Acute liver injury in two workers exposed to chloroform in cleanrooms: a case report
Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
;
: 49-49, 2014.
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em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-193141
ABSTRACT
We report 2 cases of hepatotoxicity in cleanroom workers due to high retained chloroform air concentrations. The women, aged 34 and 41 years, who had been working in a medical endoscopic device manufacturer as cleanroom workers for approximately 40-45 days suffered severe liver damage. Two measured time-weighted averages of the chloroform concentration in the air in the cleanroom were 82.74 and 64.24 ppm, which are more than 6 times the legal occupational exposure limit in Korea. Only 7% of the cleanroom air was newly introduced from outside. The clinical courses of these cases and workplace inspection, led us to conclude that both cases of hepatotoxicity were caused by chloroform exposure.
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Assunto principal:
Clorofórmio
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Exposição Ocupacional
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Doença Hepática Induzida por Substâncias e Drogas
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Coreia (Geográfico)
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Fígado
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2014
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