A Study of Methyl Methacrylate Exposure and Employee Health

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• Personal Author:
  Cromer, John W. Jr. ; Kronoveter, Kenneth J.
• Description:
  Ninety-one exposed and forty-three nonexposed workers are evaluated at five plants, manufacturing polymethyl methacrylate sheets. Significant acute effects developing over the work shift are not detected as measured by symptomatology, blood pressure, and pulse rate. Chronic effects are sought for in past symptomatology, blood pressure, respiratory function testing, hemoglobin and white blood count, urinalysis, and blood chemistry. Data suggest that effects may occur in the higher concentration exposure groups with regard to serum glucose, and blood urea nitrogen, cholesterol, albumin, and total bilirubin values. Also, possible alterations are suggested in skin and nervous system symptomatology, urinalysis findings, and serum triglycerides. Extensive air sampling reveals mean 8-hour time-weighted average exposures by job category ranging from 4 to 49 ppm, for the workers studied, at the individual plants. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Biochemistry Blood Hazardous Substances Hematologic Diseases Hematologic Tests Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Urine

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality Biochemical-responses Blood-chemistry Blood-disorders Chemical-plant-workers Hazards Pulmonary-function-testing Symptoms Toxic-substances Toxicity Urine-chemistry

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-54
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00059658
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274789
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-119, 1976 Nov; :1-54
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester (CAS RN 80-62-6) ; Cholesterol (CAS RN 57-88-5) ; Nitrogen (CAS RN 7727-37-9) ; Urea (CAS RN 57-13-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• 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-512:77aaceda365ed8fc5bb69de6db7b663a57c12d13dcc42ac5cf561103a968f293a84cd6b563b088d8c8263bf9885e114ffaf84ae7aad61cfda40538653bc1b580
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209256/cdc_209256_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.01 MB ]