ABSTRACT
Movements of field mice (Apodemus agrarius) were studied using snap traps and coloured bait. The presence of coloured bait was recorded in 35% of field mice captured. Of animals with coloured bait, 60% had moved further than 100 m. The longest distances traversed by field mice exceeded 1000 m. It is suggested that live-trapping on a grid of several hectares is not an adequate method of studying small-mammal movements.
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Blood Coagulation , Plasmapheresis , Rh Isoimmunization/blood , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Rh Isoimmunization/therapySubject(s)
Genital Diseases, Female/prevention & control , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Pregnancy Complications/prevention & control , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Genital Diseases, Female/diagnosis , Humans , Mass Screening , Middle Aged , Occupational Medicine , Poland , Power Plants , PregnancySubject(s)
Occupational Medicine , Power Plants , Pregnancy , Alanine , Alanine Transaminase/blood , Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood , Aspartic Acid , Cystinyl Aminopeptidase/blood , Female , Humans , Isoenzymes/blood , L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/blood , Lactates , Placenta/enzymology , Poland , gamma-Glutamyltransferase/bloodSubject(s)
Placenta Diseases/diagnosis , Placenta , Thermography , Ultrasonography , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Time FactorsABSTRACT
In women employed in an industrial plant in direct contact with epoxide resins and their hardeners, the following biochemical parameters were determined in blood: total protein, seromucoid, haptoglobin, hemoglobin variants, methemoglobin, alpha1-inhibitor of trypsin, lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate and alanine aminotransferases, alkaline and acid phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, leucylaminopeptidase, and alanine aminopeptidase. Depending on duration of work, Hb A2 fraction and lactate dehydrogenase increased significantly, and aspartate aminotransferase, acid and alkaline phosphatase activities decreased. In pregnant women, leucylaminopeptidase activity and isozyme of placental alkaline phosphatase were decreased.
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Blood Chemical Analysis , Epoxy Resins/adverse effects , Acid Phosphatase/blood , Alkaline Phosphatase/blood , Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood , Female , Haptoglobins/analysis , Hemoglobin A/analysis , Humans , L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/blood , Methemoglobin/analysis , Pregnancy , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Skin tests of hypersensitivity were performed in 175 women and 16 men having direct contact during work with epoxide resinsand their hardeners. The tests were applied for 24 hours, and results were recorded after 24, 48 and 72 hours. The percentages of positive skin tests and numbers of skin lesions were found to increase with time of employment in contact with epoxide resins and their hardeners.
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Anhydrides/immunology , Dermatitis, Contact/etiology , Dermatitis, Occupational/chemically induced , Epoxy Resins/adverse effects , Amines/immunology , Eczema/chemically induced , Eczema/immunology , Ethanolamines/immunology , Eyelid Diseases/chemically induced , Female , Fingers , Forearm , Humans , Male , Skin TestsSubject(s)
Epoxy Resins/pharmacology , Ethylenediamines/pharmacology , Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism , Alanine Transaminase/metabolism , Animals , Aspartate Aminotransferases/metabolism , Brain/drug effects , Brain/enzymology , Female , Kidney/drug effects , Kidney/enzymology , Liver/drug effects , Liver/enzymology , Pregnancy , Rats , gamma-Glutamyltransferase/metabolismSubject(s)
Epoxy Resins/adverse effects , Pregnancy/drug effects , Administration, Topical , Animals , Epoxy Resins/administration & dosage , Fatty Liver/chemically induced , Female , Fetal Death/chemically induced , Guinea Pigs , Hyperemia/chemically induced , Kidney Diseases/chemically induced , Maternal Mortality , Maternal-Fetal Exchange , Placenta/drug effects , Skin/drug effects , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in kidney homogenates, aspartate and alanine aminotransferase activities in liver homogenates, and cholinesterase activity in brain homogenates were determined in nonpregnant and pregnant guinea pigs exposed to absorption through the skin of the epoxy resin triethylenetetramine. Elevated activity of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in the kidneys of pregnant animals, and aspartate aminotransferase in the liver of nonpregnant guinea pigs were observed.
