[Assessment of a occupatiental risk for abnormalities of the urinary and hepatobiliary systems and the reproductive health status in metallurgists].

Publisher: Izdatelstvo Meditsina Country of Publication: Russia (Federation) NLM ID: 0412700 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0016-9900 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00169900 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Gig Sanit Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Moskva : Izdatelstvo Meditsina
Original Publication: Moskva, Meditsina [etc.]

Biliary Tract Diseases*/diagnosis ; Biliary Tract Diseases*/epidemiology ; Biliary Tract Diseases*/prevention & control ; Liver Diseases*/diagnosis ; Liver Diseases*/epidemiology ; Liver Diseases*/prevention & control ; Metallurgy* ; Occupational Diseases*/diagnosis ; Occupational Diseases*/epidemiology ; Occupational Diseases*/prevention & control ; Reproduction* ; Urolithiasis*/diagnosis ; Urolithiasis*/epidemiology ; Urolithiasis*/prevention & control; Risk Assessment/*methods; Health Status Indicators ; Humans ; Morbidity/trends ; Risk Factors ; Russia/epidemiology

Two hundred metallurgists and 190 administrators underwent comprehensive examination to assess a risk for abnormalities of the excretory and reproductive function systems: an urologist's examination, ultrasonography, urinalysis, and serum tests. Spermograms and testosterone levels were studied to evaluate reproductive function. Major biochemical functions of the liver were investigated. The metallurgists were ascertained to be at high risk for urogenital and hepatobiliary diseases. The maximum prevalence of urolithiasis was noted in steel founders and rollers. The criteria for early diagnosis and a risk for urolithiasis in metallurgists may include elevated blood uric acid levels and a higher resistance index. There was reproductive dysfunction, namely: increased spermatic viscosity, reduced motility of spermatozoa, lower testosterone levels.

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Date Created: 20090612 Date Completed: 20090818 Latest Revision: 20090611

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