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<strong>CHROMIUM</strong> 322. HEALTH EFFECTSIntermediate- to chronic-duration occupational exposure to chromium(VI) may cause an increased risk ofdeath due to noncancer respiratory disease. In a retrospective mortality study of 1,288 male and 1,401female workers employed for at least 6 months in a chrome plating and metal engineering plant in theUnited Kingdom between 1946 and 1975, a statistically significant excess of death from diseases of therespiratory system (noncancer) were obtained for men (observed/expected [O/E]=72/54.8, standardmortality ratio [SMR]=131, p

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