| Job Task Name | Work as a dental technician with long-term exposure to CoCrMo dusts |
|---|---|
| Comments | Dental technicians' pneumoconiosis is associated with exposures to dust from cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloys, especially in technicians that grind metal more than 4 hours per day in the laboratory. Some affected workers complain of cough and dyspnea, and some have diffuse infiltration as radiographic findings. [Rom, p. 527] |
| Job Task Category | Medical or Dental Services |
| Reference Link | World at work: Dental laboratory technicians. [Occup Environ Med. 2006] - PubMed Result |
| Exposed To | Metals |
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Job Task Name
Work as a dental technician with long-term exposure to CoCrMo dusts
Comments
Dental technicians' pneumoconiosis is associated with exposures to dust from cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloys, especially in technicians that grind metal more than 4 hours per day in the laboratory. Some affected workers complain of cough and dyspnea, and some have diffuse infiltration as radiographic findings. [Rom, p. 527]
Job Task Category
Medical or Dental Services
Exposed To
Metals
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