Markers of asbestos exposure in workers
Liubchenko, P.N.; Massarygin, V.V.; Cherniak, A.V.; Viatkina, E.I.; Lebedin, I.S.; Tuzhikov, E.I.; Naumenko, Z.K.; Shirokova, E.B.; Boltok, G.A.; Nekliudova, G.V.
Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia 2006(5): 29-33
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-9428 PMID: 16813230 Document Number: 600319
Examination covered 213 workers of asbestos technical ware plant. Standard X-ray examination no pulmonary and pleural changes were revealed. External respiration studies demonstrated moderate ventilation disorders in half of the examinees: in hardware workshop workers - restrictive type disorders, in autofriction components workshop workers - obstructive type ones with hyperventilation. Lower diffusing lung capacity in one-third of the workers in one of two autofriction components workshops proves most likely distributive disorders. Moderately increased serum alveolar mucin 3EG5 in 20% of the examinees could be a predictive criterion of slow formation of chisotyle pulmonary fibrosis.