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Document ID (ISN)41741
CIS number 84-637
ISSN - Serial title 0019-8366 - Industrial Health
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Taguchi T., Suzuki S.
Title Health effects of ferrite and the raw materials dust
Bibliographic information 1983, Vol.21, No.1, p.1-9. 23 ref.
Abstract 42 workers manufacturing ferrite cores for television tubes and 33 controls were studied. 19 of them were exposed to a mean concentration of 9mg/m3 of a mixture of ferric, zinc, magnesium oxides and manganese carbonate, and 16 of them to 3mg/m3 spinelled (cubically crystallised) ferrite dust. X-rays showed small round opacities in 4 of 33 subjects exposed for ≥5 years. Exposed workers had significantly higher rates of coughing, respiratory disease, and hospital visits than controls.
Descriptors (primary) iron oxide; respiratory diseases; electronics industry; respirable dust; pneumoconiosis
Descriptors (secondary) manganese carbonate; zinc oxide; comparative study; opacities; manganese(III) oxide; chest radiography
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Pneumoconioses
Electronics industry
Iron and compounds
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
Inorganic substances