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Development of occupational disease guides. Final report 23 June 77-15 May 1978

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6850125

Ten guidelines for the determination of occupational diseases are presented to assist in establishing the work and substance relatedness of disease in individual workers. The chemical and common names are provided for the following 10 substances: antimony (7440360), inorganic arsenic (7440382), benzene (71432), coke oven emissions, cotton dust, inorganic lead (7439921), inorganic mercury (7439976), nitrogen dioxide (10102440), crystalline silica (7631869), and sulfur dioxide (7446095). For each substance, occupations with potential exposure, medical examinations, differential diagnosis, symptoms, clinical analysis, epidemiology, exposure data, and threshold limit values are discussed.

Research Organization:
Bendix Corp., Cocoa Beach, FL (USA). Launch Support Div.
OSTI ID:
6850125
Report Number(s):
PB-80-194053
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English