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Main Title Selected non-carcinogenic effects of industrial exposure to inorganic arsenic /
Author Landau, Emanuel. ; Thompson, Donovan J. ; Feldman, Robert G. ; Goble, Guy J. ; Dixon., Wilfrid J.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Landau, Emanuel.
Thompson, Donovan J.
Feldman, Robert G.,
Dixon, Wilfrid Joseph,
Goble, Guy J.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Toxic Substances.; American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.; Boston Univ., Mass. School of Medicine.; Washington Univ., Seattle. School of Public Health and Community Medicine.; California Univ., Los Angeles.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Office of Toxic Substances.
Publisher American Public Health Association,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA 560/6-77-018; EPA-68-01-2490; PB276988
Stock Number PB-276 988
OCLC Number 10400643
Subjects Arsenic--Health aspects ; Industrial toxicology--Research ; Arsenic--adverse effects ; Occupational Diseases--chemically induced
Additional Subjects Arsenic inorganic compounds ; Toxicology ; Industrial medicine ; Neurology ; Toxicity ; Personnel ; Electrophysiology ; Clinical medicine ; Field tests ; Exposure ; Nervous system disorders ; Industrial atmospheres ; Concentration(Composition) ; Blood chemical analysis ; Hematology ; Hair ; Nails(Anatomy) ; Smelters ; Occupational safety and health ; Environmental health ; Copper smelting ; Urinalysis ; Toxic substances
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EJBD  EPA 560-6-77-018 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 05/01/2015
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 560-6-77-018 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 560-6-77-018 repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/17/2014
ESAD  EPA 560-6-77-018 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-276 988 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation id, 35 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
In June 1976, a study team representing four Universities and a research institution carried out a study of possible neurological effects of long-term exposure to airborne arsenic trioxide in a Western copper smelter. The study involved comparing active working men heavily exposed to arsenic in the work force with workers not so exposed. Its purpose was to determine whether nerve conduction velocity can be utilized as a biological indicator of the subtle health effects of chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic in a community setting. The double-blind electrophysiologic and clinical study was based on 111 volunteers recruited from a selected set of smelter workers with at least five years of high urinary arsenic levels (37 men) and five years of low urinary levels (33 men). The control population consisted of members of the same union who worked at an aluminum plant in the same city (13 men) as well as male municipal employees with no industrial exposure (28 men). The conclusions of the study are that: (1) chronic arsenic exposure in an industrial setting affects the peripheral nervous system, and (2) the neurologic parameters used in this study appear to be suitable for use in screening a community population for changes related to arsenical neuropathies.
Notes
Sponsored by Office of Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Project Officer Joseph Seifter." "EPA 560/6-77-018."