Document ID (ISN) | 76318 |
CIS number |
01-539 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
2000 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Cherniack M., Clive J., Seidner A. |
Title |
Vibration exposure, smoking, and vascular dysfunction |
Bibliographic information |
May 2000, Vol.57, No.5, p.341-347. 33 ref. |
Abstract |
A total of 601 shipyard workers (current and former users of pneumatic tools) was evaluated subjectively for cold-related vascular symptoms, and tested by cold challenge plethysmography. Follow-up testing was done on 199 members of the severely affected subgroup of smokers and non-smokers, many of whom had stopped smoking in the interval between tests. Effects of smoking and stopping smoking were assessed. Symptoms and measured abnormal vascular responses were more severe in smokers. Smokers were almost twice as likely to have more severe vasospasm than were non-smokers. 53 subjects who stopped smoking during the interval between tests improved, and were indistinguishable from non-smokers similarly exposed to vibration. Additional physiological benefits of stopping smoking were still apparent at further follow up examination, one year later. Improvements seen on plethysmography were not accompanied by improvements in symptoms, which remained unaffected by smoking. |
Descriptors (primary) |
vibration; vascular dysfunction; Raynaud's phenomenon; smoking |
Descriptors (secondary) |
plethysmography; comparative study; pneumatic tools |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Cardiovascular diseases Vibration Smoking
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