Chest X-ray Findings of Woodworkers, Epidemiological and Experimental Study
The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 30 Issue 1
Page 55-63
published_at 1983-12
Title
Chest X-ray Findings of Woodworkers, Epidemiological and Experimental Study
Creators
Okita Isao
Creators
Nakanishi Takashi
Creators
Asaeda Genkichi
Source Identifiers
Creator Keywords
Woodworkers
saw dust
pneumoconisis
shest x-ray findings
Mass examination of the ladorers in wood and products industries was conducted. The workers showing abnormal chest x-ray findings were over 40years of age and had worked longer than 20 years in these industries. The abnormal x-ray findings were linear and small opacities. From these observation, it is likely that the abnormal findings of chest x-ray films were associated with wooden dust. The experimental studies by infusing paulowina dust into the lungs of rats showed the foreign body granuloma. These epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that wooden dust. Namely paulownia, causes pneumoconiosis in the wood workers.
Languages
eng
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Publishers
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Date Issued
1983-12
File Version
Version of Record
Access Rights
open access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools
医学部