| Document ID (ISN) | 21583 |
| CIS number |
74-1597 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija |
| Year |
1974 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Dorofeeva V.I., Merzon A.K., Šaptala A.A. |
| Title |
Disorders in water and electrolyte balance in workers exposed to heat in an iron and steel works |
| Original title |
Izmenenija vodno-solevogo obmena u rabočih gorjačih cehov metallurgičeskogo zavoda [in Russian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1974, No.1, p.6-10. 5 ref. |
| Abstract |
Results of a study carried out on 108 steelworkers operating blast furnaces, open-hearth furnaces and rolling mills. In the case of small water losses (less than 2,000 ml per shift), a tendency to extracellular dehydration and metabolic acidosis was observed. Progressively, as the water losses increase (more than 5,000 ml per shift) the tendency to hyponatraemia in the extracellular fluid, to extracellular acidosis and a significant loss of intracellular potassium were found. Suggestions are made for correcting potassium loss and disturbance of the acid-base balance. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
water and electrolyte balance; hot workplaces; iron and steel industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
electrolyte requirements; sweat rate; industrial furnaces; sodium; potassium; compensation of water losses; acid-base balance |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Heating, ventilation and climate
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Iron and steel industry
Heat and cold
Nutrition
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