PMID: 2096087Jan 1, 1990Paper

Labor conditions and health status of the workers engaged in the production of inorganic salts of manganese

Gigiena truda i professional'nye zabolevaniia
Iu N TalakinI V Beliaeva

Abstract

It was established that the major hazardous factor in nitrate, sulphate and manganese basic carbonate processing shops was the dust of the final product. Upper respiratory tract (catarrhal, subatrophic rhinitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis), skin (allergic and contact dermatitis) and cardiac disorders were specified as the predominant pathology among manganese compounds processing shop workers. Mineral exchange disorders, lowered glucose content in the blood and violation in the acid persistence of the erythrocytes were revealed through medical examinations.

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