The authors present epidemiologic characteristics of COLD in workers of major atomic machinery enterprise. The article covers high prevalence of this disease on the enterprise, evaluation of connection between occupational and non-occupational risk factors and COLD development. Constant broncholytic therapy in the occupational health office caused significant improvement of clinical and functional parameters and decrease in transitory disablement duration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors studied frequency, periods of development and morbidity structure of malignances among chronic uranium intoxication patients. tumors were diagnosed in 19.1% of the cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh blood pressure and coronary heart disease in far-off period of chronic uranium intoxication result in re-modelling of left ventricle with predominant concentric re-modelling. Lower myocardial mass of left ventricle and more marked changes in diastolic function occurred in the main group if compared to the reference one having no contact with occupational hazards.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnidirectional fluxes from ATP to phosphocreatine (PCr) catalyzed by MM-isoenzyme of creatine kinase (CK) were measured by using 31P-NMR saturation transfer technique and by means of radioactively labeled [gamma-32P]ATP. At 30-37 degrees C and pH 7.4 in a wide range of [PCr]/[creatine] ([PCr]/[Cr]) ratios (0.
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