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Results of sputum, cytology among workers exposed to vinyl chloride monomer and to poly(vinyl chloride).

Author(s) -

C Maltoni,

Paola Lodi

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.814185

Subject(s) - vinyl chloride , sputum , respiratory tract , medicine , cytology , epidemiology , chemistry , pathology , respiratory system , physiology , tuberculosis , polymer , organic chemistry , copolymer

The results of systematic cytological sputum examinations of 3,380 Italian VC-PVC industry workers and of 2,287 workers in other industries at different potential risk and chosen as control groups are reported. The results indicate an increase in cellular abnormalities and dysplasias in the epithelium of the respiratory tract among VC-PVC workers. These data are in line with experimental results showing that VC produces lung tumors in mice and with early epidemiological evidence among exposed workers.

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