[Possible long-term effects on the respiratory system of exposure to yperite of fishermen].
Yperite or mustard gas is a well known vesicant agent that was widely used in World War I, and so far it has been the cause of several accidental exposures from sulfur mustard bombs in the marine environment. In Apulia from 1946 to 1996, 236 exposures were identified when sulfur mustard shells were caught up in fishing nets. The long term effects on the respiratory tract due to the occupational exposure to sulfur mustard are well known. Sulfur mustard has been demonstrated to be causally related to COLD and respiratory tract cancer in many epidemiological studies conducted on workers exposed in manufacturing plants. This study describes chronic pulmonary diseases in fishermen acutely exposed to mustard gas.
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Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e del Lavoro, Università di Bari.
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D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009151:Mustard Gas / Q000633:toxicity*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009790:Occupations; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents; D009151:Mustard Gas