List of studies

Outline of reasons and objectives
Today, in France, approximately 11% of salaried workers are exposed to vibration transmitted to the upper limb. Prolonged exposure to high levels of vibration can lead to a certain number of pathologies. To try…

In the field of risk prevention, return on experience (ROE) is one of the possible strategies for risk control. It can thus be used for corrective purposes by a posteriori analysis of incidents and accidents, and it can also be implemented for preventive…

Outline of reasons and objectives
Rehabilitating polluted sites and soil is a sector of activity that is booming in France, due to an industrial context that is leading to an increase in industrial wasteland, and to the action of the French Ministry…

Outline of reasons and objectives
Exposure to bioaerosols (bacteria, moulds, and sub-products or fragments of micro-organisms) present in the air at workstations has been established in numerous occupational sectors. In certain employees…

Within work-related asthma, a distinction is made between occupational asthma and work-aggravated asthma. About 25% of adulthood asthma would appear to be work-related asthma. The frequency of work-aggravated asthma would appear to vary in…

Outline of reasons and objectives
Over 60,000 welders in France are exposed to welding fumes containing metals and metal oxides. The concentrations often exceed the occupational exposure limit value, even in the presence of a ventilation-type…

Multi-exposures to chemicals are frequent in the workplace, and represent a serious current issue. According to the results of the Sumer 2003 study, 20 % of employees could be exposed to at least five chemical agents. Among the chemical compounds…

The percutaneous route represents the second occupational exposure route for numerous industrial toxic substances. The word “Skin notation” appears whenever the contribution from this route to the total absorption by the body represents…