title: Evaluation of the nasal mucociliary transport rate by rhinoscintigraphy in marble workshop workers.
abstract: Marble workers are occupationally exposed to intense environmental marble dust in their workplace. We aimed to investigate the effect of occupational marble dust exposure on nasal mucociliary transport rate (NMTR). Seventeen marble workers and 18 healthy controls were studied. In all subjects, NMTRs were measured by (99m)Tc-MAA rhinoscintigraphy. NMTRs of workers and control groups were compared by statistically. Mean NMTR was found as 9 ± 1.8 mm/min in marble workers whereas mean NMTR of healthy controls was 9.6 ± 2.2 mm/min. There was no statistically significant difference between NMTRs of workers and control groups (p > 0.05). This study has shown that occupationally exposured marble dusts may not cause functional impairment on NMTR in marble workshop workers.
authors.affiliation: Dicle University Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey. zekidostbil@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dostbil
authors.forename: Cahit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Askeri
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakus
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuce
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption / Q000187:drug effects*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000633:toxicity*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects*; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000633:toxicity*; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010316:Particle Size; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D002119:Calcium Carbonate