title: Longitudinal study of workers of an aluminium die casting factory.
abstract: We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study on 76 workers of a high and medium aluminium alloy die-casting factory. As in a previous cross-sectional study conducted in 1986 and in accordance with the data in the literature, the 1990 follow-up study showed: a low prevalence of chronic bronchitis (as defined by the ECSC questionnaire on respiratory symptoms); normal mean functional values of FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC%. We did not find any significant difference in the levels of lung function over the period of 1986-90. These results show that workers in the secondary aluminium industry are not exposed to a significant risk of chronic pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ortopedia, Traumatologia e Medicina del Lavoro, Università di Torino.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Discalzi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Capellaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baracco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000535:Aluminum; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008669:Metallurgy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000535:Aluminum