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Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Vol. 20 No. 1, 1969.

Original scientific paper

Pulmonary fibrosis in foundry workers

V. Potkonjak ; Institut za medicinu rada i radiološku zaštitu SRS »Dr Dragomir Karajović«, Beograd
V. Višnjić ; Institut za medicinu rada i radiološku zaštitu SRS »Dr Dragomir Karajović«, Beograd

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Abstract

In a group of foundry workers pulmonary fibrosis was found in 50% of cases: Pn simplex pinhead or micronodular in 25.42% and linear fibrosis in 24.58%. The four year follow-up studies revealed progression in 37.09% of cases. The PMF was found in two cases only, both having been exposed to dust in tunnel works and mining respectively. A group of laboratory rats was exposed one month to the dust of the same foundry. The patho-histological findings showed exudative and proliferative changes with the tendency to formation of fibrous tissue. The short exposure could not reveal the nature of fibrosis.

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Hrčak ID:

175583

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/175583

Publication date:

26.3.1969.

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