title: [Cobalt and sintered metal carbides. Value of the determination of cobalt as a tracer of exposure to hard metals].
abstract: Cobalt urinary excretion should be a good way to know the level of exposition of subjects submitted to hard metals. The study is done on 28 workers of 3 different workrooms. Sunday 24 hours diuresis is retained. For 5 workers, the urinary cobalt measurements are done from samples made at the beginning and the end of work during 5 days. Atmospheric dust measurements are realized in different points of the 3 workrooms (individual and general samples). For measures atomic absorption spectrometry is used. The results show a good correlation between cobalt exposure and urinary concentrations. Friday evening urinary cobalt is a good expression of week exposure. The results obtained well correlate with those of others authors. Cobalt urinary measures are proposed for supervision of workers exposed to hard metals.
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis; D003035:Cobalt / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008670:Metals / Q000506:poisoning*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014414:Tungsten / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D008670:Metals; D003035:Cobalt; D003404:Creatinine; D014414:Tungsten
vernacular_title: Cobalt et carbures métalliques frittés. Intérêt du dosage de cobalt comme traceur de l'exposition aux métaux durs.