| Document ID (ISN) | 33083 |
| CIS number |
80-468 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-0805 - American Review of Respiratory Disease |
| Year |
1979 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Charan N.B., Myers C.G., Lakshminarayan S., Spencer T.M. |
| Title |
Pulmonary injuries associated with acute sulfur dioxide inhalation. |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 1979, Vol.119, No.4, p.555-560. Illus. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
An accident in a paper mill is described in which 5 workers were acutely exposed to very high concentrations of sulfur dioxide, when the SO2 valve of a digester where they were doing maintenance work was turned on. The 2 with the highest exposure died immediately. Histological examination of the lungs revealed extensive sloughing of the mucosa of large and small airways and haemorrhagic alveolar oedema. One survivor developed symptomatic severe airway obstruction unresponsive to bronchodilators; another developed asymptomatic mild obstructive and restrictive disease; the third was asymptomatic and had normal pulmonary function tests. The need to monitor pulmonary function in SO2 poisoning is stressed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
acute poisoning; sulfur dioxide; pulp and paper industry; chemical pneumonitis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case study; sequelae; digesters; pulmonary oedema; fatalities; respiratory impairment; histopathology |
| 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 respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Inorganic sulfur compounds
Paper and paper products industry
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