Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were used in many construction products until their banning the 1970s and 1980s. Nonetheless, exposure to PCBs from contaminated indoor air is still an important public health issue. The aim of our study was estimate contribution PCB congeners levels human blood. We analyzed all 209 blood 35 individuals exposed air. For each individual, we measured six marker in...

A 56 year old aromatherapist presented with advanced renal failure following chronic coal tar creosote vapour inhalation, and a chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis was identified on renal biopsy. Following dialysis dependence occult inhalation continued, resulting in seizures, ataxia, cognitive impairment and marked generalised cerebral atrophy. We describe for the first time a case of creoso...

Background: A substantial part of the public’s natural radiation dose is due to the inhalation of radon gas. Most of the exposure occurs indoors where the airborne concentration of radon and its decay products is usually higher than outdoors. Materials and Methods: Radon activity concentration has been measured twice in 50 classrooms in 5 levels (10 each) during summer and winter using solid-st...

Twelve male patients, with effort angina and a history of cold intolerance, performed brief submaximal exercise bicycle tests with separation of inspiratory and room air. In one test, the patients exercised in a normal room (20°C), breathing either normal or very cold air (-35°C). In another test, environmental air \vas either normal or -10°C, and four combinations of inspiratory and room air w...

BACKGROUND Specific bronchial reactivity to occupational agents may decline after exposure in the workplace ceases leading to falsely negative specific inhalation challenges. A study was carried out to assess prospectively whether increases in nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness could be useful in detecting the bronchial response to occupational agents during specific inhalation challenge...

due to the wide range of applications for ozone and its increasing use for medical and industrial purposes, studying its effects has become a very important line of research. the ozone has been suspected to be a carsinogen. because of the increasing use of ozone, the human could be more and more exposed to this gas. in this study the effects of ozone inhalation on chromosomes and its clastogeni...