Open AccessOccupational Health Hazards among Sewage Workers: Oxidative Stress and Deranged Lung Functions
Author(s) -
Mohammad Shadab
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/5925.4291
Subject(s) - malondialdehyde , medicine , oxidative stress , spirometer , environmental health , toxicology , physiology , lung , biology , lung function , exhaled nitric oxide
Sewage workers, because of their occupation, are exposed to different types of dusts, bio-aerosols, fumes and gases like methane, hydrogen sulfide, sulphur dioxide, etc, which contribute towards oxidative stress and detrimental effects on various body functions, especially lung functions.