Document ID (ISN) | 72629 |
CIS number |
99-587 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
1998 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Schwarz Y., Kivity S., Fischbein A., Abraham J.L., Fireman E., Moshe S., Dannon Y., Topilsky M., Greif J. |
Title |
Evaluation of workers exposed to dust containing hard metals and aluminum oxide |
Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1998, Vol.34, No.2, p.177-182. 29 ref. |
Abstract |
Fourteen workers exposed to hard metals and aluminium oxide were evaluated by bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage or by transbronchial biopsy. Microchemical analysis of transbronchial biopsies showed a high lung burden of exogenous particles, especially metals related to their hard metals exposure. Lung tissue and cellular changes which were associated with exposure to hard metals and aluminium oxide corresponded well with the microanalytic test results.Three workers had diffuse interstitial inflammatory changes at biopsy, two of whom were asymptomatic with normal chest X-ray films and one who had clinically evident disease with severe giant cell inflammation. Two other workers showed focal inflammation. The worker showing clinical disease and one asymptomatic worker with interstitial inflammatory changes had elevated bronchoalveolar lavage fluid-eosinophilia counts. Topics: airborne dust; aluminium oxide; bronchoscopy; chest radiography; epidemiologic study; hard metal pneumoconiosis; Israel; lung biopsy; lung deposition; lung diseases; metals; pulmonary fibrosis; respiratory function tests; smoking. |
Descriptors (primary) |
airborne dust; lung diseases; aluminium oxide; metals |
Descriptors (secondary) |
Israel; smoking; lung deposition; pulmonary fibrosis; bronchoscopy; epidemiologic study; respiratory function tests; chest radiography; lung biopsy; hard metal pneumoconiosis |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Israel; USA |
Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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