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Document ID (ISN)20364
CIS number 74-438
ISSN - Serial title Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ol'hovskaja A.G.
Title Changes in the activity of some blood enzymes in tyre-cord plant workers
Original title Izmenenie aktivnosti nekotoryh fermentov krovi u rabotajuščih v proizvodstve kordnogo volokna [in Russian]
Bibliographic information June 1973, No.6, p.21-23. 6 ref.
Abstract The production of tyre-cord fibres gives rise to carbon disulfide (CS2) concentrations which are particularly high in the spinning departments. A number of CS2-exposed workers displayed symptoms of vegetative-vascular dysfunction or an asthenovegetative syndrome. During the first years of exposure, the activities of the erythrocyte and serum cholinesterases and of the blood ceruloplasmin were enhanced, whereas after 11 to 15 years of exposure these activities were reduced.
Descriptors (primary) viscose rayon industry; tyre-cord manufacture; enzyme disturbances; carbon disulfide
Descriptors (secondary) survey; vasomotor dysfunction
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Blood diseases
Inorganic sulfur compounds
Rubber industry
Inorganic substances