Prolactin levels in workers exposed to chemical, physical and psycho-social urban stressors
| Autor: | Maria Valeria Rosati, Assunta Capozzella, Emilia Cherubini, Francesco Tomei, Gianfranco Tomei, Carlo Monti, Manuela Ciarrocca |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Urban Population hpa-axis Hazardous Substances Traffic police Internal medicine Occupational Exposure stressor Medicine Humans traffic police officers prolactin urban pollutants Working life business.industry Stressor Confounding Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Plasma levels Middle Aged Normal limit Prolactin Police Endocrinology Italy Female business Psychosocial hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Stress Psychological Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of occupational health. 48(4) |
| ISSN: | 1341-9145 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to evaluate whether traffic police officers exposed to chemical, physical and psycho-social stressors, are at risk for alterations in plasma levels of prolactin (PRL) compared to a control group. Plasma PRL levels were evaluated in 92 male and 51 female, non-smoker, traffic police officers exposed to urban stressors and in 92 male and 51 female controls, matched by sex, age and working life (mean, SD and distribution), after excluding workers with the principal extra-occupational confounding factors. Mean PRL levels were significantly higher than controls in non-smoker, male and female traffic police officers (respectively, p=0.000 and p=0.013). The number of non-smoker, male and female traffic police officers with PRL values outside the upper normal limit for our laboratory was higher than, but not significantly different from controls. Mean PRL levels were not significantly higher than controls in smoker, male and female traffic police officers. The number of smoker, male and female traffic police officers with PRL values outside the normal limit for our laboratory was not significantly different from controls. The results suggest that exposure to urban chemical and physical stressors, interacting with psychosocial factors, may have an influence on PRL levels in traffic police officers. The level of plasma PRL might be a useful early biological marker for workers exposed to urban stressors. |
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