| Document ID (ISN) | 45927 |
| CIS number |
86-742 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1985 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ng T.P., Tsin T.W., O'Kelly F.J. |
| Title |
An outbreak of illness after occupational exposure to ozone and acid chlorides |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1985, Vol.42, No.10, p.686-690. Illus. 5 ref. |
| Abstract |
A new labelling process, introduced in an electric motor factory and installed without adequate ventilation control, exposed workers to various toxic gases. Of the 246 workers, 93% complained of some ill effect, including respiratory complaints, fever, headache, dizziness, nausea or vomiting. Epidemiological analysis supported an exposure-effect relationship. The primary substances suspected were ozone, phosgene and associated chloroacetyl chlorides, generated by an ultraviolet print curing arrangement, and perchloroethylene used as a cleaning solvent. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
phosgene; ozone; respiratory diseases; electrical industry; solvents; labelling; carboxylic acid chlorides |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
health impairment; epidemiologic study; vomiting |
| 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
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
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