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Document ID (ISN)69383
CIS number 97-1255
ISSN - Serial title 1219-1221 - Central European Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year 1997
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Muttray A., Schmitt B., Klimek L.
Title Effects of methyl methacrylate on the sense of smell
Bibliographic information 1997, Vol.3, No.1, p.58-66. Illus. 27 ref.
Abstract The prevalence of chronic smell disorders was studied in 175 acrylic sheet production workers exposed to methyl methacrylate (MMA) and in 88 non-exposed controls. Mean duration of exposure was 9.6 years; concentrations of MMA were up to 50ppm during the previous 6 years and up to 100ppm before then. Smell tests indicated no clinically relevant olfactory disorders in the exposed group. Data suggest that maintaining the current threshold limit value of 50ppm provides sufficient protection against irreversible olfactory disorders.
Descriptors (primary) methyl methacrylate; plastics industry; loss of smell
Descriptors (secondary) cohort study; Germany
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Diseases of other sense organs (other than the eye and the ears)
Acrylates
Plastics industry
Chemical industry