Occupational heart disease.

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• Personal Author:
  Fine, Lawrence J.
• Description:
  Chemical and nonchemical causes of occupational heart disease were reviewed. Several chemical agents were considered to have a direct effect on the myocardium. Evidence for a direct causal relationship between carbon-disulfide (75150) and coronary artery disease (CAD) was strongest. Epidemiologic studies of cardiovascular disease in exposed workers from Pennsylvania, Finland, and Belgium were quoted. Researchers in Japan found no increased CAD in exposed workers, but a striking increase in retinal microaneurysms. The association between CAD and occupational exposure to nitroglycerin (55630), ethylene-glycol-dinitrate (628966) and other aliphatic nitrates, carbon-monoxide (630080), nonhalogenated and halogenated industrial solvents, arsenic (7440382), and cobalt (7440484), as well as blood pressure problems caused by cadmium (7440439) and lead (7439921) were discussed. Passive smoking was described as an important public health factor in deaths from CAD. Nonchemical factors in occupational CAD were shift work, noise, and stressors due to organization, work or psychosocial factors. Cardiac disease secondary to occupational lung disease was a result of pulmonary hypertension. The prevalence of CAD was reduced in occupations with very high levels of energy expenditure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Epidemiology Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Smoke Tobacco Products Toxicology

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• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-system-disorders; Tobacco-smoke; Comparative-toxicology; Environmental-pollution; Epidemiology; Occupational-diseases; Occupational-exposure; Occupational-hazards
• ISBN:
  9780316755672
• Publisher:
  Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222284
• Citation:
  Environmental and occupational medicine, second edition. Rom WN, ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1992 Jan; :593-600
• CAS Registry Number:
  Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Cobalt (CAS RN 7440-48-4) ; Glycol dinitrate (CAS RN 628-96-6) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Nitroglycerin (CAS RN 55-63-0)
• Editor(s):
  Rom WN
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental and occupational medicine, second edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243315/cdc_243315_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]