[The clinical characteristics of the early stages of occupational fluorosis under the combined and joint action of production factors]

Gig Tr Prof Zabol. 1992:(3):6-8.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Over 1000 workers of hydrofluoric and cryolite enterprises and electrolysis shops of aluminium enterprises were examined. Subjects exposed to soluble hydrofluorides presented in the early stage of chronic intoxication with a variety of syndromes, that was characteristic of intoxication with poisons of general toxic action with involvement of hepatobiliary, digestive, circulatory and autonomic nervous systems. Combined exposure to fluoric compounds, heating microclimate and electromagnetic fields results in a graver involvement of the circulatory and autonomic nervous systems. Clinical and experimental data show, that osteoarthrosis deformans of the major joints (primarily elbow joint) must be regarded as one of the symptoms of fluorosis, when other intoxication signs are present.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants, Occupational / adverse effects*
  • Aluminum / adverse effects*
  • Calcium Fluoride / adverse effects*
  • Fluorosis, Dental / diagnosis*
  • Fluorosis, Dental / etiology
  • Humans
  • Occupational Diseases / chemically induced
  • Occupational Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
  • Osteoarthritis / chemically induced
  • Osteoarthritis / diagnosis
  • Siberia
  • Sodium Fluoride / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Air Pollutants, Occupational
  • cryolite
  • Sodium Fluoride
  • Aluminum
  • Calcium Fluoride