title: Group and insidious tetraethyl lead poisoning occurred in industry of plastic weaving: a case report.
abstract: Tetraethyl lead (TEL) poisoning has declined sharply with decreasing consumption of gasoil and other chemicals contained TEL. Here we reported group TEL poisoning in the plastic weaving factory. We investigated 16 cases with the typical nerves disorder which is similar to organotin poisoning, and the result suggested that the poisoning may cause by applied "white oil" contented TEL. Despite its rareness, our cases emphasize that clinicians should pay attention to the difference from the treatment of organic tin poisoning.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Baoli
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Mingxian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ye
keywords: Tetraethyl lead poisoning (TEL poisoning); industry of plastic weaving