The relationship between respiratory health and hard metal dust exposure: A cross-sectional study.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-01-12 DOI:10.1080/19338244.2020.1870911

Cebrail Şimşek, Gülden Sarı, Bilge Akgündüz Üzmezoğlu, Bülent Şimşek

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Abstract

The frequency and severity of respiratory disorders among workers exposed to hard metal dust is not well known.The objective of this cross-sectional study is to report the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, functional status, and radiological findings in hard metal-exposed workers in Türkiye.Among 139 workers, 96 were machining workers, and 43 were industrial tool sharpening workers. Radiographic abnormalities compatible with pneumoconiosis were found 39% of the workers and were more in machining workers statistically significant.Also, in machining workers group, percentage of expected values of FVC was lower than industrial tool sharpening workers group. The prevalence of respiratory symptoms was 14.3%, and there was not a statistically significant difference in working groups. The study reveals that pulmonary symptoms, functional abnormalities, and radiological findings are mild. Assuming that reversibility may develop with avoidance from exposure when detected at this stage, early diagnosis of lung damage is essential.

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呼吸系统健康与接触硬金属粉尘的关系:一项横断面研究。

接触硬金属粉尘的工人发生呼吸系统疾病的频率和严重程度尚不清楚。本横断面研究的目的是报告 rkiye硬金属暴露工人的呼吸系统症状、功能状态和放射学表现的患病率。在139名工人中，96名是机械加工工人，43名是工业刀具刃磨工人。与尘肺病相符的x线异常在39%的工人中被发现，在机械加工工人中更有统计学意义。在机械加工工人组中，FVC期望值的百分比低于工业刀具刃磨工人组。呼吸道症状患病率为14.3%，各工作组间差异无统计学意义。研究显示肺部症状、功能异常和影像学表现都很轻微。假设在这一阶段发现时，可逆性可能随着避免接触而发展，早期诊断肺损伤是必不可少的。

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Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 环境科学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.70

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health , originally founded in 1919 as the Journal of Industrial Hygiene, and perhaps most well-known as the Archives of Environmental Health, reports, integrates, and consolidates the latest research, both nationally and internationally, from fields germane to environmental health, including epidemiology, toxicology, exposure assessment, modeling and biostatistics, risk science and biochemistry. Publishing new research based on the most rigorous methods and discussion to put this work in perspective for public health, public policy, and sustainability, the Archives addresses such topics of current concern as health significance of chemical exposure, toxic waste, new and old energy technologies, industrial processes, and the environmental causation of disease such as neurotoxicity, birth defects, cancer, and chronic degenerative diseases. For more than 90 years, this noted journal has provided objective documentation of the effects of environmental agents on human and, in some cases, animal populations and information of practical importance on which decisions are based.