| ID (ISN) del documento | 20901 |
| Número CIS |
74-1117 |
| Año |
1971 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Lloyd Davies T.A. |
| Título |
Respiratory disease in foundrymen - Report of a survey. |
| Información bibliográfica |
Department of Employment, London. H.M. Stationery Office, P.O. Box 569, London S.E.1, United Kingdom, 1971. 73p. Illus. 31 ref. Price: £0.50. |
| Resumen |
A survey of 1,997 foundrymen aged 35-64 years employed in 66 foundries selected at random and a control population of 1,777 men of the same age group, carried out by a team of Medical Inspectors of Factories. Prevalence of chronic bronchitis was significantly higher among foundrymen (10.5% among foundry floor men and 10.9% among fettlers, as against 7.2% among controls). X-ray films were read using the National Coal Board elaboration of the ILO (Geneva 1958) Classification. The statistical treatment of the results is described and an arithmetical score assigned to each film. The percentage of foundrymen with simple pneumoconiosis was higher among fettlers than among foundry floor men (Category 1: 25 and 12%; Category 2: 7 and 2%; Category 3 and above: 2 and 0.1% respectively). The main data collected in the survey are presented in 42 tables and 16 figures. Chapters are devoted to: selection of sample; methods; population examined; differences in age, anthropometry and smoking habits; respiratory symptoms; obstructive airway disease; collection of sputum; chest radiographs; multiple regression analysis of respiratory function tests, sputum volume, and pneumoconiosis (discrete opacities); socio-economic and other factors; discussion and conclusion. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
enfermedades respiratorias; desbarbamiento; fundiciones; polvos |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
bronquitis crónica; Reino Unido; fumadores; neumoconiosis; radiografía de tórax; pruebas funcionales respiratorias; valoración estadística; citología del esputo; encuesta |
| Tipo de documento |
E - Libros, informes, actas |
| Tema(s) |
Metalurgia, trabajo de los metales
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
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