Occupational lung disease

Luminaire wiring, assembly of, 394-395 Luminance, 1199, 2506 Lung cancer, 1169 Lung disease, occupational, 1169... 

Magnesium vanadates, as vanadium compounds in general, are known irritants of the respiratory tract and conjunctiva. The threshold limit value (TLV) for vanadium compounds in air recommended by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is 0.05 mg/m based on a typical 8-h workday and 40-h workweek (7,147). Chronic inhalation can lead to lung diseases such as bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, and lobar pneumonia. These dust-related effects can be avoided by use of individual respirators in areas where exposure is likely. 

MS(Bjl6 Save your breath occupational lung disease. (A guide for employers)... 

Crystalline silica, or quartz, is an abundant mineral found in sand, rock, and soil. Respirable silica dust (particles <5pm) is a known occupational hazard of the dusty trades (e.g., pottery or china manufacturing, work involving sandblasting or abrasive grinding, some construction trades). High level exposure to respirable silica can result in the chronic, progressive lung disease silicosis, characterized by inflammation and fibrosis. 

Medical Tests Used to Diagnose Lung Disease Types of Occupational Respiratory Disease... 

TABLE 3.3 Medical test results for occupational lung diseases... 

TABLE 3.4 Description and causes of occupational lung diseases in the food industry... 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2004). "NIOSH Alert Preventing Lung Disease in Workers that Use or Make Flavorings." US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. (DHHS [NIOSH] publication no. 2004-110.) Available at http //www.cdc.gov/niosh/ docs/2004-100. 

Kanwal, R., Kullman, G., Piacitelli, C., Boylstein, R., Sahakian, N., Martin, S., Fedan, K., and Kreiss, K. (2006). Evaluation of flavorings-related lung disease risk at six microwave popcorn plants. /. Occup. Environ. Med. 48, 149-157. 

Substantial numbers (5,000 to 22,000/m )of actlnomycetes, particularly Thermoactlnomyces vulgaris (60), are present in the atmosphere of mills. These organisms are known to be causative agents in other occupational lung diseases (61), specifically several forms of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 

Gee, J. B. L. (1984). Occupational Lung Diseases. Vol. 2. of Contemporary Issues in Pulmonary Disease. Churchill Livingstone, New York, especially J. Riley, Pulmonary coimective tissue, pp. 1-23 M. R. Becklake and P. Ernst, Asbestos exposure and airway responses, pp. 25-42 J. E. Lockey and M. Moatmed, Health implications of non-asbestos fibers, pp. 43-59. 

Fig. 3.6. From Gee, J. B. L., and J. Lwebuga-Mukasa (1984). Cellular and matrix mechanisms. Fig. 7.1, p. 164. In W. K. C. Morgan and A. Seaton, eds. Occupational Lung Disease. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pa. With permission of W. B. Saunders Company, Harcourt Brace Javanovitch, and the authors.

Raabe OG Deposition and clearance of inhaled particles. In Gee JBL, Morgan WKC, Brooks SM (eds) Occupational Lung Disease, pp 1-38. New York, Raven Press, 1984... 

Morgan WKC Coal workers pneumoconiosis. In Morgan WKC, Seaton A (eds) Occupational Lung Diseases, 2nd ed, pp 377-488. Philadelphia, PA, WB Saunders, 1984... 

Kennedy AL, Brown WE. 1992. Isocyanates and lung disease experimental approaches to molecular mechanisms. Occupational Medicine State of the Art Reviews 7(2) 301-329. 

Occupational Lung Diseases Research Approaches and Methods, edited by H. Weill and M. Turner-Warwick... 

All isocyanates are known to cause pulmonary toxicity. Isocyanates are the most common causes of occupational asthma and have led to the development of immediate or late asthma among workers. Isocyanates have caused bronchitis, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, chronic obstructive lung disease, contact sensitivity, dermatitis, allergic alveolitis, and immunologic hemorrhagic pneumonitis.29... 

Specific types of particle constituents have been identified as mediators of occupational lung diseases. For example, the occupational exposure to oil fly ash generated as a waste product during the industrial burning of fuel oil in power plants is... 

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