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Document ID (ISN)65839
CIS number 95-2196
ISBN(s) 3-89429-584-8
Year 1995
Convention or series no. Fb 01 HK 121
Author(s) Schneider W.D., Bräunlich A., Lorenz A., Schöneich R., Thürmer H., Wallenstein G.
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsmedizin
Title Dose-effect relationship derived from studies of the exposure of the respiratory tract to irritants (Final report)
Original title Dosis-Wirkungs-Beziehungen bei irritativer Atemtraktbelastung (Schlussbericht) [in German]
Bibliographic information Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Verlag für neue Wissenschaft GmbH., Postfach 10 11 10, Am Alten Hafen 113-115, 2850 Bremerhaven 1, Germany, 1995. 194p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Price: DEM 33.00.
Abstract Subjects covered in this report: (1) the frequency of chronic respiratory diseases as well as the occupations and irritants involved as it appears from the analyses of records of periodic medical examinations by industrial physicians in Germany between 1982 and 1990; (2) the irritative effects of flyash on workers in power plants burning bituminous coal; (3) the effects of soldering with colophony on the respiratory tract; (4) biological indicators of the inhalation of irritants; (5) dose-effect relationship between the exposure to dust and pulmonary function in foundry workers.
Descriptors (primary) irritants; respirable dust; chronic respiratory diseases; thermal power stations; foundries; welding fumes
Descriptors (secondary) formaldehyde; flyash; report; epidemiologic study; colophony; asbestos; inhalation; silica
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Power generation and distribution
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations