Phossy jaw, formally known as phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, was an occupational disease affecting those who worked with white phosphorus (also known...
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consuming radium-laden patent medicines. The condition is similar to phossy jaw, an osteoporotic and osteonecrotic illness of matchgirls, brought on by...
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Osteonecrosis of the jaw, see section on Bisphosphonates Osteoradionecrosis, a term for osteonecrosis caused by radiotherapy Phossy jaw Nase JB, Suzuki JB...
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in the manufacture of the new phosphorus matches were afflicted with phossy jaw and other bone disorders, and there was enough white phosphorus in one...
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phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, also known as phossy jaw; the condition is not associated with red phosphorus. Phossy jaw developed by inhalation of phosphorus...
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as lead and the white phosphorus used in early (non-safety) matches (Phossy jaw), as well as from popular medications containing mercury, arsenic or bismuth...
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contact with air. It is toxic, causing severe liver damage on ingestion and phossy jaw from chronic ingestion or inhalation. The odour of combustion of this...
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CRIMINAL, Episode 260: "The Dial Painters" (2024). Occupational disease Phossy jaw Breaker boy Kent (cigarette), a brand of cigarettes with asbestos filters...
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vapours gave match workers a severe necrosis of the bones of the jaw, known as "phossy jaw". When a safe process for manufacturing red phosphorus was discovered...
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phosphorus in its gaseous form can cause an industrial disease called "phossy jaw", which eats away at the jawbone. White phosphorus is also highly flammable...
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