| Document ID (ISN) | 18904 |
| CIS number |
73-860 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0016-9900 - Gigiena i sanitarija |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Stankevič K.I. |
| Title |
Influence of static electricity on the health of workers using construction materials made with polymers |
| Original title |
Statičeskoe ėlektričestvo kak gigieničeskij faktor pri primenenii stroitel'nyh polimernyh materialov [in Russian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1972, Vol.50, No.8, p.31-34. 3 ref. |
| Abstract |
Account of a series of tests to determine the tendency of plastic coverings to pick up static electricity charges, and the effects of static electricity on humans. Clinical observations of 83 subjects showed that the action of static electricity mainly took the form of functional changes in the nervous (71%) amd cardopvascular (44%) systems. In animals, certain significant effects of static electricity were noticeable as from 300V/cm; it was therefore proposed to fix the threshold limit value at 150V/cm. It was also noticed that static electricity had the side-effect of freeing harmful substances contained in the polymers and causing germ-carrying dust to accumulate on the plastic surface. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
static electricity; health hazards; building materials; polymers |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
threshold limit values; bacteria; functional heart disorders; functional nervous disorders; harmful substances; biological effects; plastic coating; animal experiments; human experiments; static electricity measurement; dust |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Materials, glass and ceramics
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Electrical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Electricity
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