Professional exposure to urban stressors and effects on urinary metanephrines
| Autor: | I. Samperi, Zaira Tasciotti, Francesco Tomei, Tiziana Caciari, Angela Sancini, Manuela Ciarrocca, Gianfranco Tomei, B. Pimpinella, L. Scimitto, M. Fiaschetti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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urinary metanephrines
Adult Male Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Urinary system Air Pollutants Occupational Toxicology Predictive Value of Tests Reference Values Stress Physiological Occupational Exposure Environmental health Humans Medicine Metanephrine Vehicle Emissions business.industry Stressor Urban Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Metanephrines Middle Aged Police urban pollutants stressors Female Occupational exposure catecholamines traffic policemen business Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Toxicology and Industrial Health. 27:349-355 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0393 0748-2337 |
| Popis: | The aim of the study is to assess whether occupational exposure to urban stressors could cause alterations in urinary metanephrines levels in traffic policemen vs administrative staff of municipal police. A total of 258 subjects were included in the study: 129 traffic policemen exposed to urban stressors (68 males and 61 females) and 129 controls (68 males and 61 females). Urinary metanephrines mean levels were significantly higher in male traffic policemen compared to controls (p < 0.01). No significant differences were in female traffic policemen compared to controls. In the control group, urinary metanephrines mean levels were significantly higher in females compared to males (p < 0.01). There were no significant differences in urinary metanephrines mean levels in female traffic policemen vs male traffic policemen. The increase in urinary metanephrines mean levels observed in male exposed compared to controls could be related to chronic occupational exposure to low doses of chemical, physical and psychosocial urban stressors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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