Professional paper

Simulation of occupational lead poisoning

Miroslav Fleischhacker ; Institut za higijenu rada Zagreb

Abstract

Three cases of simulation of occupational lead poisoning are discussed and a short synopsis of the problem of simulation is given. In the first case - that of a printer - the attempted simulation has been proved by the finding of particles of printing letters alloy in the stools. These particles were found also in the intestines by a radiography of the abdomen. In the second and third cases - those of a storage battery worker and a linotyper-various circumstances pointed towards simulation, especially an exceedingly lengthy course of clinical pictures and a particularly late beginning of the poisoning as well as the signs of fresh intake of lead a long time after work with lead had ceased. In all three cases there was a distinctly noticeable motive for simulation: i. e. the disability insurance premium.

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Hrčak ID:

187674

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/187674

Publication date:

12.6.1952.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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