Normal serum activities of liver enzymes in Swedish paint industry workers with heavy exposure to organic solvents.

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  • Author(s): Lundberg I; Håkansson M
  • Source:
    British journal of industrial medicine [Br J Ind Med] 1985 Sep; Vol. 42 (9), pp. 596-600.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: British Medical Assn Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370637 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1072 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071072 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Ind Med Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : British Medical Assn.
    • Subject Terms:
      Chemical Industry* ; Paint*; Liver/*enzymology ; Solvents/*adverse effects; Adult ; Alanine Transaminase/blood ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood ; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Maximum Allowable Concentration ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Diseases/chemically induced ; Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase/blood ; Sweden ; gamma-Glutamyltransferase/blood
    • Abstract:
      The serum activities of the liver enzymes alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, ornithine carbamyl transferase, and gamma-glutamyl transferase were examined in 47 paint industry workers and unexposed age matched referents. The workers were exposed to a mixture of industrial solvents, of which xylene was the main component in most cases. The median total exposure was about 50% of Swedish 1981 threshold limit values according to measurements of individual solvent exposure performed at the same time. No differences in enzyme activities were shown either when the whole exposed and referent groups were compared or when the five workers with outstanding solvent exposures of five times the TLV or more were compared with their referents. It is concluded that in most workers the liver seems to remain largely undamaged from inhalation exposure to a commonly used mixture of non-chlorinated solvents. In many workers this seems to hold true even for high exposures for limited periods.
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    • Accession Number:
      0 (Solvents)
      EC 2.1.3.3 (Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase)
      EC 2.3.2.2 (gamma-Glutamyltransferase)
      EC 2.6.1.1 (Aspartate Aminotransferases)
      EC 2.6.1.2 (Alanine Transaminase)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19850901 Date Completed: 19851107 Latest Revision: 20190503
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      PMC1007541
    • Accession Number:
      10.1136/oem.42.9.596
    • Accession Number:
      2864077