TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - The pattern of medical contacts in a geographically isolated mine village in Greenland
JO  - Arctic medical research
A1  - Gottlieb, J.
SP  - 195
EP  - 197
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
N2  - 315 persons represented 708 consecutive episodes of illness during a one year period. 13% of the episodes and 22% of all days of sick leave were due to occupational reasons. The most frequent occupational complaints were hearing-impairment and back pain. The most frequent type of occupational injury were lesions of the eyes, hands and wrists. Only 32% of all occupational episodes were notified to the authorities of health and safety at work as the work was resumed at least the day after the injury in 73% of the cases. The surveillance of blood lead concentration worked satisfactorily. Only one employee was a suspected victim of lead poisoning. The modest medical equipment and the isolated character of the mine village made it necessary to refer patients for further treatment elsewhere in 14% of the cases.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0782-226X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -