Acute respiratory fatality associated with exposure to sheet metal and cadmium fumes.
The authors report on a case of an acute fatality characterized by abdominal pain and respiratory failure occurring soon after beginning to weld and solder galvanized sheet metal. Heating of galvanized sheet metal is a recognized cause of metal fume fever, data from this patient suggests an additional and unrecognized risk for cadmium poisoning.
Fuortes
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University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Leo
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Ellerbeck
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Friell
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D000368:Aged; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D014896:Welding
D002104:Cadmium