| ID (ISN) del documento | 56063 |
| Número CIS |
91-919 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0140-6736 - Lancet |
| Año |
1990 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Rifat S.L., Eastwood M.R., McLachlan D.R.C., Corey P.N. |
| Título |
Effect of exposure of miners to aluminium powder |
| Información bibliográfica |
10 Nov. 1990, Vol.336, No.8724, p.1162-1165. 28 ref. |
| Resumen |
This morbidity prevalence study examines rates of chronic disorder among miners in Ontario likely to have been exposed to McIntyre powder, a finely ground powder of aluminium and aluminium oxide, used as a means of prophylaxis against silicotic lung disease between 1944 and 1979. There were no significant differences between exposed and non-exposed miners in reported diagnoses of neurological disorder; however, exposed miners performed less well in cognitive tests; also the proportion of men with scores in the impaired range was greater in the exposed group. The findings are consistent with putative neurotoxicity of chronic aluminum exposure. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
polvo de aluminio; minas; riesgos para la salud; polvos respirables |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
efectos neurotóxicos; Ontario; efectos neurológicos; aluminio; óxido de aluminio; rendimiento cognitivo |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Canadá |
| Tema(s) |
Minas y canteras
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos químicos
|
| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Mining and quarrying
Inorganic substances
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