Study on workers exposed to cadmium in alkaline storage battery manufacturing and PVC compounding.
Ann Acad Med Singap
; 11(1): 122-9, 1982 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
The extent of cadmium exposure was studied in a cadmium-nickel battery factory and 8 PVC factories using cadmium stabilisers in the compounding of PVC. A total of 101 cadmium-exposed workers and 21 control subjects matched by sex, age, ethnic group and smoking history was investigated. Blood and urine cadmium levels were considerably elevated in the battery workers but were not raised in the PVC workers. These findings were consistent with the results of cadmium-in-air assessments. Among the female battery workers, urine cadmium excretion increased significantly with employment time. There was good correlation between blood and urine cadmium levels among the female subjects. A significant association between blood cadmium levels and prevalence of chest pain was also noted among the females. No low molecular weight proteinuria was detected, but two female battery workers had slight albuminuria and one male PVC worker had glucosuria but had abnormal GTT results.
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Assunto principal:
Cádmio
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Poluentes Atmosféricos
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Poluentes Ocupacionais do Ar
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Acad Med Singap
Ano de publicação:
1982
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Article