A survey of anesthetic health hazards among dentists.

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• Personal Author:
  Brown BW Jr. ; Bruce, David L. ; Cascorbi HF ; Cohen EN ; Corbett TH ; Jones TW ; Whitcher CE
• Description:
  Measurable concentrations of waste anesthetic gases have been found in hospital dental operating rooms. A mail survey of 4,797 general dental practitioners and 2,642 oral surgeons indicated that 20.2 percent of the general practitioners and 74.8 percent of the oral surgeons had anesthetic exposures exceeding three hours per week. In the comparison of the health of individuals exposed or unexposed to inhalation anesthetics, there was a significant increase (78 percent) of spontaneous abortion in the spouses of exposed dentists and a significant increase (156 percent) in liver disease for exposed dentists. It is considered prudent to reduce exposure to waste anesthetic gases to as low a level as possible by applying those scavenging techniques available and to give priority to thy rapid development of more efficient scavenging systems for use in dental surgery. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Digestive System Digestive System Diseases Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Liver Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Urogenital Diseases
• Keywords:
  Contract-099-73-0073 Control-measures Gastrointestinal-system-disorders Hazards Health-science-personnel Liver-disorders Medical-personnel NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Publication Reproductive-system-disorders Surveys Toxic-gases

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• ISSN:
  0002-8177
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; California ; Illinois ; Michigan ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  90
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00073545
• Citation:
  J Am Dent Assoc 1975 Jun; 90(6):1291-1296
• Contact Point Address:
  Ellis N.Cohen, MD, Stanford University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• NORA Priority Area:
  Reproductive System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  The Journal of the American Dental Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eb0cbf8f8d8ecbac6bcb91ba3bf317cf11af1650f62c93131060c29833094b3dc72438a46225a4fa98988cbbf985cf76f051e3331903683a9d83e16c45512857
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184204/cdc_184204_DS1.pdf
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