ARTERIAL DISEASE AMONGST BLAST FURNACE WORKERS
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Occupational Hygiene
- Vol. 18 (1) , 15-20
- https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/18.1.15
Abstract
Blast furnace workers at one ironmaking plant absorbed carbon monoxide at work irrespective of smoking habits. Studies in 1962 and 1974 showed similar results with mean increases during working shifts of 2·0–2·6% carboxyhaemoglobin. Non-smokers gave end-of-shift mean readings of 4·0–4·9% carboxyhaemoglobin. The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in this group and a matched control group showed no significant difference. The number of deaths of blast furnace workers from coronary thrombosis was not significantly higher than for other workers at the iron and steelworks. On the evidence available to date, blast furnace workers are no more likely to develop arterial disease than other steelworkers, despite showing raised carboxyhaemoglobin levels of this order.Keywords
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