[Evaluation of the effect of cadmium exposure in a worker in Ni-Cd storage battery production by biological tests in vivo and the cadmium content of tissues postmortem].
The paper deals with the case of a 49 years old man having been exposed to cadmium in the production of alkaline Ni-Cd accumulators for a long period. It presents and compares the results of some years lasting biological monitoring of the exposition in vivo (beta 2 microglobulin in urine and serum, Cd in urine, blood, serum and hair, Zn in urine, serum and hair, Ni in urine and hair, alpha 1 antitrypsin in serum, dehydratase activity of delta-aminolevulinic acid in blood, cholinesterase activity in blood, etc., with the Cd concentrations found out in the tissues post mortem (nail 12 micrograms/g, cerebrum 0.4 microgram/g, lungs 19 micrograms/g, liver 165 micrograms/g, kidneys 245 micrograms/g). The Cd contents in the tissue were significantly increased compared with the non-exposed population and in fact, they confirmed the data and conclusions from the biological monitoring in vivo signalling the light tubular renal impairment as the most significant symptom of the exposition.
Senft
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Klinik für Arbeitsmedizin des Universitätskrankenhauses Pilsen, CSSR.
Hůzl
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F
Krýsl
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Vít
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M
Kucera
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J
D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009532:Nickel / Q000032:analysis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
D002104:Cadmium; D009532:Nickel
Auswertung des Einflusses der Exposition gegenüber Cadmium bei einem Werktätigen in der Ni-Cd-Akkumulatoren-Produktion anhand biologischer Tests in vivo und des Cadmiumgehalts in den Geweben post mortem.