Occupational Asthma Reference
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Discalzi GL, Capellaro F, Baracco A,
Longitudinal study of workers of an aluminium die casting factory,
Med Lav,
1992;83:466-469,
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Keywords: ld, aluminium
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Abstract
We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study on 76 workers of a high and medium aluminium alloy die-casting factory. As in a previous cross-sectional study conducted in 1986 and in accordance with the data in the literature, the 1990 follow-up study showed: a low prevalence of chronic bronchitis (as defined by the ECSC questionnaire on respiratory symptoms); normal mean functional values of FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC%. We did not find any significant difference in the levels of lung function over the period of 1986-90. These results show that workers in the secondary aluminium industry are not exposed to a significant risk of chronic pulmonary disease
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