| Document ID (ISN) | 31149 |
| CIS number |
79-732 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0032-6291 - Pracovní lékařství |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Menčík M., Nauš A., Švábová K. |
| Title |
Influence of trichloroethylene on glucide metabolism |
| Original title |
K otázce ovlivnění glycidového metabolismu trichlóretylénem [in Czech] |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1978, Vol.30, No.5, p.183-187. 7 ref. |
| Abstract |
Report of a study covering, firstly, 25 workers exposed for an average of 25 years, while employed in coating the insides of tanks with rubber, to trichloroethylene (TCE) concentrations which sometimes reached ceiling values of 2,730mg/m3, and secondly, 10 workers employed in a dry cleaning plant, half of whom were exposed for more than 11 years to small but stable TCE concentrations. Not more than 200mg/l trichloroethanol and 100mg/l trichloroacetic acid was found in the urine of the second group of workers. The authors observed in the first group pre-diabetic or diabetic glucide metabolism disorders and blood transaminases, or other indices of hepatic damage, above normal limits. No disorders were found in the second group. The authors consider that the findings in the first group of workers may be connected with the sudden high ceiling values of TCE to which they were exposed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
trichloroethylene; organic solvents; metabolic disturbances |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
long-term exposure; conditions of exposure |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Endocrine diseases
Halogenated hydrocarbons
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