MEN WITH INTENSIVE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO DDT - A CLINICAL AND CHEMICAL STUDY
MEN WITH INTENSIVE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO DDT - A CLINICAL AND CHEMICAL STUDY
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DOI:
10.1080/00039896.1967.10664995
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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BIROS, FJ
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作者:
LAWS, ER;CURLEY, A;BIROS, FJ
A study was made of 35 men with 11 to 19 years of exposure in a plant that has produced DDT continuously and exclusively since 1947 and now produces an average of 6 million lb./month. Findings from medical history, physical examination, routine clinical laboratory tests, and chest X-ray film did not reveal any ill effects attributable to exposure to DDT. The overall range of storage of the sum of isomers and metabolites of DDT in the men''s fat was 38 to 647 ppm as compared to an average of 8 ppm for the general population. Based on their storage of DDT in fat and excretion of DDA in urine it was estimated that the average daily intake of DDT by the 20 men with high occupational exposure was 17.5 to 18 mg per man per day as compared to an average of 0.04 mg per man per day for the general population. There was significant correlation (r = + 0.64) between the concentration of total DDT-related material in the fat and serum of the workers. The concentration in fat averaged 338 times greater than that in serum. Workers store a smaller proportion of DDT-related material in the form of DDE, and the difference is related chiefly to intensity rather than duration of exposure. DDE [Dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene] is relatively much less important and DDA [Bis(chlorophenyl) acetic acid] much more important as excretory products in occupationally exposed men than in men of the general population.