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Document ID (ISN)42338
CIS number 84-1375
ISSN - Serial title 0236-607X - Munkavédelem, munka- és üzemegészségügy
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Gombosi K., Medgyaszay A.
Title Recent data on the cataractogenic effects of trinitrotoluene (TNT)
Original title Újabb adatok a trinitrotoluol (TNT) cataractogen hatásáról [in Hungarian]
Bibliographic information 1983, Vol.29, No.10-12, p.221-222. 14 ref.
Abstract 46 workers in a factory utilising powdered TNT had health examinations. The average time of exposure to TNT was 20 years. 20 workers had cataracts, mostly at their beginning stage. No significant numbers of liver or haematological changes were found.
Descriptors (primary) trinitrotoluene; cataractogenic effects; cataract
Descriptors (secondary) haematological changes; hepatic damage
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the eye and vision damage
Aliphatic nitro compounds