Prevalence and estimation of the occupational risk of the musculoskeletal disorders in workers of aluminum potrooms
2012
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Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia
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Shirokov VA, Makar TV, Potaturko AV.
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(11):22-25.
The most severe consequence of intensive exposure to fluorides is skeletal injury with initial injury of spongy bones (pelvis and spine) and calcification of the ligaments, followed by involvement of the long bones in the disease. These radiological-morphological abnormalities are the diagnostic criteria and have been made the basis for classification of skeletal fluorosis [5, 6]. A number of studies demonstrated similar events with occupational exposure to fluorides and with endemic fluorosis.