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Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers
The existing literature indicates that occupational exposure to noise may have adverse effects on workers’ health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effects of exposure to different sound pressure levels (SPLs) on serum aldosterone and potassium concentration among Iranian blue coll...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26780955 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1463-1741.174358 |
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author | Zare, Sajad Nassiri, Parvin Monazzam, Mohammad Reza Pourbakht, Akram Azam, Kamal Golmohammadi, Taghi |
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description | The existing literature indicates that occupational exposure to noise may have adverse effects on workers’ health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effects of exposure to different sound pressure levels (SPLs) on serum aldosterone and potassium concentration among Iranian blue collar workers in Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company in Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran. This case-control study was performed on 45 workers of Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company. The subjects consisted of 30 workers from manufacturing departments and 15 office employees of the mining company. The controls, mainly with administrative jobs were exposed to 72 dBA SPL. Cases, in two separate groups, were exposed to noise levels of 88 dBA and 103 dBA, respectively. Noise intensity was measured at the desired locations. Noise measurements were performed according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9612. To measure the serum aldosterone and potassium concentrations, a 5 mL blood sample was taken from each worker at the specified time intervals and aldosterone concentration was determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test in the laboratory. Repeated measurement and Spearman's correlation coefficient analysis were used with α = 0.05. Exposure to the different levels of sound pressure resulted in different aldosterone concentrations and meanwhile an increase in the SPL did not affect the concentration of potassium. From 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM, as SPL increased, aldosterone concentrations did not increase significantly but from 13:30 PM to 14:00 PM, raised SPL led to a significant increase in aldosterone concentration. However, there was no correlation between the concentration of potassium and different factors. This study indicated that increases in SPLs affect aldosterone concentration but at the same time do not have significant effects on serum potassium level. |
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spelling | pubmed-49186762016-07-14 Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers Zare, Sajad Nassiri, Parvin Monazzam, Mohammad Reza Pourbakht, Akram Azam, Kamal Golmohammadi, Taghi Noise Health Original Article The existing literature indicates that occupational exposure to noise may have adverse effects on workers’ health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effects of exposure to different sound pressure levels (SPLs) on serum aldosterone and potassium concentration among Iranian blue collar workers in Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company in Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran. This case-control study was performed on 45 workers of Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company. The subjects consisted of 30 workers from manufacturing departments and 15 office employees of the mining company. The controls, mainly with administrative jobs were exposed to 72 dBA SPL. Cases, in two separate groups, were exposed to noise levels of 88 dBA and 103 dBA, respectively. Noise intensity was measured at the desired locations. Noise measurements were performed according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9612. To measure the serum aldosterone and potassium concentrations, a 5 mL blood sample was taken from each worker at the specified time intervals and aldosterone concentration was determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test in the laboratory. Repeated measurement and Spearman's correlation coefficient analysis were used with α = 0.05. Exposure to the different levels of sound pressure resulted in different aldosterone concentrations and meanwhile an increase in the SPL did not affect the concentration of potassium. From 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM, as SPL increased, aldosterone concentrations did not increase significantly but from 13:30 PM to 14:00 PM, raised SPL led to a significant increase in aldosterone concentration. However, there was no correlation between the concentration of potassium and different factors. This study indicated that increases in SPLs affect aldosterone concentration but at the same time do not have significant effects on serum potassium level. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4918676/ /pubmed/26780955 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1463-1741.174358 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Noise & Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Zare, Sajad Nassiri, Parvin Monazzam, Mohammad Reza Pourbakht, Akram Azam, Kamal Golmohammadi, Taghi Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers |
title | Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers |
title_full | Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers |
title_short | Evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers |
title_sort | evaluation of the effects of occupational noise exposure on serum aldosterone and potassium among industrial workers |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918676/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26780955 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1463-1741.174358 |
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