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UNLABELLED: Environmental pollution constantly menaces urban people's health. This public-health question has a remarkable interest in occupational medicine, because some professions require operations outdoor for most of the day. Therefore airborne pollutants could be considered occupational risk factors. Our object is health evaluation of a newspaper-agents group of Palermo, in association with pollution level monitored during the 2006. We examined these subjects regarding especially lung, ear, kidney, liver and cardiovascular system, with particular consideration for endothelial structure. RESULTS: high prevalence of carotid artery damage can't exclude a concausal role of airborne pollutants.
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Contaminación Ambiental , Mercadotecnía , Periódicos como Asunto , Enfermedades Profesionales/etiología , Exposición Profesional/efectos adversos , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Italia , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Ocupaciones , Factores de Riesgo , Población UrbanaRESUMEN
This research is based on consideration that HbCO sampling, routinely effected on environmental physician demand for workers' biological monitoring, has a low significance. To confirm or reject this statement, we considered two population groups: n. 583 exposed workers and n. 334 not exposed subjects as control group. The habit of smoking (either as number of cigarettes or as time elapsed between the drawn and the last smoked cigarette) was obviously considered on both groups. The results have shown that it isn't possible to acknowledge the effect of a low CO occupational pollution by using HbCO haematic sampling. The A.A. affirm that it's due to low pollution level in work place and to wrong praxis of haematic sampling performed after a long time from the end of working turn. The research showed a direct correlation between HbCO level and smoking habit and a strong association between time elapsed from last smoked cigarette and haematic sampling.
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Monóxido de Carbono/análisis , Carboxihemoglobina/análisis , Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales/análisis , Exposición Profesional/análisis , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Factores de TiempoAsunto(s)
Personal de Salud , Hepatitis Viral Humana/transmisión , Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Profesional a Paciente/prevención & control , Medicina del Trabajo , Evaluación de Capacidad de Trabajo , Portador Sano , Hepatitis A/diagnóstico , Hepatitis A/inmunología , Hepatitis A/transmisión , Hepatitis B/diagnóstico , Hepatitis B/inmunología , Hepatitis B/transmisión , Hepatitis C/diagnóstico , Hepatitis C/inmunología , Hepatitis C/transmisión , Hepatitis Viral Humana/diagnóstico , Hepatitis Viral Humana/inmunología , Humanos , Factores de RiesgoRESUMEN
The authors analyse the data connected with chronic pulmonary diseases (mainly bronchitis) of two groups of workers, both belonging to the same metallurgical factory. The data is taken in two different periods, before and after the introduction of measures for primary prevention in the factory. The results confirm that the overall cases of pulmonary diseases are greatly reduced by a correct improvement in the working environment. Moreover, they confirm that a dangerous working environment affects the breathing system more prominently then other factors such as smoking, etc.