ID (ISN) del documento | 47789 |
Número CIS |
87-588 |
ISSN - Título de la serie |
0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health |
Año |
1986 |
Número de serie |
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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
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Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos químicos
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Navegación por categoria(s) |
Workplace health promotion Halogenated hydrocarbons Heterocyclic compounds Incendios
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