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Respiratory illness caused by overheating of polyvinyl chloride.

On 9 August 1979, 62 (30.8%) of 201 workers and one of 60 management personnel in a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fabricating plant developed acute upper and lower respiratory irritation, headache, nausea, and fainting. All were taken to hospital; none died. Sixty of the patients were women. Interviews t...

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Published in:Br J Ind Med
Main Authors: Froneberg, B, Johnson, P L, Landrigan, P J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 1982
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1009017/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7093150/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1136/oem.39.3.239
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