Health Risk of Occupational Exposure in Welding Processes II. Immunological Effects
| Autor: | Lenka Borska, Zdenĕk Fiala, Andrýs Ctirad, Tejral J, Jan Krejsek |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty 050402 sociology Physiology Immunoglobulins lcsh:Medicine Orosomucoid Air Pollutants Occupational 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine 0504 sociology Epidemiology medicine Humans Immunotoxicity Welding Health risk 030203 arthritis & rheumatology biology Grinding business.industry 05 social sciences Haptoglobin lcsh:R Immunity Neopterin General Medicine Occupational exposure chemistry biology.protein C3 complement business Acute-Phase Proteins |
| Zdroj: | Acta Medica, Vol 46, Iss 1, Pp 31-35 (2003) Scopus-Elsevier Europe PubMed Central |
| ISSN: | 1805-9694 1211-4286 |
| Popis: | Many of epidemiological studies have certified the relationship between welding and various forms of health damages. In our study we performed an immunological research within a group of twenty men, working in the risky environment of manufacturing of stainless steel constructions (11 welders and 9 grinders, average age was 31 years, 55 % of smokers, average time period in welding occupational exposure was 8 years). The exposed group of men was compared with a group of healthy blood donors, marked as the control group (people with various types of employment, living in same locality as a people from exposed group). People within the control group were not occupationally exposed to harmful chemical compounds (from 30 to 100 men were chosen for the individual immune parameters, average age of the whole group was 38 years, 40 % of smokers). When compared with the control group, the exposed group of welders and grinders showed higher level of C3 complement (p |
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