Effects of ozone on the cholinergic secretory responsiveness of ferret tracheal glands.

Oxidant air pollutants exacerbate several pulmonary diseases. Inhalation of ozone has been shown to induce airway smooth muscle hyperresponsiveness. Oxidant injury could also affect airway secretory mechanisms.

[The search for interventional priorities for the prevention of chronic diseases in females employed in the health service].

With a view of clearing up certain influence of the working and living conditions on health, some results of control examinations in occupational medicine from the years 1985 to 1988 of women employed in the health service (n = 86,769) were analyzed and compared with those of the investigations carried out on all women in the GDR (n = 662,578). The tracking down of significant deviations in the age-standardized prevalence rates for chronic health disturbances was performed by means of a specialized computer programme for the health of women and for 7 occupations. Among other things, it was possible to prove permanently increased prevalence rates for chronic diseases of the kidneys/urinary passages in the overall population and in the personnel for laboratory diagnostics, as well as an increased prevalence of hypertension in day nursery educators.