| Document ID (ISN) | 19321 |
| CIS number |
73-40 |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Suciu I. |
| Title |
Arterial hypertension and Raynaud's phenomenon in polyvinylchloride production workers |
| Original title |
Hypertension artérielle et syndrome de Raynaud chez les ouvriers occupés à la fabrication du polychlorure de vinyle [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
I. Internationales Symposium der Werksärzte der chemischen Industrie, Medichem, BASF Ärztliche Abteilung, 67 Ludwigshafen, Federal Republic of Germany, 1972. 9p. 10 ref. |
| Abstract |
Paper read at the 1st International Symposium of Plant Physicians of the Chemical Industry (Ludwigshafen, 27-29 April 1972). Report on a 9-year (1961-1969) study of 112 young polyvinylchloride workers. During this period systolic and diastolic pressures and the incidence of arterial hypertension increased, and this is attributed to the prolonged action of vinylchloride monomer on vasomotor centres and a generalised vasoconstriction. (For the complete proceedings of this symposium, see CIS 73-32.) |
| Descriptors (primary) |
chemical industry; biological hazards; vascular diseases; polyvinyl chloride |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Germany (Federal Republic of); diseases of arteries and arterioles; Raynaud's phenomenon; safety and health meetings; vasoconstriction; human experiments; vasomotor dysfunction |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Chemical industry
Biological hazards
Cardiovascular diseases
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