Sulfur dioxide and ammonium sulfate effects on pulmonary function and bronchial reactivity in human subjects
| Autor: | B.P. Farrell, Larry R. Sauder, Thomas J. Kulle, H.D. Kerr, J.H. Milman, F. Shanty, W.R. Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Spirometry
Adult Male Risk medicine.medical_specialty Ammonium sulfate Time Factors Bronchi Bronchial Provocation Tests Pulmonary function testing chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine medicine Humans Methacholine Compounds Sulfur Dioxide Respiratory system Lung Methacholine Chloride Plethysmography Whole Body Inhalation medicine.diagnostic_test Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Ammonium Sulfate Environmental chemistry Methacholine Female medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | American Industrial Hygiene Association journal. 45(3) |
| ISSN: | 0002-8894 |
| Popis: | The effect of exposures to 1 ppm sulfur dioxide (SO2) and 500 micrograms/m3 respirable ammonium sulfate [(NH4)2SO4] was studied in 20 nonsmoking subjects to determine if a response can be measured at these atmospheric levels and if the response is additive or synergistic. Four-hour separate and combined exposures were employed. Each subject acted as his or her own control and performed two light-to-moderate exercise stints (612 kg-m/min) for 15 minutes on each day's confinement in the environmental chamber. Pulmonary function tests (body plethysmography and spirometry) and bronchial reactivity to methacholine were performed to assess the response of these exposures. No significant changes in pulmonary function or bronchial reactivity were observed in the individual exposures [(NH4)2SO4 or SO2], the combined exposure [(NH4)2SO4 and SO2], or 24 hours post-exposure. This study design and the observed results did not demonstrate any readily apparent risk to healthy subjects with these exposures. Since no significant changes were measured, it was not possible to conclude if these two pollutants in combination produce an additive or synergistic response. |
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