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dc.contributor.authorWong, Anselmen
dc.contributor.authorGreene, Shaun Len
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Jeffen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-16T01:03:59Z
dc.date.available2015-05-16T01:03:59Z
dc.date.issued2012-03-01en
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Family Physician; 41(3): 141-3en
dc.identifier.govdoc22396928en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/11455en
dc.description.abstractTo determine the epidemiology of metal fume fever over an extended period in Victoria, Australia.A retrospective case review of all metal fume fever related calls to the Victorian Poisons Information Centre. Specific defined criteria were used to identify cases of metal fume fever and a set of data points extracted for each.Eighty-four (99%) of the cases involved adults. Fifty-three percent of exposures occurred in the workplace. The most frequent day of symptom manifestation was Monday (24%). All of the calls concerned people involved in welding metal with subsequent inhalation of fumes.Calls were most common at the beginning of the week, reflecting the previously described phenomena of increased symptoms occurring after a period on nonexposure (loss of tolerance). Workplace safety and education is key to prevention of metal fume fever. Medical profession education may help prevent occurrences of metal fume fever at home, at school and in the workplace.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otherAdulten
dc.subject.otherFemaleen
dc.subject.otherGas Poisoning.diagnosis.epidemiologyen
dc.subject.otherHumansen
dc.subject.otherMaleen
dc.subject.otherMetals.adverse effectsen
dc.subject.otherOccupational Diseases.epidemiologyen
dc.subject.otherRetrospective Studiesen
dc.subject.otherVictoria.epidemiologyen
dc.subject.otherWeldingen
dc.titleMetal fume fever - a case review of calls made to the Victorian Poisons Information Centre.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleAustralian Family Physicianen
dc.identifier.affiliationVictorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.en
dc.description.pages141-3en
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22396928en
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
local.name.researcherGreene, Shaun L
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item.languageiso639-1en-
item.openairetypeJournal Article-
crisitem.author.deptToxicology-
crisitem.author.deptEmergency-
crisitem.author.deptVictorian Poisons Information Centre-
crisitem.author.deptEmergency-
crisitem.author.deptToxicology-
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