Tetryl exposure: forgotten hazards of antique munitions

BACKGROUND: Older yet still abundant munitions such as tetryl present easily forgotten health hazards and associated needs for worker protection. CASE PRESENTATION: Symptoms and findings from 22 workers who were exposed to tetryl are summarized. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the health hazards...

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Autores principales: Alfaraj, Walla A., McMillan, Brian, Ducatman, Alan M., Werntz, Charles L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-016-0102-7
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author Alfaraj, Walla A.
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Ducatman, Alan M.
Werntz, Charles L.
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description BACKGROUND: Older yet still abundant munitions such as tetryl present easily forgotten health hazards and associated needs for worker protection. CASE PRESENTATION: Symptoms and findings from 22 workers who were exposed to tetryl are summarized. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the health hazards from exposure to tetryl. Occupational health professionals need to maintain vigilance to protect workers from the risks of handling older munitions.
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spelling pubmed-48264992016-04-10 Tetryl exposure: forgotten hazards of antique munitions Alfaraj, Walla A. McMillan, Brian Ducatman, Alan M. Werntz, Charles L. Ann Occup Environ Med Case Report BACKGROUND: Older yet still abundant munitions such as tetryl present easily forgotten health hazards and associated needs for worker protection. CASE PRESENTATION: Symptoms and findings from 22 workers who were exposed to tetryl are summarized. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the health hazards from exposure to tetryl. Occupational health professionals need to maintain vigilance to protect workers from the risks of handling older munitions. BioMed Central 2016-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4826499/ /pubmed/27066259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-016-0102-7 Text en © Alfaraj et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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