TY  - JOUR
TT  - EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE STATE AND OXIDATIVE STRESS AND BLOOD FACTORS IN CEMENT FACTORY WORKERS
AU  - Malekırad, Ali Akbar
AU  - Shahrjerdı, Samira
AU  - Ahmadı, Marziyeh
AU  - Abdollahı, Mohammad
PY  - 2017
DA  - February
JF  - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety
JO  - turjoem
PB  - Engin TUTKUN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-4711
SP  - 16
EP  - 16
VL  - Volume 2
IS  - İssue 1 (1)
KW  - EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE STATE AND OXIDATIVE STRESS AND BLOOD FACTORS IN CEMENT FACTORY WORKERS
N2  - Cement factories are regarded as pollutant industries due to high dustproduction. Cement factory workers are seriously exposed to pollution throughskin absorption, inhalation and ingestion of the dust. Cement dusts arecontained of several molecules that are participated in free radicals overproduction and various illness pathogenesis. Therefore, the present study aimedto assess the oxidative stress, blood factors and cognitive neuroscience stateamong cement factory workers.The present study conducted as a cross-sectional study with a controlgroup. The research sample was included of 41 workers exposed to cement factorydust and 41 well-matched subjects with no history of occupational cementexposure as control group. In order to assess oxidative stress indicators, thebiochemical factors, lipid peroxidation and total antioxidants of blood serumsample of subjects were analyzed. Moreover to assess psychiatric disorders, acognitive neurological questionnaire was used which consisted of 74 questionsto measure cognitive functions, psychomotor speed, selective attention, verbal,non-verbal and prospective memory, visual and spatial functions, andinitiative/ energy levels.The results indicated, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activityrevealed no significant differences between cement factory workers and controlgroup. Additionally, triglycerides and alanine amino transferase decreasedsignificantly while alkaline phosphatase represented a significant increase inworkers. However, the non-verbal memory impairment subscale was significantlyhigher in workers in compare to control group.The results suggested that cement dust exposure might induce adverseeffects on the biochemical parameters and could be associated with risk ofoxidative stress and neurocognitive disorders. The results showed that workers exposed to cement dust were at the riskof oxidative stress and blood and liver abnormalities.
CR  - Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
CR  - Department of physical therapy, Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
CR  - Faculty of Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turjoem/issue//303727
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/290637
ER  -