Metal fume fever.

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• Personal Author:
  Fine JM ; Gordon T
• Description:
  Metal fume fever is an acute self-limited illness induced most commonly by inhalation of zinc oxide fumes. The affected individual characteristically experiences the rapid onset of intense shaking chills, fever, and body aches a few hours after exposure, and symptoms dissipate spontaneously. While the occurrence of metal fume fever appears to be widespread and the current TLV/PEL of 5 mg/m3 and STEL of 10 mg/m3 may not be fully protective, no chronic health sequelae have been documented to date. Nonetheless, as any worker who has experienced a full-blown case will likely testify, metal fume fever remains one of the more noxious short-term illnesses contracted in the workplace, and its prevention deserves serious attention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Irritants Metals Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Fumes; Metal-fumes; Metallic-fumes; Respiratory-infections; Respiratory-system-disorders; Respiratory-irritants; Exposure-levels
• ISBN:
  9781560531470
• ISSN:
  0885-114X
• Publisher:
  Hanley and Belfus, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026015
• Citation:
  Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 1993 Jul; 8(3):504-517
• Contact Point Address:
  Terry Gordon, PhD, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, Long Meadow Road, Tuxedo, NY 10987
• Editor(s):
  Nethercott JR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. Occupational Skin Disease
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245820/cdc_245820_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]