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ID (ISN) del documento47789
Número CIS 87-588
ISSN - Título de la serie 0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health
Año 1986
Número de serie
Autor(es) Fitzgerald E.F., Standfast S.J., Youngblood L.G., Melius J.M., Janerich D.T.
Título Assessing the health effects of potential exposure to PCBs, dioxins, and furans from electrical transformer fires: The Binghamton State Office Building Medical Surveillance Program
Información bibliográfica Nov.-Dec. 1986, Vol.41, No.6, p.368-376. Illus. 45 ref.
Resumen A medical surveillance programme was established for 482 persons who were potentially exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dibenzo-p-dioxins, and dibenzofuans from fire in 1981. Blood samples were analysed for serum concentrations of PCBs and for biochemical and haematologic parameters at the time of the fire and 9 to 12 mo later. Firefighters and individuals who were in the building for 25 hr or more were also asked about post-fire symptomatology and examined after 1 yr for disorders of the skin, eyes, liver, and neurologic system. No cases of chloracne were detected, and there was no clinical evidence of any other exposure-related systemic disorder. The data suggest that exposure to contaminants from the building did not result in substantial absorption or cause any major short-term health effects.
Descriptores (primarios) furano y derivados; programas de higiene; incendios; dioxinas; transformadores; bifenilos policlorados
Descriptores (secundarios) Estados Unidos; valoración de la exposición; aspectos estadísticos; dosificación en la sangre; efectos biológicos
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos químicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Workplace health promotion
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Heterocyclic compounds
Incendios