Biologic monitoring data in electric welders revealed reliable correlation between manganese concentration in the whole blood and manganese concentrations in the workplace air. The chronic manganese intoxication patients showed reliable lower levels of urinary iron, cobalt and manganese vs. those values in the reference group.
Evgeny V. Zibarev; Valerii Chashchin; S. M. Nikonova; Z. S. Kusraeva; A. V. Kuz'min; Dag Ellingsen; Yngvar Thomassen