US EPA

64944 

Journal Article 

Biochemical and hematological evaluation of chloroprene workers 

Gooch, JJ; Hawn, WF 

1981 

Yes 

Journal of Occupational Medicine
ISSN: 0096-1736
EISSN: 2332-3795 

23 

4 

268-272 

WOS:A1981LK26300008 

Swedish and Russian investigators have reported a variety of biochemial and hematological alterations in chloroprene-exposed workers. In view of their findings, an evaluation of the biochemical and hematological status of active chlorprene workers at a DuPont Company plant was undertaken. The distributions of biochemical and hematological values of 336 currently exposed and 227 previously exposed chloroprene workers were compared to 283 workers never exposed to chloroprene. The comparative analysis did not indicate or suggest that chloroprene workers have biochemical or hematological alterations, or both, of medical significance. Some of the biochemical and hematological alterations cited by other researchers were investigated in the current study. Of those alterations investigated, none were found among the current cohort of chlorprene-exposed workers. 

The 65th annual meeting of the American Occupational Medical Association 

April 21-25, 1980