1. [Changes in endocrine profile of workers in pulp and paper plant.]
- Author
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Popkova VA
- Subjects
- Adaptation, Physiological drug effects, Adult, Humans, Hydrocortisone blood, Insulin blood, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Exposure adverse effects, Occupational Exposure analysis, Occupational Health statistics & numerical data, Russia epidemiology, Statistics as Topic, Cellulose adverse effects, Chemical Industry methods, Endocrine Disruptors, Endocrine System drug effects, Hormones blood, Hormones classification, Paper
- Abstract
Examination covered 245 individuals and included characteristics of endocrine state of pulp and paper plant workers over 2011-2012, in comparison with data from 1990, as well as comparison with reference groups of male workers with no contact with chemical'industry in Arkhangelsk. Findings are both in main and reference groups general decrease in levels of cortisol, thyroxin;progesterone, testosterone, insulin, somatotropin and increased serum level of estradiol. With that, inside both groups, reliable tendencies to increased levels of cortisol, thyroxin, insulin, SSH and lower concentration of progesterone in the pulp and paper plant workers vs. the reference group members. Positive tendency was absence of abnormal concentrations of insulin, SSH and lower frequency of high cortisol levels in the pulp and paper plant workers nowadays.
- Published
- 2017