Resources found: 6

Sign and Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning

Provides information on pesticide poisoning. It explains routes of exposure, toxicity, and signs and symptoms of various types of pesticides (fumigatants, rodenticides, wood preservatives, herbicides,...
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Resource added in: 21/02/2002
Available languages: English
Occupational Exposure, Occupational Diseases, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, Chemical Industry, Chemical Compound Exposure, Chemical Industry, Pesticide Exposure, Pesticide Residues, Solvents, Poisoning, Rural Workers, Agriculture, Toxicology, Occupational risk, reposureposureposureposure, Occupational toxicology

Silicosis

WHO's Information Fact on Silicosis, provides an introduction, its health impact and concerns, prevention and WHO's reponse to this to the occupational disease.
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Resource added in: 07/02/2002
Available languages: English
Silicosis, Inhalation Exposure, 32400, Mining, Occupational Exposure, Workplace, 16359, 16360, Chemical Industry, Chemical Compound Exposure, Toxicology, Occupational Disease, Occupational risk, hhealthhealthhealth, Occupational toxicology

Preventing Silicosis Dealth in Construction Workers

This document provides background information on crystalline silica and the health effects of exposure. It describes six case reports of construction workers who have died or are suffering from silico...
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Resource added in: 07/02/2002
Available languages: English
Silicosis, Inhalation Exposure, 32400, Pneumoconiosis, Mining, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, Chemical Industry, Chemical Compound Exposure, Lung Diseases, Obstructive, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Occupational Diseases, Toxicology, ureposureposureposure, Occupational Disease, Occupational risk, Occupational toxicology

Environmental Health Criterial Series No. 203: Chrysotile Asbestos

Summary of physical and chemical properties, sources an levels of occupational and environmental exposure, and the result of asbestos inhilation to workers. Link to full text version is available (eng...
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Resource added in: 06/02/2002
Available languages: English, Spanish, French
Asbestos Industry, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, Chemical Industry, Toxicology, Occupational Disease, Occupational risk, Chemical Compound, Inhalant Exposure, Respiratory distress, Occupational toxicology

Screening and surveillance of workers exposed to mineral dust

Provides definitions of screening and surveillance and describes the main elements of such programs, describes the practical aspects of screening and surveilance programmes to working populations expo...
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Resource added in: 06/02/2002
Available languages: English
Mining, Asbestos, Chemical Industry, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, 16360, 32400, Pneumoconiosis, Silicates, Occupational Diseases, Toxicology, Coal Mining Industry, ustrydustrydustry, Inhalant Exposure, Occupational risk, Occupational toxicology

Preventing Asthma and Death from Diisocyanate Exposure

Provides information about preventing adverse health effects from exposure to diisocyanates. Informations is directed to workers and employers, small businesses, physicians, and other health care prov...
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Resource added in: 24/01/2002
Available languages: English
Asthma, Occupational Exposure, Chemical Industry, Coal Mining, Occupational Health, Workplace, 16359, Inhalation Exposure, Dermatitis, Contact, Isocyanates, Toxicology, riskl riskl risk, Diisocyanate, Occupational toxicology