Early Changes in Serologic Markers in Workers Exposed to Indium Compounds |
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| Authors: | LIU Nan GUAN Yi XUE Ling LI Bin YAO San Qiao |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Public Health, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, Hebei, China;2. Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control in China Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100050, China;3. Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang 453003, Henan, China |
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Case reports of lung disease among indium-exposed workers in Japan, the USA, and China over the past two decades have raised public concern about the toxicity of indium and indium compounds. Occupational exposure to indium compounds can result in potentially fatal indium lung disease, which is characterized by pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and may progress to fibrosis, with or without emphysema[1]. |
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