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The network Marel: An introduction
No full textOccupational health surveillance is an important issue in many countries since working conditions and occupational exposures are rapidly changing. We aim to create an Italian network of occupational disease consultation centres to which patients are referred for potentially work-related diseases. The pilot network, namely MAREL (MAlattie e Rischi Emergenti sul Lavoro), will be constituted by five Italian occupational disease consultation centres. Each centre, from each patient, will collect data through a standardised form using an online database platform. The data will be coded according to national and international classifications. To detect emerging disease/occupational-exposure associations we intend to apply the proportional reporting ratio used in pharmacosurveillance and adopted by the French occupational disease surveillance system (RNV3P). The Italian network MAREL will contribute to surveillance systems (i.e. MALPROF) by the detection of new and emerging work-related diseases and occupational risks. © PI-ME, Pavia 2016
Modificazioni delle transaminasiepatiche in lavoratori esposti a basse dosi di isopropanolo
No full textIsopropanol (IPA) is a volatile solvent that is used in many industrial process. The major symptoms of acute isopropanol toxicity include dizziness, incoordination, headache, hypothermia, eye ataxia, irritation of upper respiratory tract and shortness of breath. Vomiting, hematemesis, diarrhoea and hypotension may occur following accidental ingestion of IPA. No data regarding subchronic or chronic toxicity of IPA were identified. The aim of this study was to measure the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and of gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT) of the last five years in 40 printer workers after the removal of IPA from the industry. The serum levels of ALT, AST and gamma-GT were higher in the exposed workers than in non exposed. In conclusion, the results of this study show that the removal of IPA from the industry had a positive health effect improving the hepatic function of the workers
La battaglia dell'antimonio
No full textAntimony, which was already well known to the ancients, in the Middle Ages was known as Lupus metallorum - the grey wolf- a key material in alchemists' attempts at purifying gold. Over subsequent centuries antimony returned within the bounds of conventional scientific and experimental knowledge, but inspired numerous studies, works of literature and investigations in important fields of medicine. Antimony has always aroused more interest than one might expect from a simple metal. The fact that it has been used since ancient times in cosmetics and then in alchemy gave it both positive and negative connotations, reflecting its possible uses and the benefits for health but also the potential harm. For a certain period antimony was virtually the symbol for a range of uses in alchemy or empirical medicine, in the face of modern scientific knowledge, and aroused debate that went well beyond its actual physical and chemical properties. Bernardino Ramazzini's work in the 17th-18th centuries signalled the recognition that the use of antimony was linked to health risks. Today it is put to many uses in many fields of industry and medicine, so our interest in this metal is no longer exclusively a question of history, but is highly topical
Normativa italiana e comunitaria sul rumore nei luoghi di lavoro: effetti uditivi ed extrauditivi.
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