Isolated liver damage in chemical workers.
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Isolated liver damage in chemical workers.
During a period of 18 months three workers were admitted to hospital with jaundice that had developed two to four months after beginning work at a chemical plant. Liver biopsies showed severe centrilobular, haemorrhagic liver cell necrosis. The pathological changes resolved within six to 18 months. No damage to other organs was observed. The only worker who resumed work at the plant developed c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1984
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.41.1.142