Metal-Induced Lung Disease: Lessons from Japan’s Experience
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Metal-Induced Lung Disease: Lessons from Japan’s Experience: Yukinori KUSAKA, et al. Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Fukui Medical University—Metals inducing occupational respiratory diseases, e.g. metal fever, acute and chronic pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer are described. The metals mentioned are the following: aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lithium, manganese, mercury, nickel, platinum, rhodium, rare earth metals, titanium, uranium, vanadium, welding, zinc, zirconium. With respect to these metals, mechanism of the disease, disease statistics, case reports, diagnostic methods, patho-physiology of the disease, and preventive measures including occupational exposure limits are also described. Experience in Japan on these issues is given in detail. (J Occup Health 2001; 43: 1–23)
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