"if exposure to the fumes continues through the working week then rapid tolerance is usual, such that symptoms are much better by Friday. Therefore symptoms tend to maximise in severity on the first return to work after a weekend or any time away from the workplace."
"Due to gradual improvements in health and safety over the past 100 or so years, a marked decline in recorded cases of metal fume fever has been seen. Nevertheless, up to 2,500 cases are still diagnosed in the USA per annum, and in Victoria, Australia, 85 cases were identified in a retrospective study looking at the preceding 5.5 years:"
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"Related pathology"
"Zinc oxide is the most commonly implicated metal compound. Although the fumes can contain a wide range of metals including zinc, copper, manganese, chromium, iron, titanium, cadmium and nickel. The relative proportions of the various metals are conditional upon the form of welding employed, the metals being worked, etc. Zinc aside, it is contentious if some or most of these metals actually contribute to the pathogenesis of metal fume fever."
"The first published case of metal fume fever is from 1831 1. Metal fume fever has a very long list of historic synonyms, related to its historic association with zinc working, including Monday fever, brazier disease, brass founder’s ague, brass chills, copper colic, zinc fever, zinc fume fever, zinc chills, copper fever, foundry fever, spelter’s shakes, smelter’s chills, the shakes, the smothers, galvanised shakes, galvanizer’s poisoning, welder's ague, acute brass poisoning, galvo and metal shakes 1-3."
"Zinc oxide is the most commonly implicated metal compound. Although the fumes can contain a wide range of metals including zinc, copper, manganese, chromium, iron, titanium, cadmium and nickel. The relative proportions of the various metals are conditional upon the form of welding employed, the metals being worked, etc. Zinc aside, it is contentious if some or most of these metals actually contribute to the pathogenesis of metal fume fever."
"The first published case of metal fume fever is from 1831 1. Metal fume fever has a very long list of historic synonyms, related to its historic association with zinc working, including Monday fever, brazier disease, brass founder’s ague, brass chills, copper colic, zinc fever, zinc fume fever, zinc chills, copper fever, foundry fever, spelter’s shakes, smelter’s chills, the shakes, the smothers, galvanised shakes, galvanizer’s poisoning, welder's ague, acute brass poisoning, galvo and metal shakes 1-3."