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    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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    that led to the London matchgirls strike of 1888 and the scandal of "phossy jaw". Swedish Match owns the registered Bryant & May trade name alongside...
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  • fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Repetitive strain injury Silicosis Silo-filler's disease...
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