Health hazards among car maintenance workers

This study was done to determine the health hazards among bus maintenance workers and to study the different environmental factors that cause these hazards. The sample included one hundered and fifty workers randomly selected from bus maintenance stations in Qaliubia and Menofia Governorates. The sample was classified according to the type of work into body repair workers, engine maintenance workers and painters. Fifty workers were randomly selected from administrative departments of the same companies as control group. Analysis of data revealed that the exposed workers have more eye and skin disorders, respiratory symptoms, pulmonary functions impairment locomotor disorders, blood lead, hearing loss and higher hearing threshold than the control group. On the other hand they have less cardiovascular manifestations, lower pulmonaryfunctions parameters and less ECG abnormalities than their control. Environmental measurments show higher dust and lead level higher Co, So2 and higher noise level than the general environment which explain the health hazards among the exposed workers. Proper preemployment and periodic medical examination, health education, continous enviromental measurements, and mechanisation of the hazarduous processes are recommended trials to decrease the pollution level

Effect of 6 months exercise performance on the anthropometric characteristics of female students in Zagazig university

A longitudinal study performed on 216 female students of the first year in the faculty of Physical Education, Zagazig University. Some anthropometric measurements were studied at the university year and remeasured at the end of that year [6 months]. To assess the effect of 36 hour / week training program performed in the faculty, on the body measure. The study showed that all the studied anthropometric measurements were decreased significantly at the end of the university year, except weight. This can be explained by the hypertrophy of muscles and decrease of body fat. The mean increase of weight was 3.90 +/- 3.87% kgm, the mean decrease of the total body fat was 0.10 +/- 3.05%

Dermatoses, an epidemiological study in school age group in Dakahlia governorate

About half of the studied pupils [42.2%] were affected by skin diseases. Females were more affected than males [23.4% and 18.8% respectively]. Skin diseases were more prevalent among rural school children [22.8%] than urban ones [19.4%]. Infective skin diseases accounted for 48.4% of the diseased pupils, while 27.8% of cases were non-infective and 23.8% showed both infective and non-infective skin diseases. Pediculosis capitis ranked at the top of the list of skin diseases detected, with a prevalence rate of 17.9%. pityriasis alba was the second common skin disease and accounted for 14.7%. fungal infections represented 11.4% while bacterial skin diseases as well as allergic skin diseases had the same prevalence rate [3-4%]. Viral skin diseases had a prevalence rate of 3.1%. Socioeconomic factors [occupation and education of parents, family size and percapita income per month] had a significant effect on the prevalence of skin diseases. Also, bed-room crowding index, average floor area per pupil in the classroom had the same effect