| Document ID (ISN) | 110146 |
| CIS number |
09-1133 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Raymond L.W., Ford M.D. |
| Title |
Severe illness in furniture makers using a new glue: 1-Bromopropane toxicity confounded by arsenic |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 2007, Vol.49, No.9, p.1009-1019. Illus. 61 ref. |
| Abstract |
All four workers working with a new glue in a furniture factory were hospitalized following severe flu-like symptoms, which persisted three months later. Milder symptoms persisted in two workers eight years after their initial illnesses. Both have returned to work, while follow-up was unavailable for the other two workers. All available clinical records were reviewed. All four workers had high concentrations of serum bromide after exposure to glue containing 1-bromopropane (1-BP). All also had elevated urinary arsenic concentrations, the source of which remains unknown, but which confound interpretation of the abnormal bromide levels and clinical findings present during the acute illnesses. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
1-bromopropane; symptoms; furniture industry; work aptitude; adhesives |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
poisoning; case study; arsenic and compounds; determination in urine; long-term study; determination in blood; medical examinations; confounding factors |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Woodworking industry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Lumber and the woodworking industry
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Woodworking industry
|
