Osteonecrosis in tunnel and caisson workers.

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• Personal Author:
  McCallum RI
• Description:
  Radiological screening of tunnel workers in the United Kingdom is reviewed. An attempt is made to correlate bone lesion occurrence with maximum pressure experienced and number of shifts worked. Decompression procedures in the United Kingdom and the United States are compared. A registry has been established to record information on the health and experience of compressed-air workers.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Laboratories Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Bone-disorders Caisson-workers Data-collection Diagnostic-techniques Environment Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Publication Statistics Surveys Underground-workers
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00053674
• Citation:
  Dysbarism-related osteonecrosis: proceedings of a symposium on dysbaric osteonecrosis. Beckman EL, Elliott DH, eds. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-153, 1974 Jan; :3-6
• Editor(s):
  Beckman EL ; Elliott DH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b13b28dfdfeead5c0f739ab3266a41bf850b2286f6557128faecca0622c2b5ba6280ac1cd8557fefe8f38c8cb0b01edc02ed30b24b09f33a68a0f1207b9f6096
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178713/cdc_178713_DS1.pdf
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