Open AccessZinc in the body and somatic health of industrial workers
Author(s) -
Г. Б. Слепченко,
E. S. Moiseeva,
И. А. Хлусов
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/941/1/012001
Subject(s) - zinc , somatic cell , zinc deficiency (plant disorder) , physiology , trace (psycholinguistics) , environmental health , medicine , pathology , biology , metallurgy , genetics , materials science , linguistics , philosophy , gene
30% of industrial workers have a chronic (at least 3-4 months) zinc deficiency as a vital trace element necessary for the functioning of a significant amount of metalloproteins. The cause of zinc deficiency may be copper intoxication noted earlier, which together is important for the development of structural pathology of internal organs.