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INFLUENCE OF WORK IN COLD STORES ON THE HEALTH OF MAN.

INFLUENCE DU TRAVAIL DANS LES ENTREPOTS FRIGORIFIQUES SUR LA SANTE DE L'HOMME.

Author(s) : BYCZKOWSKA Z., LANGAUER-LEWOWICKA H.

Summary

FOR EVALUATION OF THE COLD INFLUENCE ON THE WORKERS HEALTH 3 GROUPS WERE MEDICALLY INVESTIGATED: MEN EXPOSED TO 251 K AND EXECUTING PHYSICAL WORK ; MEN EMPLOYED AT THE SAME JOB BUT EXPOSED TO 243 K AND WOMEN WORKING AT ABOUT 268 K WITHOUT PHYSICAL EFFORT. IN ALL 3 GROUPS CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT WERE FREQUENT ; OSTEOARTHROPATIC PAINS WERE MORE MANIFESTED IN OLDER WORKERS. IN WORKERS EXPOSED TOTHE LOWEST TEMPERATURE HANDS AND FEET SKIN WAS CYANOTIC OR PALE ; THE FINGER NAILS BED CAPILLARIES WERE PREDOMINANTLY ATONIC. SKIN DAMAGES IN WOMEN WERE CYANOSIS, RUSH AND FINGERS SWELLING. SOME PREVENTIVE MEASURES ARE SUGGESTED.

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  • Original title: INFLUENCE DU TRAVAIL DANS LES ENTREPOTS FRIGORIFIQUES SUR LA SANTE DE L'HOMME.
  • Record ID : 1983-2289
  • Languages: French
  • Publication date: 1982
  • Source: Source: Proc. Paris Meet., IIR/C. R. Réun. Paris, IIF
    1982-2; 147-151; 4 tabl.
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