Toxic Hepatitis and Methylenedianiline
- 5 December 1974
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 291 (23) , 1256
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197412052912317
Abstract
To the Editor: The report by McGill and Motto (N Engl J Med 291:278–282, 1974) represents another recognized outbreak of toxic hepatitis due to methylenedianiline.1 Our purpose is to describe still another outbreak associated with exposure to this toxic substance.In the 18-month period before September 1973, six of approximately 300 men who applied epoxy resins as a surface coat for concrete walls at the construction site of a nuclear-powered electric generating plant contracted clinical hepatitis with elevated serum transaminase two days to two weeks after starting work. Five of the six also had elevated bilirubin. All five tested were . . .Keywords
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