| Document ID (ISN) | 43889 |
| CIS number |
85-763 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevanija |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Medvedeva V.N. |
| Title |
Structure and function of the mucosa of the stomach and duodenum in aluminium smelter workers |
| Original title |
Struktura i funkcija slizistoj oboločki želudka i dvenadcatiperstnoj kiški u rabočih aljuminievogo proizvodstva [in Russian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1983, No.11, p.25-28. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
A study of 157 workers, including potroom workers and workers engaged in dust collection and fluoride salt production. Gastrointestinal pathology was found in 96.8% of the workers. Chronic gastritis was the most frequent symptom, with both the presence and absence of fluorosis. Gastritis developed like ulcers, with erosion of the gastric mucosa in 15.7% of the workers without fluorosis and 34.4% of the fluorotic workers. Workers exposed to fluorine compounds often had duodenal ulcers. Preventive measures must be reinforced, and efforts should be made toward the early detection of chronic gastritis and ulcers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
aluminium industry; fluorides; skeletal fluorosis; peptic ulcer; intestinal diseases; gastritis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USSR; occupational health survey; fluorine |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Smelting and refining operations
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Gastrointestinal diseases
Halogens and their inorganic compounds
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