Respiratory effects of portland cement dust.

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• Personal Author:
  Abrons HL ; Petersen, Martin R. ; Sanderson, Wayne T.
• Description:
  An epidemiologic study of the respiratory effects of portland cement dust was conducted. The cohort consisted of 2,736 cement workers at 16 facilities in the United States. The comparisons consisted of 2,213 individuals in activities not involving dust exposure. Spirometry testing was performed. Respiratory symptom questionnaires were administered. Chest X-rays were taken and examined. Personal sampling for total and respirable dust, quartz (14808607), and oxides of sulfur and nitrogen was performed. Quartz was detected in 14.4 percent of 1,011 respirable dust samples. The median concentration in samples having detectable quartz was 0.079 milligram per cubic meter. Sulfur-dioxide (7446095) concentrations ranged from 0.02 to 0.62 part per million (ppm) and nitrogen-dioxide (10102440) concentrations from 0.06 to 0.44ppm. Cement workers had a significantly elevated adjusted odds ratio for dyspnea, rounded and irregular small X-ray opacities, and pleural abnormalities. None of the ventilatory function variables were significantly different between cement workers and the comparisons. The authors conclude that cement dust exerts little adverse effect on respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function. To determine whether the increase in X-ray abnormalities represents pneumoconiosis or another pathological process would require histological study. There is insufficient evidence to suggest a change in the exposure limit for cement dust.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Health-hazards Lung-function NIOSH-Author Occupational-exposure Pulmonary-function Respiratory-irritants Workplace-studies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-59
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00159215
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1985 Sep; :1-59
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a2da28e1e421d6decdf61b1a9b1af985aaf9d2c45c1e90c7607351b08be03c5592b042404fe2bc9e117b79f061ef731b78f1bee3bb286cfbf3370996b1a10848
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179812/cdc_179812_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.63 MB ]