Evaluation of the nasal mucociliary transport rate by rhinoscintigraphy in marble workshop workers
Toxicology and Industrial Health, cilt.27, sa.9, ss.826-830, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 9
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0748233711399312
- Dergi Adı: Toxicology and Industrial Health
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.826-830
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Marble, dust, calcium carbonate, mucociliary clearance, radionuclide imaging
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Marble workers are occupationally exposed to intense environmental marble dust in their workplace. We aimed to investigate the effect of occupational marble dust exposure on nasal mucociliary transport rate (NMTR). Seventeen marble workers and 18 healthy controls were studied. In all subjects, NMTRs were measured by 99mTc-MAA rhinoscintigraphy. NMTRs of workers and control groups were compared by statistically. Mean NMTR was found as 9 ± 1.8 mm/min in marble workers whereas mean NMTR of healthy controls was 9.6 ± 2.2 mm/min. There was no statistically significant difference between NMTRs of workers and control groups (p > 0.05). This study has shown that occupationally exposured marble dusts may not cause functional impairment on NMTR in marble workshop workers. © 2011, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.