| Document ID (ISN) | 40333 |
| CIS number |
83-1404 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0036-7672 - Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift - Journal suisse de médecine |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hartmann A.L., Hartmann W., Bühlmann A.A. |
| Title |
Metal fume fever due to magnesium oxide |
| Original title |
Magnesiumoxid als Ursache des Metallrauchfiebers [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
23 May 1983, Vol.113, No.21, p.766-770. 19 ref. |
| Abstract |
Review of the epidemiology, pathogenesis and differential diagnosis (in relation to extrinsic allergic alveolitis) of metal fume fever and assessment of working conditions in a foundry in which spheroidal graphite castings were produced using a technique in which the molten steel is inoculated with magnesium. Description of 7 cases of metal fume fever reported in this foundry. Humidifier disease thought to have been due to the cupola furnace cooling water was excluded. Since the introduction of a procedure by which the inoculation is carried out inside an airtight enclosure, no further cases of metal fume fever have been reported. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
magnesium; foundries; metal fumes; metal fume fever |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
magnesium oxide; diagnosis; air conditioner disease; case study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
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