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ID (ISN) del documento40353
Número CIS 83-1464
ISSN - Título de la serie 0303-7657 - Revista brasileira de saúde ocupacional
Año 1981
Número de serie
Autor(es) Dos Reis Caixeta Braga W.
Título Control and prevention of lead poisoning
Título original Controle e prevenção do saturnismo [en portugués]
Información bibliográfica Oct.-Dec. 1981, Vol.9, No.36, p.11-15. Illus. 34 ref.
Resumen Medical examination of 266 patenting-shop workers in a Brazilian wire drawing plant revealed 90 cases of chronic lead poisoning of different degrees. These cases could have been prevented by engineering measures designed to reduce the amount of lead stripped off the patented wire and to control the dust at the reels. The clinical symptoms for diagnosis of lead poisoning are detailed, and complementary examinations (determination of urinary coproporphyrin, urinary ALA, complete haemogramme with reticulocyte count and evidence of erythrocyte stippling, biochemical blood analysis) are dealt with. Comments on the diminution of lead poisoning cases in this plant during the past 5 years owing to medical prevention.
Descriptores (primarios) plomo; fabricación de alambres; prevención médica; intoxicaciones crónicas; técnicas de higiene
Descriptores (secundarios) lucha contra los polvos; tests de exposición; patentado
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Medicina del trabajo, higiene, primeros auxilios
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Lead and compounds
Inorganic substances