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RECORD NUMBER: 1999 OF 2386Main Title | Status of Certain of the Mineral Metabolism Indices in Persons Working under Conditions Influenced by Beryllium Compounds (Sostoianie Nekotorykh Pokazatelei Mineralnogo Obmena u Lyudei, Rabotayushchikh v Usloviyakh Vozodeistviga Soedinenii Berilliya). | |||||||||||
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Author | Nikitina., L. S. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Translation Services Section. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1970 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-TR-73-317; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-259 688-T | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Beryllium ; Hazardous materials ; Industrial medicine ; Mineral metabolism ; Metals ; Magnesium ; Physiological effects ; Toxicity ; USSR ; Translations ; Occupational diseases ; Industrial atmospheres ; Industrial hygiene ; Recommendations ; Electrolytes ; Tables(Data) ; Blood ; Toxic substances ; Occupational safety and health | |||||||||||
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Collation | 10p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Beryllium, being a bivalent metal, enters into competitive interrelations with the ions of other bivalent metals that are natural enzyme activators (magnesium, calcium, manganese, and others), while, at the same time, depressing their activity. This is why the study of the status of those electrolytes that can be beryllium antagonists among persons in contact with its compounds has taken on such great importance. Earlier research on magnesium and calcium metabolism among those stricken with berylliosis and who broke off their contact with the toxic substance several years ago showed a disarrangement in the relationship between these electrolytes. Also observed was a reduction in the magnesium level in the blood (plasma and erythrocytes), together with a tendency to its increased excretion with the urine and simultaneously an increase in the calcium content in the blood serum and a decrease in its excretion. |