ArticleHealth promotion perspectives2015
Occupational Exposure and Health Impairments of Formaldehyde on Employees of a Wood Industry.
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- Respiratory Effects of Simultaneous Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust, Formaldehyde, and Triethylamine of a Group of Foundry Workers.Journal of research in health sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundOccupational exposure to formaldehyde may decrease white blood cell counts and change blood concentration. In this study, the influences of occupational exposure to formaldehyde on the number of white blood cells and blood concentrations were studied.
methodsThis case-control study was conducted in June of 2012 at North Wood Factory, Golestan Province, Iran. The US-NIOSH method No. 2541 was used to determine the occupational exposure of 30 workers of the production line (case group) and 30 administrative staffs (control group) to formalde-hyde. The number of white blood cells and blood concentration were determined using the normal blood count method and related indices. Demographic features as well as the symptoms of being exposed to formaldehyde were collected using a standard questionnaire.
resultsThe occupational exposure of case group ranged from 0.50 ppm to 1.52 ppm. The prevalence of all studied symptoms from formaldehyde exposure in workers (2<median<5; range 1 to 5) was signifi-cantly different (P<0.001) towards the administrative staffs (median 1; range 1 to 4). The number of white blood cells in production line workers was not significantly different from those in administra-tive staff. The average blood concentration in the case group was significantly different from the con-trol group (mean difference= 0.9 [95% CI: 0.40-1.39];P=0.007).
conclusionOccupational exposure to formaldehyde changed the blood concentration of the studied workers but did not change the number of their white blood cells.
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