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7939587

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Absorption and excretion of cobalt in the hard metal industry was investigated by means of ambient air and urine measurements in three factories with high levels of environmental cobalt pollution. In the presence of poor hygiene conditions and permission to smoking during work, there was no relationship between cobalt ambient air and cobalt urine concentrations. Such a finding was therefore attributed to a substantial skin contact. A simple experiment of skin exposure to freshly mixed or waste powder on volunteers identified a ten-fold increase of cobalt in urine in the post-exposure samples, thus confirming the contribution of dermal exposure as a route of entry. An improvement in the hygiene of the working conditions helped to investigate the relationship between exposure and excretion level. Cobalt uptake through the different routes of entry may be substantial, and requires a more prolonged exposure-free period so that the excretion rate can be reduced to the reference population level.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0048-9697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
141-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Absorption and excretion of cobalt in the hard metal industry.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Traumatologia, Ortopedia e Medicina del Lavoro, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article