ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The oil spill from the Heibei Spirit in December 2007 contaminated the Yellow Coast of South Korea. We evaluated the respiratory effects of that spill on children who lived along the Yellow Coast. METHODS: Of 662 children living in the area exposed to the oil spill, 436 (65.9%) were enrolled as subjects. All subjects completed a modified International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire. A health examination, including a skin prick test, pulmonary function test, and methacholine bronchial provocation test (MBPT), was administered. The children were assigned to two groups: those who lived close to the oil spill area and those who lived far from the oil spill area. RESULTS: The children who lived close to the oil spill area showed a significantly lower forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), an increased prevalence of 'asthma ever' (based on a questionnaire), and 'airway hyperresponsiveness' (based on the MBPT) than those who lived far from the oil spill area (FEV1; P=0.011, prevalence of 'asthma ever' based on a questionnaire; P=0.005, prevalence of 'airway hyperresponsiveness' based on the MBPT; P=0.001). The onset of wheezing after the oil spill was significantly higher in children who lived close to the oil spill area than in those who lived far from the oil spill area among the 'wheeze ever' group (P=0.002). In a multiple logistic regression analysis, male sex, family history of asthma, and residence near the oil spill area were significant risk factors for asthma (sex [male/female]: odds ratio [OR], 2.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31-4.91; family history of asthma [No/Yes]: OR, 3.77; 95% CI, 1.83-7.75; exposure group [low/high]; OR, 2.43; 95% CI, 1.27-4.65). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that exposure to an oil spill is a risk factor for asthma in children.
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Child , Humans , Male , Asthma , Bronchial Provocation Tests , Forced Expiratory Volume , Hypersensitivity , Industrial Oils , Korea , Logistic Models , Methacholine Chloride , Odds Ratio , Petroleum Pollution , Prevalence , Republic of Korea , Respiratory Function Tests , Respiratory Sounds , Risk Factors , Skin , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The oil spill from the Heibei Spirit in December 2007 contaminated the Yellow Coast of South Korea. We evaluated the respiratory effects of that spill on children who lived along the Yellow Coast. METHODS: Of 662 children living in the area exposed to the oil spill, 436 (65.9%) were enrolled as subjects. All subjects completed a modified International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire. A health examination, including a skin prick test, pulmonary function test, and methacholine bronchial provocation test (MBPT), was administered. The children were assigned to two groups: those who lived close to the oil spill area and those who lived far from the oil spill area. RESULTS: The children who lived close to the oil spill area showed a significantly lower forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), an increased prevalence of 'asthma ever' (based on a questionnaire), and 'airway hyperresponsiveness' (based on the MBPT) than those who lived far from the oil spill area (FEV1; P=0.011, prevalence of 'asthma ever' based on a questionnaire; P=0.005, prevalence of 'airway hyperresponsiveness' based on the MBPT; P=0.001). The onset of wheezing after the oil spill was significantly higher in children who lived close to the oil spill area than in those who lived far from the oil spill area among the 'wheeze ever' group (P=0.002). In a multiple logistic regression analysis, male sex, family history of asthma, and residence near the oil spill area were significant risk factors for asthma (sex [male/female]: odds ratio [OR], 2.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31-4.91; family history of asthma [No/Yes]: OR, 3.77; 95% CI, 1.83-7.75; exposure group [low/high]; OR, 2.43; 95% CI, 1.27-4.65). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that exposure to an oil spill is a risk factor for asthma in children.
Subject(s)
Child , Humans , Male , Asthma , Bronchial Provocation Tests , Forced Expiratory Volume , Hypersensitivity , Industrial Oils , Korea , Logistic Models , Methacholine Chloride , Odds Ratio , Petroleum Pollution , Prevalence , Republic of Korea , Respiratory Function Tests , Respiratory Sounds , Risk Factors , Skin , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Elaioconiose é uma dermatose ocupacional do tipo acneiforme que afeta as áreas expostas de trabalhadores que lidam com óleos ou graxas. Atualmente, com o uso dos equipamentos de proteção individual, medidas de higiene pessoal e lavagem dos uniformes de trabalho, sua incidência diminuiu. Apesar de não ser uma doença rara, é pouco relatada na literatura, principalmente na nacional. Seu tratamento é lento e para a resolução das lesões, requer o afastamento do trabalhador de suas atividades laborativas.
Elaioconiosis is a work-related acneiform dermatosis which affects the exposed skin of individuals working with oils or greases. Its incidence has decreased with the introduction of personal protective equipment, personal hygiene measures and the cleaning of work clothes. Although not a rare disease, elaioconiosis is seldom reported in the literature, particularly in Brazil. Sufferers need to take time off work to proceed with the prolonged treatment to resolve the lesions caused by this condition.
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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Dermatitis, Occupational/etiology , Hand Dermatoses/chemically induced , Industrial Oils/toxicity , Dermatitis, Occupational/pathology , Hand Dermatoses/pathology , Sick LeaveABSTRACT
Durante el proceso de fritura todos los aceites, sin importar la fuente, presentan cambios en el contenido de nutrientes que pueden generar compuestos tóxicos que pasan al alimento. Las transformaciones se presentan de manera lenta o rápida, según el manejo durante el proceso de cocción, de las cuales las más críticas son: la temperatura; el tipo de alimento a freír, la relación aceite/alimento, el material de fabricación del equipo utilizado, la adición de aceite nuevo como reposición del que se pierde por el proceso; la limpieza y el almacenamiento del aceite. Este artículo de revisión proporciona un marco de las investigaciones que evalúan el uso de los aceite de fritura como medio de cocción, las prácticas de manejo y los efectos del proceso sobre la composición de los ácidos grasos, tocoferoles, carotenoides y polifenoles, los indicadores de calidad y las formas rápidas para determinarlos, mejorando la evidencia con relación a la calidad de los aceites de fritura.
The oil changes during deep-frying independent of kind. The change can be reduction of nutrients or formation of toxic component that through to food and then can be consumption. The transformation can be slow or fast depend of care during cooking, of parameter like as the control of temperature, kind of food, relation oil: food, equipment, addition of new oil as reposition, clean of oil and storage, something else. To know that the polar components and the monomer and polymers of cyclic acid fatty are the parameters internationals of quality and how can be identificated easy and quietly, its important because when an oil for deep-frying is no good it wont be used and this way prevent risk for health of people like fried food.