Occupational health hazards In painters
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Anupma Kumari -
,INKakoli Ghose Roy
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,INSupriya Nath
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,INNisha Gupta
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,INPuja Pallavi
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,INShreya Singh
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,INSweta Kumari
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,INShahia Yasmin
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,INNidhi Rastogi
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18311/jeoh/2010/18304Keywords:
Patch Test, Contact Dermatitis, Liver function test, Kidney function test, ALT, AST, ALP.Serum Creatinine.Abstract
The possible effects of chemicals that the painters are exposed to have been surveyed. 103 painters were interviewed with the standard predesigned questionnaire regarding occupational diseases in which 65 had skin related problems, 30 had respiratory problems. Out of 103 painters, 31 had volunteered to undergo patch test in order to diagnose any sort of allergy and 8 painters had volunteered to undergo blood tests. Age.sex matched with 8 control healthy individuals to assess their liver and kidney functions. Analysis of patch test revealed 84% painters had contact dermatitis and the remaining 16% were found to be suffering from skin irritation. There was a rise in the level of Serum Glutamic Pyruvate Transaminase (ALT), Serum Glutamic OxaloaceticTransaminase (AST) and Serum Creatinine (SO) in the painters as compared to control ones. However Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) showed insignificant
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