TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - METAL FUME FEVER A1 - Blanc, Paul D. A2 - Olson, Kent R. A2 - Anderson, Ilene B. A2 - Benowitz, Neal L. A2 - Blanc, Paul D. A2 - Clark, Richard F. A2 - Kearney, Thomas E. A2 - Kim-Katz, Susan Y. A2 - Wu, Alan H. B. PY - 2018 T2 - Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e AB - Metal fume fever is an acute febrile illness caused by the inhalation of respirable particles (fume) of zinc oxide. Although metal fume fever is invoked as a generic effect of exposure to numerous other metal oxides (copper, cadmium, iron, magnesium, and manganese), there is little evidence to support this (although some of those metals can cause acute lung injury). Metal fume fever usually occurs in workplace settings involving welding, melting, or flame-cutting galvanized metal (zinc-coated steel), or in brass foundry operations. Zinc chloride from smoke bombs can cause severe lung injury, but does not cause metal fume fever. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/05 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174606377 ER -