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Evaluation of Health Status of Turkish Ceramic Workers

  • 1. Hacettepe Univ, Fac Pharm, Dept Pharmaceut Toxicol, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey
  • 2. Ankara Occupat Dis Hosp, Dept Family Med, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey
  • 3. Council Forens Med, Branch Off Ankara, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey
  • 4. Bozok Univ, Fac Med, Dept Publ Hlth, TR-66200 Yozgat, Turkey
  • 5. Yildirim Beyazit Univ, Fac Med, Dept Publ Hlth, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluation of health status of Turkish ceramic workers (n=99). For this purpose, leukocyte (WBC), hemoglobin (HGB), haematocrit (HCT), thrombocyte (PLT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), creatinine (CR), arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg) levels were investigated in workers and their controls (n=81). Also spirometry tests, chest radiographs and workplace dust measurement were analyzed.

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