title: Acute respiratory fatality associated with exposure to sheet metal and cadmium fumes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, Iowa City.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fuortes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Ellerbeck
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Friell
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium