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Detailed pulmonary function studies were carried out on 11 workers of middle age, who had been exposed for 7 to 11 years to moderate concentrations of cadmium oxide. Minor abnormalities of lung volumes, intrapulmonary mixing and lung compliance were found in a few cases; no airway obstruction was present. The lung diffusing capacity and the blood gases were normal. The chest roentgenogram showed a normal vascular pattern at the periphery of the lung. It is concluded that emphysema was absent in the group studied.
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Teculescu, D.B., Stănescu, D.C. (1970). Pulmonary Function in Workers with Chronic Exposure to Cadmium Oxide Fumes. In: Borbély, F., Eckhardt, R.E., Forssman, S., Goto, S., Holstein, E., Lederer, E. (eds) Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin / International Archives of Occupational Health. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38021-5_27
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