| Document ID (ISN) | 46186 |
| CIS number |
86-1073 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1986 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Campbell D.D., Lockey J.E., Petajan J., Gunter B.J., Rom W.N. |
| Title |
Health effects among refrigeration repair workers exposed to fluorocarbons |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 1986, Vol.43, No.2, p.107-111. Illus. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
A study of 27 refrigeration repair workers (intermittently exposed to fluorocarbons and their thermal decomposition products) and of 14 controls revealed no differences in nerve conduction velocities between the 2 groups. There were no differences either in the incidence of physiological or psychological symptoms, except that the exposed group had a significantly higher incidence of palpitations and lightheadedness. In a 3-year follow-up study of 8 refrigeration repair workers, there were no clinical neurological or electroneurophysiological abnormalities. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
refrigerating equipment; refrigerants; neuropsychic effects; neurological effects; fluorinated hydrocarbons |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
long-term study; nervous conduction |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Fluorocarbons
Diseases of the nervous system
Halogenated hydrocarbons
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