| Document ID (ISN) | 62506 |
| CIS number |
94-945 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0188-0128 - Archives of Medical Research |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Arenas-Huertero F., Salazar Flores M., Pasquel-García P. |
| Title |
Ferruginous bodies in cases with occupational and non-occupational exposure to inorganic dusts - A study of 40 matched cases |
| Bibliographic information |
Winter 1992, Vol.23, No.4, p.169-175. Illus. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
Concentrations of ferruginous bodies (FB) were estimated in samples of lung tissue obtained from 40 patients with a history of exposure to inorganic dusts and from 40 controls with no such exposure. Concentrations of FB in the exposed patients were higher than in the controls; 70% of exposed patients had more than 100f/g of dry lung tissue compared to 27.5% in the control cases. It was concluded that lung digest and fibre counts help to confirm exposures to inorganic dusts above the background values found in the general population. A table shows occupations, working time and fibre concentrations in 19 cases with pneumoconiosis. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
mineral dust; exposure evaluation; ferruginous bodies |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
lung deposition; pneumoconiosis; determination in tissues; metal mining; case-control study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Mexico |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Exposure evaluation
Pneumoconioses
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