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Welding of steel and cast iron leads to overaccumulation of iron in the welder's organism, which manifests itself in the iron content growth in the whole blood and serum, an increase of serum general iron binding ability, calcium homeostasis disorders, decrease of cardiac muscle contraction, progressing pneumoconiosis with concomitant characteristic pneumohemosiderosis features. The secondary preventive measures of the occupational pathology should include a set of drugs and preparations to improve the iron content in the organism and related metabolic disorders.
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PMID:[Manifestations of excessive iron accumulation in steel and cast iron welders]. 237 41