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Pulmonary Function in Workers with Chronic Exposure to Cadmium Oxide Fumes

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Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin / International Archives of Occupational Health

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Detailed pulmonary function studies were carried out on 11 workers of middle age, who had been exposed for 7 to 11 years to moderate concentrations of cadmium oxide. Minor abnormalities of lung volumes, intrapulmonary mixing and lung compliance were found in a few cases; no airway obstruction was present. The lung diffusing capacity and the blood gases were normal. The chest roentgenogram showed a normal vascular pattern at the periphery of the lung. It is concluded that emphysema was absent in the group studied.

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  1. Department of Occupational Diseases, Hospital Colentina, Bucarest, Romania

    Dr. Dan Boli Teculescu & Dan C. Stănescu

  2. Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Bucarest, Romania

    Dr. Dan Boli Teculescu & Dan C. Stănescu

  3. Clinica Boli Profesionale, Spital Colentina, Bucureşti 10, Romania

    Dr. Dan Boli Teculescu

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  2. Linden, N.Y., USA

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  3. Stockholm, Schweden

    S. Forssman

  4. Osaka, Japan

    S. Goto

  5. Berlin, Deutschland

    E. Holstein

  6. München, Deutschland

    E. Lederer

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Teculescu, D.B., Stănescu, D.C. (1970). Pulmonary Function in Workers with Chronic Exposure to Cadmium Oxide Fumes. In: Borbély, F., Eckhardt, R.E., Forssman, S., Goto, S., Holstein, E., Lederer, E. (eds) Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin / International Archives of Occupational Health. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38021-5_27

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