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Evaluation of Nasal Mucociliary Transport Rate by(99m)Tc-Macroaggregated Albumin Rhinoscintigraphy in Woodworkers

Woodworkers in the furniture industry are exposed to wood dust in their workplaces. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of occupational wood dust exposure on the nasal mucociliary transport rates (NMTRs) in woodworkers. Twenty five woodworkers and 30 healthy controls were included in...

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Autores principales: Dostbil, Zeki, Polat, Cahit, Uysal, İsmail Önder, Bakır, Salih, Karakuş, Askeri, Altındağ, Serdar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21804940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/620482
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author Dostbil, Zeki
Polat, Cahit
Uysal, İsmail Önder
Bakır, Salih
Karakuş, Askeri
Altındağ, Serdar
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description Woodworkers in the furniture industry are exposed to wood dust in their workplaces. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of occupational wood dust exposure on the nasal mucociliary transport rates (NMTRs) in woodworkers. Twenty five woodworkers and 30 healthy controls were included in this study. Wood dust concentration in workplaces was measured using the sampling device. (99m) Tc-macroaggregated albumin ((99m)Tc-MAA) rhinoscintigraphy was performed, and NMTR was calculated in all cases. In statistical analysis, an independent samples t-test was used to compare NMTR of woodworkers and control subjects. We found that the mean NMTR of the woodworkers was lower than that of the healthy controls. However, there was not a statistically significant difference between them (P = 0.066). In conclusion, our findings suggested that wood dust exposure may not impair nasal mucociliary transport rate in woodworkers employed in joinery workshops.
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spelling pubmed-31434312011-07-29 Evaluation of Nasal Mucociliary Transport Rate by(99m)Tc-Macroaggregated Albumin Rhinoscintigraphy in Woodworkers Dostbil, Zeki Polat, Cahit Uysal, İsmail Önder Bakır, Salih Karakuş, Askeri Altındağ, Serdar Int J Mol Imaging Research Article Woodworkers in the furniture industry are exposed to wood dust in their workplaces. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of occupational wood dust exposure on the nasal mucociliary transport rates (NMTRs) in woodworkers. Twenty five woodworkers and 30 healthy controls were included in this study. Wood dust concentration in workplaces was measured using the sampling device. (99m) Tc-macroaggregated albumin ((99m)Tc-MAA) rhinoscintigraphy was performed, and NMTR was calculated in all cases. In statistical analysis, an independent samples t-test was used to compare NMTR of woodworkers and control subjects. We found that the mean NMTR of the woodworkers was lower than that of the healthy controls. However, there was not a statistically significant difference between them (P = 0.066). In conclusion, our findings suggested that wood dust exposure may not impair nasal mucociliary transport rate in woodworkers employed in joinery workshops. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3143431/ /pubmed/21804940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/620482 Text en Copyright © 2011 Zeki Dostbil et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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