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A thirteen-year follow-up of respiratory effects of acute exposure to sulfur dioxide

Author(s) -

Päivi Piirilä,

Henrik Nordman,

Olli Korhonen,

Ilkka Winblad

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of work environment and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621

H-Index - 103

eISSN - 1795-990X

pISSN - 0355-3140

DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.130

Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , asthma , pulmonary function testing , vital capacity , chronic bronchitis , bronchial obstruction , bronchitis , histamine , anesthesia , lung , cardiology , surgery , lung function , diffusing capacity

In 1977, nine men were accidentally exposed to sulfur dioxide in an explosion in a pyrite mine. The lung function of seven men was followed after the accident. A four-year follow-up has been published previously. The greatest decrease in forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1.0), and maximal midexpiratory flow (MMEF) was observed one week after the accident, after which all these parameters improved without reaching the preaccident level. Reversible bronchial obstruction was still present in three patients, and a positive reaction in the histamine challenge test was found for four. In the present paper, the lung function follow-up 13 years after the accident is reported for six men.

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