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Assessment of liver function in two groups of outdoor workers exposed to arsenic

Authors: Teodorico Casale, Maria Valeria Rosati, Manuela Ciarrocca, Ilaria Samperi, Giorgia Andreozzi, Maria Pia Schifano, Assunta Capozzella, Benedetta Pimpinella, Gianfranco Tomei, Tiziana Caciari, Francesco Tomei

Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Issue 7/2014

Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate whether the exposure to arsenic (As) causes alterations of liver enzymes in two groups of outdoor workers.

Methods

Total urinary As and the levels of AST/GOT, ALT/GPT, and GGT were measured on 80 traffic policemen and 50 police drivers. Personal air samples were obtained for assessing the exposure to As on a subgroup of 20 traffic policemen and 20 police drivers.

Results

Mean values of personal exposure to As, urinary As, AST/GOT, and ALT/GPT were significantly higher in traffic policemen than in the police drivers. Multiple linear regression models showed associations between urinary As and airborne As, ALT/GPT and the job variables, and BMI and urinary As.

Conclusions

These findings contribute toward the evaluation of the hepatic effects of exposure to As in the urban workers.

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Title: Assessment of liver function in two groups of outdoor workers exposed to arsenic
Authors: Teodorico Casale
Maria Valeria Rosati
Manuela Ciarrocca
Ilaria Samperi
Giorgia Andreozzi
Maria Pia Schifano
Assunta Capozzella
Benedetta Pimpinella
Gianfranco Tomei
Tiziana Caciari
Francesco Tomei
Publication date: 01-10-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-013-0914-5

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