British Journal of Industrial Medicine 1991: Vol 48 Table of Contents

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VOLUME 48 - CONTENTS
No 1 JANUARY 1991 Page Papers
A critical review of the effect of factory closures on health J K Morris, D G Cook
Malignant melanomas of the nasal cavity after occupational exposure to formaldehyde
Mats Holmstrom, Valerie J Lund
An electrophysiological follow up of patients with n-hexane polyneuropathy
Yang-Chyuan Chang
Exposure to organic solvents and neuropsychological dysfunction: a study on monozygotic
twins Helena Hanninen, Mari Antti-Poika, Juhani Juntunen, Markku Koskenvuo
Visual disturbances in man as a result of experimental and occupational exposure to
dimethylethylamine B Stdhlbom, T Lundh, I Florén, B Akesson
The effect of smoking on the development of allergic disease and specific immunological
responses in a factory workforce exposed to humidifer contaminants M / Finnegan,
Sally Little, D J Gordon, P K C Austwick, Rosemary D Tee, A J Nunn, A J Newman-Taylor
The value of anticarcinoembryonic antigen, human milk factor globulin, and antikeratin
antibodies in differentiating mesothelioma from lung carcinoma V M Joglekar, D Oliver,
M Harris
Ventilatory function after exposure to various respirable hazards in a population of former
coal miners Geoffrey M Calvert, Maureen Moore, Stephen M Hessl
Biophysical alteration of lung surfactant by extracts of cotton dust
Anthony J DeLucca II, Kim A Brogden, Edwin A Catalano, Nancy M Morris
Occupational exposure to asbestos as evaluated from work histories and analysis of lung
tissues from patients with mesothelioma Timo Tuomi, Matti S Huuskonen,
Lauri Tammilehio, Esa Vanhala, Matti Virtamo
Silica exposure, silicosis, and lung cancer: a mortality study of South African gold miners
Eva Hmzdo, G K Sluis-Cremer
Persistent biological reactivity of quartz in the lung: raised protease burden compared with
a non-pathogenic mineral dust and microbial particles Geraldine M Brown,
David M Brown, Joan Slight, Kenneth Donaldson
Correspondence
Coalmining, emphysema, and compensation . B L Gee, W K C Morgan
Sedentary work in middle life and fracture of the proximal femur Ellen F Heineman
Notices
No 2 FEBRUARY 1991 Editorial
Asbestos related malignancy and the Cairns hypothesis Kevin Browne
Papers
An epidemiological study on occupational acute pyrethroid poisoning in cotton farmers
Shuyang Chen, Zuowen Zhang, Fengsheng He, Peipei Yao, Yiqun Wu, Jinxiu Sun, Lihui Liu,
Quangui Li
Levels of exposure and biological monitoring of pyrethroids in spraymen Zuowen Zhang,
Jinxiu Sun, Shuyang Chen, Yiqun Wu, Fengsheng He
Nerve function in workers with long term exposure to trichloroethene
Marc W M M Ruijten, Maarten M Verberk, Herman J A Salle
Experimental and human studies on antimony metabolism: their relevance for the biological
monitoring of workers exposed to inorganic antimony R Bailly, R Lauwerys, J P Buchet,
P Mahieu, J Konings
A cytogenetic study of men occupationally exposed to uranium Fiona Martin, R Earl,
E Janet Tawn
Frequency of sister chromatid exchange and chromosomal aberrations in asbestos cement
workers. N Fatma, A K Jain, Q Rahman
VOLUME 48 - CONTENTS
No 1 JANUARY 1991 Page Papers
A critical review of the effect of factory closures on health J K Morris, D G Cook
Malignant melanomas of the nasal cavity after occupational exposure to formaldehyde
Mats Holmstrom, Valerie J Lund
An electrophysiological follow up of patients with n-hexane polyneuropathy
Yang-Chyuan Chang
Exposure to organic solvents and neuropsychological dysfunction: a study on monozygotic
twins Helena Hanninen, Mari Antti-Poika, Juhani Juntunen, Markku Koskenvuo
Visual disturbances in man as a result of experimental and occupational exposure to
dimethylethylamine B Stdhlbom, T Lundh, I Florén, B Akesson
The effect of smoking on the development of allergic disease and specific immunological
responses in a factory workforce exposed to humidifer contaminants M / Finnegan,
Sally Little, D J Gordon, P K C Austwick, Rosemary D Tee, A J Nunn, A J Newman-Taylor
The value of anticarcinoembryonic antigen, human milk factor globulin, and antikeratin
antibodies in differentiating mesothelioma from lung carcinoma V M Joglekar, D Oliver,
M Harris
Ventilatory function after exposure to various respirable hazards in a population of former
coal miners Geoffrey M Calvert, Maureen Moore, Stephen M Hessl
Biophysical alteration of lung surfactant by extracts of cotton dust
Anthony J DeLucca II, Kim A Brogden, Edwin A Catalano, Nancy M Morris
Occupational exposure to asbestos as evaluated from work histories and analysis of lung
tissues from patients with mesothelioma Timo Tuomi, Matti S Huuskonen,
Lauri Tammilehio, Esa Vanhala, Matti Virtamo
Silica exposure, silicosis, and lung cancer: a mortality study of South African gold miners
Eva Hmzdo, G K Sluis-Cremer
Persistent biological reactivity of quartz in the lung: raised protease burden compared with
a non-pathogenic mineral dust and microbial particles Geraldine M Brown,
David M Brown, Joan Slight, Kenneth Donaldson
Correspondence
Coalmining, emphysema, and compensation . B L Gee, W K C Morgan
Sedentary work in middle life and fracture of the proximal femur Ellen F Heineman
Notices
No 2 FEBRUARY 1991 Editorial
Asbestos related malignancy and the Cairns hypothesis Kevin Browne
Papers
An epidemiological study on occupational acute pyrethroid poisoning in cotton farmers
Shuyang Chen, Zuowen Zhang, Fengsheng He, Peipei Yao, Yiqun Wu, Jinxiu Sun, Lihui Liu,
Quangui Li
Levels of exposure and biological monitoring of pyrethroids in spraymen Zuowen Zhang,
Jinxiu Sun, Shuyang Chen, Yiqun Wu, Fengsheng He
Nerve function in workers with long term exposure to trichloroethene
Marc W M M Ruijten, Maarten M Verberk, Herman J A Salle
Experimental and human studies on antimony metabolism: their relevance for the biological
monitoring of workers exposed to inorganic antimony R Bailly, R Lauwerys, J P Buchet,
P Mahieu, J Konings
A cytogenetic study of men occupationally exposed to uranium Fiona Martin, R Earl,
E Janet Tawn
Frequency of sister chromatid exchange and chromosomal aberrations in asbestos cement
workers. N Fatma, A K Jain, Q Rahman
Blood and urine concentrations of aluminium among workers exposed to aluminium flake
powders Karl Géran Ljunggren, Vitauts Lidums, Bengt Sjégren
Respiratory problems among cotton textile mill workers in Ethiopia
Mentesinot Woldeyohannes, Yves Bergevin, Amami Y acob Mgemi, Gilles Theriault
Increase in numbers of CD8 positive lymphocytes and eosinophils in peripheral blood of
subjects with late asthmatic reactions induced by toluene diisocyanate Susetta Finotto,
Leonardo M Fabbri, Vanda Rado, Cristina E Mapp, Piero Maestrelli
Mortality from lung cancer among Sardinian patients with silicosis Plinio Carta,
Pier Luigi Cocco, Duilio Casula
Mortality of coke plant workers in the Netherlands GM H Swaen, J J M Slangen,
A Volovics, R B Hayes, T Scheffers, F Sturmans
Occupational triphenyltin acetate poisoning: a case report C Colosio, M Tomasini,
S Cairoli, V Foa, C Minoia, M Marinovich, C L Galli
Short report
Bronchiolitis in a patient with talcosis K Reijula, P Padkké, R Kerttula, O Taikina-Aho,
T Tuuponen, J Hassi
Correspondence
Mortality and disability among cotton mill workers PC Elwood
Notice
No 3 MARCH 1991 Papers
A historical prospective study of European stainless steel, mild steel, and shipyard welders
L Simonato, A C Fletcher, A Andersen, K Anderson, N Becker, J Chang-Claude, G Ferro,
M Gérin, C N Gray, K S Hansen, P-L Kalliomaéki, K Kurppa, S Langard, F Merlé,
J J Moulin, M L Newhouse, J Peto, E Pakkala, B Sjégren, P Wild, R Winkelmann,
R Saracci
Prospective morbidity surveillance of She!l refinery and petrochemical employees
Shan P Tsai, Catherine M Dowd, Sally R Cowles, Charles E Ross
Variation in plasma cholinesterase activity among greenhouse workers, fruitgrowers, and
slaughtermen Flemming Lander, Svend Lings
Biological effect monitoring of occupational exposure to 1 ,3-dichloropropene: effects on liver
and renal function and on glutathione conjugation E / Brouwer,C T A Evelo,
A J W Verplanke, R T H van Welie, F A de Wolff
Mortality and incidence of cancer at four factories making phenoxy herbicides
David Coggon, Brian Pannett, Paul Winter
A dose response relation for noise induced hypertension Zhao Yiming, Zhang Shuzheng,
Steve Selvin, Robert C Spear
Factors influencing vibration sense thresholds used to assess occupational exposures to hand
transmitted vibration Noriaki Harada, Michael J Griffin
Presence of acute phase response in coal workers’ pneumoconiosis G Fernandez Rego,
G Ocio Achaerandio, V Gonzalez Cuervo, C Rodriquez Menéndez, C Martinez Gonzalez,
C Alvarez Alvarez
Injurious effects of wool and grain dusts on alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages in vitro
David M Brown, Kenneth Donaldson
Dimethylethylamine in mould core manufacturing: exposure, metabolism, and biological
monitoring 7 Lundh, B Stahlbom, B Akesson
Short reports
Computed tomography of the thorax in workers exposed to hard metals
David S Mendelson, Ellen S Gendal, Cynthia L Janus, Alf Fischbein
A decrease in Leu-11la negative lymphocytes in relation to natural killer cell activity in
chromate workers T Tanigawa, S Araki, T Araki, N Minato
Correspondence
Evidence for adverse reproductive outcomes among women microelectronic assembly
workers Mark J Upfal, Susan Pinney
Exercise capacity in coal workers’ pneumoconiosis: an analysis using causal modelling
J E Cotes, B King
Notices
No 4 APRIL 1991 Editorial
Contribution of occupational exposure to cancer: recent developments Martin J Gardner
Papers
The characteristics of respiratory ill health of wool textile workers R G Love,
M Muirhead, H P R Collins, C A Soutar
Asbestosis as a precursor of asbestos related lung cancer: results of a prospective mortality
study Janet M Hughes, Hans Weill
A cohort mortality study of forestry workers exposed to phenoxy acid herbicides
Lois M Green
Lipid peroxidation and concentration of glutathione in erythrocytes from workers exposed
tolead E Sugawara, K Nakamura, T Miyake, A Fukumura, Y Seki
The effect of exposure to aluminium on concentrations of essential metals in serum of
foundry workers H B Réillin, P Theodorou, T A Kilroe-Smith
Urinary excretion of mercury after occupational exposure to mercury vapour and influence
of the chelating agent meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) H A Roels, M Boeckx,
E Ceulemans, R R Lauwerys
Temporal and interindividua! variation in erythrocyte zinc-protoporphyrin in lead exposed
workers P Grandjean, P J Jorgensen, S Viskum
Neurological long term consequences of deep diving K Todnem, H Nyland, H Skeidsvoll,
R Svihus, P Rinck, B K Kambestad, T Riise, J A Aarli
The relation between fibrosis of hilar lymph glands and the development of parenchymal
silicosis J Murray, 1 Webster,G Reid, D Kielkowski
Dose dependent effects of inhaled ethylene oxide on spermatogenesis in rats Koji Mori,
Masanobu Kaido, Kazuya Fujishiro, Naohide Inoue, Osamu Koide, Hajime Hori,
Isamu Tanaka
Diurnal variation in peak expiratory flow rate among polyvinylchloride compounding
workers H S Lee, T P Ng, Y L Ng, W H Phoon
Occupational asthma caused by exposure to neurospora in a plywood factory worker
Johanne Cété, Henry Chan, Gilles Brochu, Moira Chan- Y eung
Short reports
Occupational asthma due to maleic anhydride H S Lee, Y T Wang, T H Cheong,
K T Tan, B E Chee, K Narendran
Inhalation of hydrogen sulphide: a case of subacute manifestations and long term sequelae
Olga Parra, Eduard Monsé, Miguel Gallego, Josep Morera
Correspondence
Employment in pulp mills as a possible risk factor for soft tissue sarcoma: a case report
Mikael Eriksson, Lennart Hardell
Notice
No 5 MAY 1991 Editorial
There’s a lot of it about? J T Carter
Papers
Occupational respiratory disease in the United Kingdom 1989: a report to the British
Thoracic Society and the Society of Occupational Medicine by the SWORD project group
Prepared by S K Meredith, V M Taylor, J C McDonald
Mortality from respiratory cancer and other causes in United Kingdom chromate
production workers JM Davies, D F Easton, P L Bidstrup
Factors relating to the development of respiratory symptoms in coffee process workers
K E Thomas, C J Trigg, P J Baxter, M Topping, J Lacey, B Crook, P Whitehead,
J B Bennett, R J Davies
Occupation and smoking adjusted mortality due to asthma among Swedish men
Kjell Torén, Lars-Gunnar Hérte, Bengt Jarvholm
Lung dust content in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a study with scanning electron
microscopy and energy dispersive x ray analysis E Monsé,J M Tura, J Pujadas, F Morell,
J Ruiz, J Morera
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia associated with chrysotile asbestos fibres
Jeffrey A Freed, Albert Miller, Ronald E Gordon, Alf Fischbein, Jerome Kleinerman,
Arthur M Langer
Asbestosis, laryngeal carcinoma, and malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in an insulation
worker Alf Fischbein, Jiin-Chyuan J Luo, Glen R Pinkston
A simulation study of physiological factors affecting pharmacokinetic behaviour of organic
solvent vapours A Sato, K Endoh, T Kaneko, G Johanson
Pernicious anaemia in the textile industry Eve Roman, Valerie Beral, Silvia Sanjose,
Richard Schilling, Ann Watson
Short reports
Response to cold and abnormalities of nerve conduction velocity in hand-arm vibration
syndrome V Brezinova, D N Quinton
Bronchial asthma in a paediatric nurse caused by inhaled pancreatic extracts J P Hayes,
A J Newman Taylor
Correspcoudence
On talc, tremolite, and tergiversation Ter-gi-ver-sate: 2: to use subterfuges B W Case
On talc, tremolite, and tergiversation A M Langer, R P Nolan, J Addison
Notices
No 6 JUNE 1991 Notice to authors
Structured abstracts
Editorial
Lead astray? W R Lee, Diana M Kloss
Papers
Assessment of the filtration reserve capacity of the kidney in workers exposed to cadmium
H A Roels, R R Lauwerys, A M Bernard, J P Buchet, A Vos, M Oversteyns
Paternal exposure to mercury and spontaneous abortions Sy/vaine Cordier,
Frangois Deplan, Laurence Mandereau, Denis Hemon
Rapid changes in concentrations of essential elements in organs of rats exposed to
methylmercury chloride and mercuric chloride as shown by simultaneous multielemental
analysis Hajime Muto, Masayuki Shinada, Kazuko Tokuta, Yukio Takizawa
Deposition of aluminium in tissues of rabbits exposed to inhalation of low concentrations of
ALO, dust H B Réllin, P Theodorou, T A Kilroe-Smith
Effect of cadmium on transmembrane Na‘ and K‘ transport systems in human erythrocytes
P Lijnen, J Staessen, R Fagard, A Amery
The discovery of the association between blue asbestos and mesotheliomas and the
aftermath J C Wagner
Respiratory findings among ironworkers: results from a clinical survey in the New York
metropolitan area and identification of health hazards from asbestos in place at work
Alf Fischbein, Jiin-Chyuan J Luo, Stanley Rosenfeld, Margot Lacher, Albert Miller,
Alfred Rosenbaum
Smoking, exposure to crocidolite, and the incidence of lung cancer and asbestosis
Nicholas H de Klerk, A William Musk, Bruce K Armstrong, Michael S T Hobbs
Neurotoxic effects of methylene chloride: Are they long lasting in humans?
Andrea A Lash, Charles E Becker, Yuen So, Michael Shore
Forum
Asbestos and cancer: history and public policy Barry I Castleman
Reply by R Murray
Notice
No 7 JULY 1991
Editorial
Health and the environment Marcello Lotti
Papers
The toxicity of benzene and its metabolism and molecular pathology in human risk
assessment A Yardley-Jones, D Anderson, D V Parke
Occupational medicine for one and all R S F Schilling
Environmental, occupational, and personal factors related to the prevalence of sick building
syndrome in the general population Dan Norback, Christer Edling
Characterisation of palygorskite specimens from different geological locales for health
hazard evaluation R P Nolan, A M Langer, G B Herson
Chest x ray screening for lung cancer at three British chromates plants from 1955 to 1989
C J Schilling, J M Schilling
Finger blood pressure and rewarming rate for screening and diagnosis of Raynaud’s
phenomenon in workers exposed to vibration H Virokannas, H Rintamaki
Male endocrine functions in workers with moderate exposure to lead 7 P Ng, H H Goh,
Y L Ng, H Y Ong, C N Ong, K S Chia, S E Chia, J Jeyaratnam
Thioether excretion in urine of applicators exposed to 1 ,3-dichloropropene: a comparison
with urinary mercapturic acid excretion R T H van Welie,C M van Marrewyk,
F A de Wolff, N P E Vermeulen
Increased erythrocyte volume in car repair painters and car mechanics H Beving,
G Tornling, P Olsson
Correspondence
Exposure to benzene and mortality from leukaemia: results from coke oven and other coal
product workers J Fintan Hurley, John W Cherrie, William Maclaren
Bootstrap estimate of the variance and confidence interval of kappa K P Fung, James Lee
No 8 AUGUST 1991 Editorial
Toxic marine and freshwater algae: an occupational hazard? Peter J Baxter
Papers
A prospective study in the Australian petroleum industry. I Mortality D Christie,
K Robinson, I Gordon, J Bisby
A prospective study in the Australian petroleum industry. II Incidence of cancer
D Christie, K Robinson, | Gordon, J Bisby
Retrospective cohort mortality study of workers at an aircraft maintenance facility. I
Epidemiological results R Spirtas, P A Stewart, J S Lee, D E Marano, C D Forbes,
D J Grauman, H M Pettigrew, A Blair, R N Hoover, J L Cohen
Retrospective cohort mortality study of workers at an aircraft maintenance facility. II
Exposures and their assessment P A Stewart, J S Lee, D E Marano, R Spirtas,
C D Forbes, A Blair
Asphalt and risk of cancer in man Leonard Chiazze Jr, Deborah K Watkins, Jon Amsel
Risk assessment using exposure intensity: an application to vermiculite mining
Pamela M Vacek, J Corbett McDonald
Effects of consumption of ethanol on the biological monitoring of exposure to organic
solvent vapours: a simulation study with trichloroethylene A Sato, K Endoh, T Kaneko,
G Johanson
New perspectives in biomonitoring liver function by means of serum bile acids:
experimental and hypothetical biochemical basis G Franco
Inter and intraindividual variations in plasma cholinesterase activity and substance
concentration in employees of an organophosphorus insecticide factory A Brock
Determination of urinary 2,5-hexanedione concentration by an improved analytical method
as an index of exposure ton-hexane Isao Saito, Eiji Shibata, Jian Huang,
Naomi Hisanaga, Yuichiro Ono, Yasuhiro Takeuchi
Correspondence
A cohort mortality study and a case-control study of workers potentially exposed to styrene
in the reinforced plastics and composites industry Manolis Kogevinas, Paolo Boffetta
Notice
No 9 SEPTEMBER 1991 Editorial
Industrial injuries compensation J M Harrington, A J Newman Taylor, D Coggan
Papers
A preliminary report of a surveillance scheme of occupational asthma in the West Midlands
Paul F G Gannon, P Sherwood Burge
Occupational exposure and cancer of the pancreas: areview Francoise Pietri,
Frangoise Clavel
Respiratory symptoms in children at schools near afoundry Penny Symington,
David Coggan, Stephen Holgate
Physical fitness and occupational demands of the Belfast ambulance service R P Gamble,
A B Stevens, H McBrien, A Black,G W Cran, C A G Boreham
Incidence of leukaemia and brain tumours in some “electrical occupations” Siv Térnqvist,
Bengt Knave, Anders Ahlbom, Tomas Persson
Clinical and immunological responses to occupational exposure to «-amylase in the baking
industry J Brisman, L Belin
Characterisation of respiratory health and exposures at a sintered permanent magnet
manufacturer Jou-Fang Deng, Thomas Sinks, Larry Elliott, David Smith, Mitchell Singal,
Lawrence Fine
Biological monitoring of occupational exposure to tetrahydrofuran CN Ong, S E Chia,
W H Phoon, K T Tan
Experimental evidence for the possible exposure of workers to hexachlorobenzene by skin
contamination Akio Koizumi
Airway oedema and obstruction in guinea pigs exposed to inhaled endotoxin
Terry Gordon, John Balmes, Jonathan Fine, Dean Sheppard
Ethanol and food deprivation induced enhancement of hepatotoxicity in rats given carbon
tetrachloride at low concentration H Ikatsu, T Okino, T Nakajima
Short report
Occupational asthma due to hexahydrophthalic anhydride: a case report C B E Chee,
H S Lee, T H Cheong, Y T Wang, S C Poh
Correspondence
Biological effect monitoring of occupational exposure to 1 ,3-dichloropropene: effects on liver
and renal function and on glutathione conjugation N J Van Sittert,G E Veenstra,
E P Dumas, W F Tordoir
John Gilson Chair of Occupational Medicine Charles Fletcher, Margaret Gilson,
Richard Gilson, Richard Schilling
Notice
Correction
No 10 OCTOBER 1991 Editorial
Analysis of lung asbestos content A Churg
Papers
Bronchial hyperreactivity in potroom workers and prognosis after stopping exposure
M Sarié, J Marelja
Grain dust and respiratory health in South African milling workers Max Bachmann,
Jonathan E Myers
Early detection of interstitial lung disease in asbestos exposed non-smoking workers by
mid-expiratory flow rate and high resolution computed tomography Zeljko Dujic,
Jadranka Tociij, Marko Sarié
Occupational aspects of epilepsy in the civil service Michael Espir, Michael Floyd,
John Chaplin
Cancer of the testis, socioeconomic status, and occupation A J Swerdlow, A J Douglas,
SR A Huttly, P G Smith
Risk of cancer for arc welders in the Federal Republic of Germany: results of as econd
follow up (1983-8) Nikolaus Becker, Jenny Chang-Claude, Rainer Frentzel-Beyme
Job strain and cardiovascular risk factors: a cross sectional study of employed Danish men
and women Bo Netterstrem, Tage Sendergdrd Kristensen, Mogens Trab Damsgaard,
Ole Olsen, Anette Sjel
Obesity and hepatotoxins as risk factors for fatty liver disease M Hodgson, D H van Thiel,
B Goodman- Klein
Exposure to mixtures of solvents among paint workers and biochemical alterations of liver
function Jong-Dar Chen, Jung-Der Wang, Jenn-Pyng Jang, Yann- Yuh Chen
Relation between lead in surface tooth enamel, blood, and saliva from children residing in
the vicinity of an on-ferrous metal plant in Belgium R Cleymaet, K Collys, D H Retief,
Y Michotte, D Slop, E Taghon, W Maex, D Coomans
Effects of exposure to cadmium on calcium metabolism: a population study Jan Staessen,
Antoon Amery, Alfred Bernard, Pierre Bruaux, Jean-Pierre Buchet, Frangoise Claeys,
Pierre De Plaen, Genevieve Ducoffre, Robert Fagard, Robert R Lauwerys, Paul Lijnen,
Laurence Nick, Annie Saint Remy, Harry Roels, Désire Rondia, Francis Sartor,
Lutgarde Thijs
Dust exposure in coeliac disease: a case-referent study B Axmacher,O Axelson, T Frédin,
R Gotthard, J Hed, L Molin, H Noorlind Brage, M Strém
A “scorpion fish” ( Trachinus vipera) sting: fishermen’s hazard Avi Dehaan,
Patrick Ben-Meir, Amiram Sagi
No 11 NOVEMBER 1991 Papers
Relation between job mobility during working life and health state after retirement: a cross
sectional study of 627 subjects living in the Paris area Yuriko Iwatsubo, Francis Derriennic,
Bernard Cassou
Mercury and selenium concentrations and their interrelations in organs from dental staff and
the general population Magnus Nylander, Jan Weiner
Evidence of aluminium accumulation in aluminium welders Carl-Gustaf Elinder,
Leif Ahrengart, Vitauts Lidums, Erna Pettersson, Bengt Sjégren
Short term prospective study of cognitive functioning in lead workers B T Stollery,
D E Broadbent, H A Banks, W R Lee
Acute behavioural comparisons of toluene and ethanol in human subjects
Diana Echeverria, L Fine, G Langolf, T Schork, C Sampaio
Fibre distribution in the lungs and pleura of subjects with asbestos related diffuse pleural
fibrosis A R Gibbs, M Stephens, D M Griffiths, B J N Blight, F D Pooley
Exposure to peat dust: acute effects on lung function and content of bronchoalveolar lavage
fluid Thomas Sandstrém, Birgitta Kolmodin-Hedman, Maj-Cari Ledin, Leif Bjermer,
Sonja Hérnqvist-Bylund, Nils Suernberg
Extracellular matrix components in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in quartz exposed rats
Anders Eklund, Géran Tornling, Eleonora Blaschke, Tore Curstedt
Respiratory effects of exposure of shipyard workers to epoxy paints D Rempel, J Jones,
M Atterbury, John Balmes
Percutaneous absorption of 2-butoxyethanol vapour in human subjects Gunnar Johanson,
Anders Boman
No 12 DECEMBER 1991 Papers
Prediction of mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis in former Wittenoom asbestos
workers G Berry
Exposure to cement dust at a Portland cement factory and the risk of cancer Jorgen Vestbo,
Kim M Knudsen, Edith Raffn, Bente Korsgaard, Finn Vejle Rasmussen
Carcinoma of the lung in Ontario gold miners: possible aetiological factors R A Kusiak,
J Springer, A C Ritchie, J Muller
A case-control study of lung cancer in a cohort of workers potentia!ly exposed to slag wool
fibres Otto Wong, Donna Foliart, Lisa S Trent
Non-occupational pneumoconiosis at high altitude villages in central Ladakh H N Saiyed,
Y K Sharma, H G Sadhu, T Norboo, P D Patel, T S Patel, K Venkaiah, S K Kashyap
Quantitative skin prick and bronchial provocation tests with platinum salt Rolf Merger,
Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus, Florian Bode, Eva-Maria Bergmann, Wolfgang Zachgo,
Jiirgen Meier-Sydow
The protective role of zinc in the toxic action of coal dust upon mouse macrophages
Yu-rong Lai, Jin-liang Chen, Xiu-yun Jiang, Guang-kai Ya ng, Si-gin Yang, Wen-xian Gao
Cigarette smoking and small irregular opacities William Weiss
Correspondence
Toxicity of mercury compounds as a possible risk factor for cardiovascular diseases
Barbara Kostka
Notices
Index to Volume 48