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Document ID (ISN)20628
CIS number 74-732
ISSN - Serial title 0032-6291 - Pracovní lékařství
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Hassman P.
Title Health status of workers exposed to the aerosols of fluoroethylene polymers
Original title Zdravotní stav pracujících vystavených aerosolu fluóretylénových polymerů [in Czech]
Bibliographic information Apr. 1973, Vol.25, No.4, p.149-152. 13 ref.
Abstract 12 workers exposed to fluoroethylene polymers during the production of razor blades with chemically-treated edges were medically examined. After 4.5 years of exposure, there were no observed changes in health connected with the conditions of work. Trichloloroethylene metabolites were found in the workers' urine (14-52 mg of trichloroacetic acid and 19-109 mg of trichloroethanol per litre), but their presence is due to degreasing by using trichloroethylene and not to exposure to fluoroethylene polymers. These findings are due to the precautions in force at the time to exhaust the aerosols during the chemical process and to prevent exceeding the thermal decomposition threshold in heating.
Descriptors (primary) fluoroethylene polymers; hardware industry; state of health
Descriptors (secondary) metabolic process; urine monitoring; survey; fluoroethylene
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Metalworking industry