title: Serum enzyme changes in hot work.
abstract: A total of 31 workers employed in hot work in small-scale foundries, 13 gardeners engaged at light jobs under the sun and 16 sedentary persons were selected after medical screening for a study of the levels of serum enzymes [glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) and adolase]. Only the LDH values in the foundry workers and gardeners differed significantly from that of the unexposed subjects. A trend of slight increase in activity of these enzymes after exposure was observed, though it was not statistically significant.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000097:blood*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood*; D008669:Metallurgy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D005082:Physical Exertion
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase