Peculiarities of immune disorders in workers of activated carbon production

• Published in: Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia no. 2; p. 21
• Main Authors: Zaĭtseva, N V, Dolgikh, O V, Dianova, D G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2011
• Subjects: Adult; Air Pollutants, Occupational - analysis; Air Pollutants, Occupational - blood; Air Pollutants, Occupational - toxicity; Antigens, CD - immunology; Apoptosis - drug effects; Apoptosis - immunology; Biomarkers - blood; Case-Control Studies; Charcoal; Chemical Industry; Humans; Middle Aged; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - etiology; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - immunology; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - pathology; Occupational Diseases - chemically induced; Occupational Diseases - immunology; Occupational Diseases - pathology; Phenols - analysis; Phenols - blood; Phenols - toxicity; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Russia; T-Lymphocytes - drug effects; T-Lymphocytes - immunology; T-Lymphocytes - pathology; Workplace - standards; Young Adult; Russia
• ISSN: 1026-9428

One of priority approaches in occupational medicine and health risk evaluation is study of immune system features in individuals exposed to occupational chemical hazards. The studies revealed reliable changes in immune parameters (positive annexin tag, disorders of cytokine profile)-- that proves retarded apoptosis precesses in workers engaged into activated carbon and coagulants production. Marked disorders of cellular regulation in machinery operators of activated carbon and coagulants production are seen with observed normal content of phenol in the air of workplace.