| Document ID (ISN) | 28781 |
| CIS number |
78-466 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija |
| Year |
1977 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Muhtarova N.D. |
| Title |
Neuropathological sequelae of exposure to low concentrations of ethylmercury chloride |
| Original title |
Otdalennye posledstvija patologii nervnoj sistemy, vyzvannoj vozdejstviem malyh koncentracij ėtilmerkurhlorida [in Russian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 1977, No.3, p.4-7. 7 ref. |
| Abstract |
Neurological and biochemical studies in 25 agricultural workers who had used fungicides based on ethylmercury chloride. Eighteen months and 3 years after exposure there was aggravation of the clinical picture, with functional disorders of the adreno-sympathetic system, cerebrovascular lesions, bone marrow irrigation disorders, angiospasm, diffuse nervous system damage (especially hypothalamic lesions), and in a few cases, mental disturbances. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
neurotoxic effects; chloroethylmercury; fungicides; insecticides; sequelae |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
circulatory disorders of the brain; mental disorders; functional nervous disorders; agriculture; crop protection; long-term study; aggravation |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the nervous system
Agricultural chemicals
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