Metal Fume Fever and Metal-Related Lung Disease

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• Personal Author:
  Truncale T
• Description:
  Metal fume fever (MFF) is a self-limiting illness and one of several febrile flu-like respiratory syndromes encountered in the occupational setting. It is the classic example of inhalation fever. An episode of MFF may identify a worker who may be at risk for developing other welding-related lung diseases, namely asthma. Exposure to metal fumes has resulted in MFF-like symptoms associated with an immediate and late anaphylactoid reaction. In contrast to MFF and acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) prolonged exposure to an environmental antigen results in interstitial fibrosis on CT scan and restrictive lung disease on pulmonary function tests (PFTs). Of all metallic causes of pneumoconiosis, increased risk of mortality is seen in the coal or metal mining industry and in the production of glass and glass products. Occupational inhalation exposures to several metals are recognized to cause cancer. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Asthma Asthma, Occupational Environment Environmental Exposure Fibrosis Glass Lung Lung Diseases Men Metals Morbidity Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Welding Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Cancer Coal Mines Environmental Factors Exposure Levels Glass Manufacturing Industry Glass Workers Humans Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Inhalation Lung Disease Lung Fibrosis Metal Fume Fever Metal Fumes Metallic Fumes Metal Mining Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Pneumoconiosis Respiratory System Disorders Risk Factors Welding Fumes Work Environment Workers

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• ISBN:
  9780470929735
• Publisher:
  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  289-300
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062909
• Citation:
  Hamilton & Hardy's industrial toxicology. Harbison RD, Bourgeois MM, Johnson GT, eds. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2015 Mar; :289-300
• Editor(s):
  Harbison RD; Bourgeois MM; Johnson GT
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Hamilton & Hardy's industrial toxicology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226079/cdc_226079_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 228.30 KB ]