Publications by authors named "C Di Pastena"
Article Synopsis
- - This study investigates how low doses of nickel exposure affect progesterone levels in outdoor workers.
- - A total of 261 subjects were analyzed, with measurements taken of their blood progesterone and urinary nickel, revealing a strong statistical correlation.
- - Findings indicate that low nickel exposure from urban pollution may significantly alter progesterone levels, particularly in specific groups like smokers and those working in traffic direction.
Introduction And Objective: Exposure to conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus was described as a causative factor of a number of the respiratory system diseases, including asthma, chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. The study investigates the effects of the repeated exposure to A. fumigatus in mice pulmonary compartment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Biological risk among health workers].
G Ital Med Lav Ergon
July 2014
Introduction: In health care the contact with body fluids, such as saliva or blood is frequent. The aim of our study was to analyze whether the exposure to biological risks in health care, in particular exposure to HBV and HCV, could cause alterations of some liver parameters.
Materials And Methods: Our study analyzes of 254 health care workers of a big hospital in Rome.
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) represents the immunologically mediated lung disease induced by repeated inhalations of a wide variety of certain finely dispersed organic antigens. In susceptible subjects, these inhalations provoke a hypersensitivity reaction characterized by intense inflammation of the terminal bronchioles, the interstitium and the alveolar tree. The inflammation often organizes into granulomas and may progress to pulmonary fibrosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The exposure to Cd has been linked to many disease and liver is the major target organ of Cd toxicity following acute or chronic exposure.No study has ever evaluated the association between liver function tests and exposure to Cd present in urban air in outdoor workers.
Materials And Methods: In order to assess the relationship between the exposure to urban Cd and the associated changes in liver functionality markers, we conducted a study on 110 municipal policemen divided into 2 groups according to their tasks: 60 traffic policemen and 50 drivers, underwent tests for the determination of the urinary values of Cd correlated with the blood levels of transaminases and ?-GT.