Chest pain in rubber chemical workers exposed to carbon disulphide and methaemoglobin formers.

Coronary heart disease among workers exposed to carbon disulphide.

A follow-up study of coronary heart disease in viscose rayon workers exposed to carbon disulphide.

In 1967 two cohorts of 343 men each were formed and matched with respect to age, district of birth, and similarity of work. One cohort comprised viscose rayon workers with at least five years' exposure to carbon disulphide during any period between 1942 and 1967, and the other cohort consisted of workers from a paper-mill with no such exposure. The concentrations of carbon disulphide and hydrog...

A morbidity study of viscose rayon workers exposed to carbon disulphide.

A historical cohort study of the morbidity of CS2 and control workers was carried out in a viscose rayon factory and an adjacent cotton mill. A total of 725 male workers was employed at the two factories on I May 1966. All records of medical treatment received by these men from general practitioners, hospitals, and plant clinics for the period from I May 1966 to 31 December 1970 were obtained f...

Evaluation of Dynamic Disulphide/Thiol Homeostasis in Silica Exposed Workers

BACKGROUND Oxidative stress is implicated as one of the main molecular mechanism underlying silicosis. AIMS In this study, our aim was to asses the redox status in occupationally silica-exposed workers, by evaluating the dynamic thiol-disulphide homeostasis. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study. METHODS Thirty-six male workers occupationally exposed to silica particles and 30 healthy volunteer...

Polyneuropathy induced by carbon disulphide in viscose rayon workers.

OBJECTIVES To understand the prevalence of polyneuropathy and correlations among the clinical manifestations, electrophysiological findings, and degree of exposure to carbon disulphide (CS2) in workers who were exposed to variable concentrations of CS2 in a viscose rayon factory. METHODS All the 163 workers received a detailed physical and neurological evaluation. Fixed point air samples were...