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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE HEALTH OF WORKERS IN AN ILMENITE EXTRACTING PLANT
Author(s) -
Uragoda C. G.,
Pinto M. R. M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb46734.x
Subject(s) - ilmenite , environmental science , geology , mineralogy
A radiological and clinical investigation was carried out among 136 workers in an ilmenite extracting plant in Ceylon. These workers were exposed to a number of minerals, of which the principal ones were ilmenite, rutile and zircon. There was no significant difference in the incidence of radiological lesions of the chest between these workers and a control group drawn from the general population. Six workers had respiratory symptoms which first appeared after starting to work in the factory. These were probably non‐specific in origin and due to the dust per se, and were unlikely to be due to exposure to the minerals.