| Document ID (ISN) | 66916 |
| CIS number |
96-620 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1120-2971 - Prevenzione oggi |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Tomei F., Papaleo B., Leone M., Fantini S., Giuntoli P., Biagi M., Scarselli R., Palmi S., Baccolo T.P. |
| Title |
Study of job-related toxic liver pathology |
| Original title |
Studio delle epatopatie tossiche professionali [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan.-Mar. 1994, Vol.6, No.1, p.95-115. Illus. 153 ref. |
| Abstract |
Workers in industrial waste management may be exposed in a discontinuous and unpredictable way to substances toxic to the liver. Even exposures to low doses can be harmful. 53 workers (mostly males) employed in a toxic industrial waste (including arsenic) treatment plant were studied together with a non-exposed control group of 60 subjects. For all of them a clinical case history questionnaire was filled out, in presence of a doctor, and the following laboratory tests were carried out: complete blood count, GOT, GPT and gamma GT, blood bilirubin (both direct and indirect), alkaline phosphatase, blood proteins, blood creatinine and urine. The obtained results indicate that treatment of industrial wastes may have toxic effects on the liver and that it would be useful to screen workers with procedures like those adopted. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
hepatic damage; disposal of harmful waste |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
arsenic and compounds; blood monitoring; cross-sectional study; arsenic |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Liver diseases
Waste collection and disposal
|
