| Document ID (ISN) | 27314 |
| CIS number |
77-1093 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
1976 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sugimoto K., Goto S., Hotta R. |
| Title |
Studies on chronic carbon disulfide poisoning - A 5-year follow-up study on retinopathy due to carbon disulfide. |
| Bibliographic information |
6 Sep. 1976, Vol.37, No.4, p.233-248. Illus. 9 ref. |
| Abstract |
Direct ophthalmoscopic/colour fundus photographic examinations and the prednisolone glucose tolerance test were performed in 214 male carbon disulfide workers, 3 times in 5 years, to determine the influence of exposure cessation or continued exposure on retinopathy. Results are summarised as follows: progression to a more developed stage of retinopathy was higher in the group with continuing exposure; no progression was found in workers with exposure of 10 years or less; disappearance or improvement of retinopathy was higher in the group removed from exposure, even after long duration of exposure; mean blood-glucose values were higher in workers with retinopathy than without. Similarities in the clinical pictures of chronic carbon disulfide poisoning and diabetes are discussed. Insulin deficiency was not investigated. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
diseases of retina and optic nerve; carbon disulfide; viscose rayon industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Japan; long-term study; survey; exposure evaluation |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Diseases of the eye and vision damage
Inorganic sulfur compounds
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