Metal fume fever, also known as brass founders' ague, brass shakes, zinc shakes, galvie flu, galvo poisoning, metal dust fever, metal malaria, welding shivers, or Monday morning fever, is an illness primarily caused by inhalation of zinc oxide (ZnO), or rarely magnesium oxide (MgO) or copper oxide (CuO) which are produced as byproducts of metal processing. Other common sources are fuming silver, gold, platinum, and chromium.
Metal fume fever, also known as brass founders' ague, brass shakes, zinc shakes, galvie flu, galvo poisoning, metal dust fever, metal malaria, welding shivers, or Monday morning fever, is an illness primarily caused by inhalation of zinc oxide (ZnO), or rarely magnesium oxide (MgO) or copper oxide (CuO) which are produced as byproducts of metal processing. Other common sources are fuming silver, gold, platinum, and chromium.
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