Sjögren B, Ljunggren K G, Almkvist O, Frech W, Basun H
Department of Occupational Medicine, Swedish National Institute for Working Life, Solna.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 1996;68(3):161-4. doi: 10.1007/BF00381625.
Five men were investigated after having pulmonary aluminosis due to exposure to aluminium pyrotechnic flake powder during the late 1940s. Two of the men had died 6 years and 20 years after exposure respectively, due to their lung disease. One man had died from heart failure 34 years after the end of exposure. Today, more than 40 years after exposure, two men were available for investigation. They had no respiratory symptoms and their vital lung capacities had not deteriorated during these years. One of the two survivors had developed a dementia with motor disturbances, which is not consistent with Alzheimer's dementia. This man had a very high concentration of aluminium in his cerebrospinal fluid. The other survivor had a normal concentration and was not demented.
20世纪40年代末，五名男子因接触铝粉烟火剂粉末而患上肺铝尘肺，随后接受了调查。其中两名男子分别在接触后的6年和20年因肺部疾病死亡。一名男子在接触结束34年后死于心力衰竭。如今，在接触40多年后，有两名男子可供调查。他们没有呼吸道症状，这些年来他们的肺活量也没有恶化。两名幸存者中的一名患上了伴有运动障碍的痴呆症，这与阿尔茨海默病性痴呆不符。这名男子的脑脊液中铝含量非常高。另一名幸存者的铝含量正常，没有患痴呆症。
