Objective
The object of the study is to examine whether common types of exposure (to organic solvents and metals) in a steel rolling mill can lead to effects on the central nervous system and/or on lung function.
The results may serve as a useful basis for deciding on preventive measures; it may also be possible to determine threshold levels beyond which detectable effects on health occur, and thence to establish priorities in the preventive measures referred to.
The project will involve more than 300 steelworkers, divided into four groups:
1)workers not exposed;
2)Workers exposed to organic solvents;
3) orkers exposed to metals;
4)workers exposed to solvents and metals.
Test on the subject will include clinical examinations, haematochemical investigations, lung function tests, examinations using a pneumomagnetometer and measurement of coordination ability. They will also all be given a standard questionnaire to fill in.
Exposure will be assessed on the basis of the subjects' anamneses and measurements taken at the workplace, the results of which are already available.
METHODS AND MEANS BY WHICH THESE AIMS ARE TO BE ACHIEVED
For the pneumomagnetographic study the method devised by the Danish Welding Institute will be used. A system developed by the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Copenhagen will be used for measuring coordination ability; measurements will be taken on Mondays and Fridays in order to differentiate between acute and chronic exposure.
The data collected by questionnaire and through measurements will be stored and processed using routine statistical methods.
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