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Document ID (ISN)47227
CIS number 86-2045
ISSN - Serial title 0016-9900 - Gigiena i sanitarija
Year 1985
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Kan G.S., Kuprijanov V.A., Malinovskaja O.O.
Title Dependence of changes in some indicators of lipid metabolism on their initial levels in air traffic controllers on duty
Original title Zavisimost' izmenenij nekotoryh pokazatelej lipidnogo obmena ot ih ishodnogo urovnja u aviadispetčerov v period professional'noj dejatel'nosti [in Russian]
Bibliographic information Oct. 1985, No.10, p.70-73. 15 ref.
Abstract Catecholamine excretion and serum concentrations of lipids were measured in air traffic controllers on and off duty. Correlations were seen between the measured volume and the state of health of the subjects. Hypertensive subjects showed high lipid levels, and the levels varied less between periods on and off duty than was the case with healthy subjects. Persons categorised as having "intellectual-emotional" personalities showed higher rates of hypertension and of abnormal lipid metabolism. The observed hyperlipidemia is probably due to elevated adrenal and sympathetic nervous activity in the hypertensives.
Descriptors (primary) hypertension; lipid metabolism; air traffic control; metabolic disturbances; hyperlipaemia
Descriptors (secondary) catecholamine excretion; hypercholesteraemia
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Transport and communications
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Air transportation
Endocrine diseases
Cardiovascular diseases
Blood diseases