| Document ID (ISN) | 106702 |
| CIS number |
07-642 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0944-2502 - Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Böcher A., Müller M., Buchter A. |
| Title |
Arsenic diseases of wine-growers and medical importance of environmental arsenic exposure |
| Original title |
Die Arsenerkrankungen der Winzer und umweltmedizinische Bedeutung der Arsenbelastung [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
2006, Vol.56, No.3, p.58-67. Illus. Bibl.ref. |
| Abstract |
Five cases of arsenic diseases have recently been identified among elderly wine growers who had been occupationally exposed in the 1930s and 1940s to arsenic-containing pesticides and who had consumed arsenic-containing home made wine. The exposure circumstances in these cases and the diagnosed arsenic-related diseases are described. In all cases the latency period between termination of exposure and first diagnosis of an arsenic-related disease was extremely long, ranging from 40 to 60 years. In two cases a urinary transitional cell carcinoma was diagnosed in addition to typical skin diseases caused by arsenic. Based on epidemiologic data from Asian and South American countries that provided evidence of a significantly increased risk of urinary transitional cell carcinoma following long-term arsenic exposure, it is recommended that this cancer should be recognized as an occupational disease in patients with skin diseases caused by occupational arsenic exposure. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
arsenic; skin diseases; bladder tumour |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
epidemiological aspects; occupational diseases; vineyards; Germany; latency; case study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
Arsenic and compounds
Inorganic substances
Skin diseases
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