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Document ID (ISN)38837
CIS number 82-2043
ISSN - Serial title 0300-581X - Arbeitsmedizin - Sozialmedizin - Präventivmedizin
Year 1982
Convention or series no.
Title Occupational health significance of foundry mould materials
Original title Arbeitshygienische Bedeutung der Giesserei-Formstoffe [in German]
Bibliographic information Feb. 1982, Vol.17, No.2, p.38-50.
Abstract Proceedings of a seminar in which 2 papers provide an introduction to the occupational health problems and medical supervision of foundry workers (dust, irritant and toxic substances, medical surveillance programme). Other papers deal with the health hazards of auxiliary moulding materials (additives, resins, binders, dressings), the determination of atmospheric gases and fumes in various parts of a foundry, and the problem of carcinogens in the foundry environment.
Descriptors (primary) casting of metals; harmful substances; foundries; respirable dust; moulding and coremaking
Descriptors (secondary) irritants; conference; toxic gases; carcinogens
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations