Enfermedad pulmonar por amianto en trabajadores de acería. / [Pulmonary disease due to asbestos in steel industry workers].
Medicina (B.Aires)
; Medicina (B.Aires);73(3): 224-30, 2013.
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ABSTRACT
Asbestos-related diseases are caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers in their variety chrysotile or white asbestos. Although the ban in Argentina dates from 2003, there are numerous industries where work continues with this mineral, including iron and steel industries. It is currently known the high pathogenicity of this material, so that in many countries there are programs to monitoring the exposed workers. Here we describe the general characteristics and pulmonary manifestations in 27 patients who had worked in a very huge steel factory in South America. The diagnosis of asbestos-related diseases was made by a medical-occupational record, history of asbestos exposure, additional studies of lung function and chest images. Then the sources of exposure (occupational, domestic and environmental), exposure time and latency period were analyzed, in those patients in whom a related disease was detected. Smoking history was also taken into account. Twenty-two patients had benigns pathologies (81.4
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Coleções:
06-national
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AR
Base de dados:
BINACIS
Assunto principal:
Doenças Pleurais
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Amianto
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Asbestose
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Exposição Ocupacional
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Metalurgia
Limite:
Aged80
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Medicina (B.Aires)
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Argentina