Serum pneumoproteins in tunnel construction workers

• Published in: International archives of occupational and environmental health Vol. 88; no. 7; pp. 943 - 951
• Main Authors: Ellingsen, Dag G., Ulvestad, Bente, Bakke, Berit, Seljeflot, Ingebjørg, Barregard, Lars, Thomassen, Yngvar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Air sampling; Biomarkers; Body Mass Index; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; Carbon - blood; Clinical Medicine; Confined Spaces; Construction Industry; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Humans; Inflammation; Klinisk medicin; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure - analysis; Occupational health; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Original Article; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - blood; Proteins; Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D - blood; Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins - blood; Quartz - blood; Rehabilitation; Smoking - blood; Tunnel construction; Tunnels; Uteroglobin - blood; Young Adult; α-Quartz; SP-D; Tunnel construction; CC-16; Diesel exhaust

Purpose The aim was to study inflammatory biomarkers in tunnel construction workers (TCW). Methods Surfactant protein D (SP-D), Clara cell protein 16 (CC-16) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were studied in serum of 90 TCW and 50 referents before and at the end of an 11-day work period. Personal air sam...