| Document ID (ISN) | 29888 |
| CIS number |
78-1429 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Cahiers de notes documentaires - Sécurité et hygiène du travail |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Cavelier C., Mur J.M., Mereau P., Pham Q.T., Jannot P., Henquel J.C., Toamain J.P. |
| Title |
Foundry workshops and respiratory function - Coremaking by the Ashland process |
| Original title |
Ateliers de fonderie et fonction respiratoire - Le poste de noyautage par procédé Ashland. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
2nd quarter 1978, No.91, Note No.1114-91-78, p.243-251. Illus. 7 ref. |
| Abstract |
Occupational health study in a foundry employing 2,300 workers. Description of the Ashland process and its specific hazards; methods of the study; clinical examination and functional examinations performed; results. Only signs of chronic bronchitis were more frequent in the exposed group (24%) than controls (4%). Apart from the raw results of FEV1/VC measurements, there were no significant pulmonary function changes. No specific or non-specific injury can be ascribed to the Ashland process, but special periodic surveillance is necessary. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
obstructive ventilatory impairment; foundries; toxic gases; coremaking |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
formaldehyde; phenol; France; carbon monoxide; carbon dioxide; ammonia; description of technique; silica; functional respiratory disorders; respirable dust; pyrolysis products; occupational health survey; hydrocyanic acid |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
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