equipment; educational efforts; workplace revisions and engineering controls; animal control measures, such as vaccines and antibiotics. To the physician treating a farmer with various symptoms the paper offers checklists of questions concerning work activities, exposures, and medical history. The symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatment, and prevention and control of the 11 most common agricultural infections are presented: anthrax; ascariasis; brucellosis; viral encephalitis; leptospirosis; Q fever; rabies; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; staphylococcal infections; tetanus; tularaemia. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
relación entre la profesión y la enfermedad; síntomas; enfermedades infecciosas; tratamiento médico; agricultura; prevención médica; diagnostico |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
revisión bibliográfica; tests de exposición; tularemia; fiebre de las montanas rocosas; fiebre Q; estafilococias; carbunco; brucelosis; leptospirosis; ascaridiosis; encefalitis letárgica; rabia; valoración del riesgo; equipo de protección individual; tétanos |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Estados Unidos |
| Tema(s) |
Agricultura, pesca, cría de ganado
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos biológicos
|
| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Agricultura
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
Zoonoses
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