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Document ID (ISN)21534
CIS number 74-1624
ISSN - Serial title Cahiers de notes documentaires - Sécurité et hygiène du travail
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Poyart C., Bursaux E., Fréminet A.
Title Pollution of work environments by carbon monoxide - Effect on the blood transport of oxygen
Original title Pollution des ambiances de travail par l'oxyde de carbone - Retentissement sur le transport de l'oxygène par le sang. [in French]
Bibliographic information 1st quarter 1974, No.74, Note No.883-74-74, p.91-96. Illus.
Abstract The determination of several parameters (alveolar CO, blood CO, etc.) in 43 persons (20 smokers and 23 nonsmokers) working in underground car parks and garage workshops pointed to a definite risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. In some cases, the cardiac output required to compensate for the effect of the presence of CO in the atmosphere on the blood transport of oxygen was 35% higher than in a person not exposed to CO. The study established a correlation between CO content in alveolar air and in the blood, which may occasionally make blood sampling at workplaces unnecessary.
Descriptors (primary) blood; oxygen transport; long-term exposure; exhaust gases; carbon monoxide
Descriptors (secondary) smoking; garages; determination in exhaled air; cardiac output; determination in blood; vehicle repair and servicing
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Blood diseases
Carbon monoxide
Inorganic substances