Occupational Asthma Reference
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Cortona G, Apostoli P, Toffoletto F, Baldasseroni A, Ghezzi I, Goggi E, Fornari S, Alessio L,
Occupational exposure to cadmium and lung function,
Iarc Scientific Publications - Lyon,
1992;:205-210,
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Keywords: ob, cadmium, pft
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Abstract
A total of 69 male subjects occupationally exposed to cadmium fumes in a factory producing silver-cadmium-copper alloys for brazing, were subjected to lung function tests, including ventilation (FVC and FEV1), residual volume (RV) and alveolar-capillary diffusion capacity (TLCO and KCO). For each subject, the cumulative exposure to cadmium was calculated as the product of the number of years in the job and the average atmospheric concentration of cadmium (expressed in micrograms/m3) encountered each year. Cadmium-exposed subjects had moderately higher mean values of RV (+ 8%) as compared with the control group; the increase was greater (+ 10%) in the subgroup of workers with greater cumulative exposure to cadmium. No significant differences were observed in FVC, FEV1, TLCO and KCO
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